UTT - Blog Post 17

What do you think the ramifications of a global secular government would be? Due Monday, March 19th by midnight.

          There are quite a few ramifications that one can look at in regards to a one-world, secular government.

        First of all, one can obviously assume that secular implies an atheistic system of government, so religion would be removed from any part of it, and most likely be persecuted, so as to better turn more people to the secular beliefs of the governmental authorities. This would bring a lot of suffering on every kind of belief, but most definitely Christians because of how widespread the Christian lifestyle is worldwide. Yet, we as Christians are led to believe that this is part of what is to come, so it would be expected.

        Another big problem is that it definitely wouldn’t be equal or, honestly, sustainable. Being humans, we hold biases towards our hometowns, our friends, and what we believe are the right things to do. That honestly wouldn’t change with a new, bigger government—it’d just become magnified. Plus, with humans being as flawed as they are, the government would echo those failings; any human-created government is doomed to failure because it is created with perfect people in mind, and nobody can be perfect. As we hold flaws and fail, so would this new government.

        But realistically, a one-world government probably wouldn’t be able to function effectively because of the differing cultures that we experience today. Middle Eastern would never coexist with Western, Eastern contrasts with all others, and some countries just wouldn’t release their sovereignty for anything. Unless some viewpoints change drastically, a global government isn’t even feasible.

        It’s an interesting quandary, but it’s not something that will be happening without some divine (or not-so-divine) intervention.