Pharmaceuticals are just another example of how knowledge can be used for both good and for evil.

All of human history involves the struggle between good and evil, and if the Great Awakening does anything long-lasting at all, it must dramatically increase the understanding of this struggle and its importance.

The single most powerful change we can make in that regard is to focus on Jesus' teachings on love and especially on the compassionate treatment of children.

Of course, many other religions and traditions also teach that; also, I grew up in the American midwest in the '50s and was often appalled at how often parents who went to church seemed to have almost no understanding of Jesus' teachings regarding children, or regarding "love they neighbor" in general. Too much focus on the supernatural, not enough on the here-and-now. I was well into adulthood before I was able to get past that.

The child really IS father to the man -- sensitive dependence on initial (or early) conditions in the growth of complex systems cannot be avoided -- and children who are treated with love, compassion, and who learn that others must be treated with the same respect for their rights as they themselves desire, become loving, compassionate, emotionally healthy adults who not only respect others' rights but insist on protecting their own rights. They become good neighbors and decent human beings. They also know what they want in life and how to get it.

EDIT: What I describe in the above paragraph is a statistical truth (like "men are taller than women") -- it is well-supported statistically but every PERSON is an individual, which means that -- just as some women are tall and some men are short -- some people who had horrible childhoods become loving and decent human beings (although usually the trauma causes physical or emotional issues; see the well-known ACE study for stunning examples).

sorcery will still be practiced in the end times.

I'm pretty sure that humans will never stop practicing pharma (drugs, herbs, and specific diets for that matter) -- and when used with malice or even just without sufficient regard for the well-being of others, then bad things will result.

As always where choices between good actions and evil ones are concerned, the treatment of the children who BECAME the adults involved is the largest factor in which way the choices go.

Pharmaceuticals are just another example of how knowledge can be used for both good and for evil.

All of human history involves the struggle between good and evil, and if the Great Awakening does anything long-lasting at all, it must dramatically increase the understanding of this struggle and its importance.

The single most powerful change we can make in that regard is to focus on Jesus' teachings on love and especially on the compassionate treatment of children.

Of course, many other religions and traditions also teach that; also, I grew up in the American midwest in the '50s and was often appalled at how often parents who went to church seemed to have almost no understanding of Jesus' teachings regarding children, or regarding "love they neighbor" in general. Too much focus on the supernatural, not enough on the here-and-now. I was well into adulthood before I was able to get past that.

The child really IS father to the man -- sensitive dependence on initial (or early) conditions in the growth of complex systems cannot be avoided -- and children who are treated with love, compassion, and who learn that others must be treated with the same respect for their rights as they themselves desire, become loving, compassionate, emotionally healthy adults who not only respect others' rights but insist on protecting their own rights. They become good neighbors and decent human beings. They also know what they want in life and how to get it.

sorcery will still be practiced in the end times.

I'm pretty sure that humans will never stop practicing pharma (drugs, herbs, and specific diets for that matter) -- and when used with malice or even just without sufficient regard for the well-being of others, then bad things will result.

As always where choices between good actions and evil ones are concerned, the treatment of the children who BECAME the adults involved is the largest factor in which way the choices go.