Ernie wrote:Helping people who turn to alcohol to solve their ache might be one place I could start.
As a father of three fetal alcohol syndrome children and one who has watched multiple families ruined by alcohol, I am a loud proponent against drinking. I quit drinking in my early 20's and have not drank any alcohol since. I share that with many others I encounter. I share the dangers of alcohol in all aspects of life. Not sure if I have moved many towards that position, but I have tried and been vocal about it.
Any other suggestions for me?
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I think I am funnier than I really am.
From my own 2 kingdom perspective, eternal life is of more importance than this temporary life. Bringing others into the Kingdom way of living seems to me to be the solution to most all of the killing situations happening in the other kingdom(s) and is a permanent life saver.
Josh wrote:The majority of plain Anabaptists have approached this problem by simply not owning and driving cars altogether.
Perhaps we could learn something from them.
Does that approach result in less loss of life?
They certainly have fewer car crashes.
They certainly have plenty of crashes involving cars and buggies, which can be much more serious (especially for those in the buggy) than crashes involving only cars. See here(pardon the source) for a reasonably current list, though not yet (as of now) including the one from yesterday.
Ernie wrote:this still leaves another 1/3 [of auto accident accidents] that is mostly the price of "progress" and "being in a hurry". We are not content to drive at 30 MPH which would greatly reduce the number of fatalities. https://phys.org/news/2018-10-limit-won ... aster.html
Our individualistic mindset and "hurry" doesn't allow us to use/invest more in bus and train travel which are considerably safer.
These kinds of accidents are totally unnecessary.
Some states are starting to restrict trucks driving during snow storms which I think is good, but it is only a beginning.
If the whole US would collectively reduce the "I need it now!" mentality, and slow down and allow weather to effect our plans and ambitions, we could save so many more lives and there would be many fewer injuries for life.
One could also mention fatalities as a result of two bicycles crashing. It has happened here in Holmes County, avoidable, yes, because the ones I know of involved someone running a stop sign at a blind intersection. (There was a death at the University of Oklahoma, too, shortly before I studied there. Two bikes collided on a sidewalk. The hedges on both sides of the sidewalk in that area of the campus were tall enough that you couldn't see around corners, etc.)
