Why is the world a hostile place?

Answer 1

It's not the people we fight its their point of view on things, and alot of it is political and about greed and money sad but true thats what i believe...

Answer 2

It ISN'T, actually, especially when compared to every other place in the universe we know of. Because we evolved here, "the world" suits us quite well. It is, at worst, uncaring and neutral.
That said, we do appear to be changing the world for the worse in some ways. If your question rings true in 100 years or so, the answer will almost surely be "because we (or the asteroid) made it so..."
It seems to me a more interesting question would be "is there anywhere else in the universe, except the world, that ISN'T a hostile place."
I don't know the root of your issues with the world, but I'm willing to be they're social, political and/or economic. Blame the problem (and, likely, the humans behind it), not the "world."

Answer 3

There is an excellent answer to this, under another question, titled " How would you plan on ending religious and cultural conflicts without war or bloodshed?"

All this conflict and anger is caused by people who cannot tolerate any other ideas other than their own and who are terrified of change. It is all well explained below. Basically: A huge number of people in the world have a simplistic, dualistic view of life, the universe and everything. They can only see (or tolerate) their way. Anything else is abhorrent to them. To these people, everything is Black and White, either –or. There is no grey, no in between, no compromise, and no possibility for a third answer. In real life, the best answers are the third fourth, fifth, and “nth” answer. In complex world, we need complex views of the world.

So, I cannot take credit for the following quote below. It is however an EXCELLENT write up!

QUOTE BEGINS:
“Let's just concentrate on the religious issue first.

The root of religious conflict and conflict that is caused by religious differences lies in the fundamental principle (or assumption) that I am right and you are wrong. This principle assumes that we can know religious truth (i.e., the nature of a god and characteristics thereof), and that I (who could be anyone) knows that truth. If you ally that assumption with the dualistic (two-sided) view that there are only two sides in every issue (A and not-A), then it is clear to see that (1) If I assert that I know the truth (A), then anyone who asserts the opposite must be non-A, and (2) Since A cannot be reconciled with or synthesized into a third view, then there is inevitable conflict or antagonism--not just difference. So, the Christians, for example, assert that Christianity is right (A), that all others (pagans, Jews, Muslims, all other religions) are wrong (non-A). Similarly, the Jews assert that Judaism is right and that all others are wrong. Similarly, the Muslims assert the same thing. Since difference (i.e., being other than the truth) is evil, then what does one do? One cannot allow evil to continue, so you must either convert all others to your point of view, or force them (through the barrel of a gun, as in Iraq, and elsewhere throughout Western history), to accept your point of view, or...do what St. Thomas and some of the other great theologians of the West suggested--exterminate them, wipe out everyone, men, women and children, if they do not believe your truth.

So, on the religious level, I would say that eliminating the principle of duality (and its allied logic based on the principle of excluded middle, that is, no third) is the first priority--and that's far easier said than done. How do you do it? Education? For how long? And if that isn't successful?

Culture is based on many things like geography, history, existential experiences, ethnicity, degree of contact with others, color of skin (sorry, but yes, that is involved), food, civil system, legal system, and so on. But at the root of culture is often to be found a philosophy of life, a belief system that may or may not be religious in nature. Of the religious systems that exist, there are three fundamental ones: polytheism (many gods), monotheism (one true god), and pantheism (all is god). Polytheism and pantheism can both be used, I think, as the basis for accepting difference as difference and not as evil. Monotheism inevitably leads to conflict.

So, on the cultural level, we need either a polytheistic or pantheistic worldview, belief system, philosophy of life. So that entails eliminating monotheism as a viable philosophy of life. How do you do that? By education? For how long?

So I have no answer for you. Eliminate monotheism and eliminate dualistic thinking. Do this and religious and cultural conflicts could be eliminated. But how to eliminate these things? That I don't have a clue. “
QUOTE ENDS.

Answer 4

Because most life lives at the expense of other life. That's a law of nature that runs quite through human relations with plants, with animals, and with other humans. You find predation in the street and in the halls of government. You find it in the large banking houses and on the board of directors for your local trash collection company. Life feeds on other life, and the hierarchies of power are seldom "fair." The best result to hope for is that you find the place you're really worthy to have.

That's seldom the case in the world just now: most people are in the wrong places, and they stay in the wrong places because they can control money. Money is a numbers game that seems to have been designed to defeat genetic quality, biological quality, real human quality. Money is a fiction, a fantasy, that has a real effect because people have generally been conditioned to believe in it.

The real stuff of value is useful matter and usable energy, and money is used as a symbol of entitlement to these things.

When the fossil fuels are depleted, expect money to suddenly lose its value as nearly everybody wakes up from the fantasy at nearly the same time. At that point, or maybe a bit sooner, the bankers will call in all the debts they can and seize from people just as much actual property as they can get.

Life preys on other life. Choose your weapons, and struggle as well as you can.

Answer 5

Evolution made us competitive...wokked well for human survivial in cavemen days between rivial tribes for scarce food suplies.

.This then today....translates into we/them mentality seen It can be sublimated on the sports field in a positive pasive way......but on a global scale it often becomes war when compitiion or territory arises....
thats evolution....however evolution didn't anticipate humans creating nuclear devices with the posibility of anililiating all life. That would run contrary to evolution shame evolution wasnt intelligently designed or this could have been anticipted and man would have evolvled with less competitivness yes??? you agree?

Answer 6

since the begining of time animals have had to fight for survival. Human instinct plays a large part in the world due to people acting out of rage or hate which are both feelings from the carnal, primal base of the human phsyche. fo thousands of years we have had to fight to survive and now just because we are smarter and we seem to be more civilized, if you take a group of people and you set them on an island and let them go free saying do whatever you want no one will stop you, but no one will help or give you anything to survive, they will quickly revert back to their primal base the animal inside and act solely out of instinct for survival.

Its a trait that though is very hidden in everyday life it does play a huge role in the way people interact.

Answer 7

The world is not very hostile when you compare how it has been in the past.

Answer 8

Because nobody wants to compromise their differences in life, like politics, religion, wealth, power, etc. And because most people don't want to give peace a chance to reign. There are lots of peace advocates and their call seems to land on our deaf ears. You and I can make a difference. Let's give peace a chance. As the saying goes: " For evil to prosper is to let good men do nothing. " Join groups that advocate peace.

Answer 9

Satan has been cast from heaven to the earth

'Woe'... He's like a wild lion in a cage (earth)

Answer 10

Because people commit the seven sins.