What is the most pressing issue facing the world today?

Question

There is no right or wrong answer here. State your own opinion, but back it up with factual information.

Answer 1

Corruption in government and business. Eliminate corruption (an impossibility, but we can make progress) and government and business will operate effeciently, the way they were intended. Everyone the world over would have equal opportunity to do with their lives whatever their talent, education and industriousness will allow. When corruption abounds, someone gets more than they have earned, in both money and power.

Answer 2

The uncertainty of our future.
The lack of humanity.
The dependence on fossil fuels.
The corruption in politics.
These are just a few I can go on and on.
I'll stop with these even though there are so many.

We do not know what is going to happen tomorrow.

So many people are only concerned with themselves.

What will happen when the oil is gone, the USA along with everyone in the world are using 75% more oil then 25 years ago.

It is my feeling that the governments all over the world are not too concernd with the fate of their people.

as far as globle warming this has been going on for thousands of years, we are not the cuase of it, but we are not helping. change is inevidable in every thing and everyone.

Answer 3

Global warming is the one universal issue confronting the world in general. Dictators come and go. Wars are fought and won or lost. Money is spent, people will be poor or rich will have good or lousey medical care but all that depends on local politicians making decisions. Global warming can affect everyone. Where one country may decide to be responsible and make massive efforts to curb global warming there may be some countries who won't. Since our system is a closed ecosystem what is done, for example in China, makes its way across the Pacific Ocean and right into the US.

Answer 4

Overpopulation and dwindling resources.

example: humans currently use 1/2 of the available fresh water. Presently, unequal distribution of natural resources leaves literally millions without clean water . When population doubles by 2050 or so, what then?

Further, the evolving planet means that states such as climate etc are NOT fixed, thus, what we base earth's capacity upon is apt to change.

Lastly, in order to make systems (like our society) become more complex*, we require an ever-increasing rate of resources and energy. It is not sustainable to increase the global standard of living, even if we held the 6.5 billion number of folks constant.

* The second law of thermodynamics (entropy) indicates that all systems move from higher energy states (order) to lower energy states (disorder). To run this in reverse (i.e. making society become complex) requires Energy/Resources.

Answer 5

The US economy, I know you said the world, but let's face it, within the past 10 years, the global economy is affected by the slightest change in any major country's economy. As the US economy continues to slide, we'll see a repeat of the brazil-asian market tumble we saw in 1997. The FED needs to stop cutting the interest rates and bailing out investors that took stupid risks because the mortgaging companies let them; the market needs to be able to correct itself rather than hurting the value of the dollar further

Answer 6

I'm going with world hunger.

The hungry are willing to do almost anything in order to get something to eat - whether it's taking up arms to support a murderous dictator, sell their bodies and spread disease, sell medication, etc. Solving the problem of hungry people is very very difficult, but so very necessary in order for the world to become more peaceful.

Answer 7

Politics, Everything from crooked opinionated politicians to crazy dictators who think their religion and their own self ego should run the world.
And the media, they love to deface everything and everyone and mostly only focus on the bad news, and make society have a narrowed minded state of thinking its only acceptable to look like a model on the cover of gq and Cosmo mags instead of making people realize what society really is.

Answer 8

Bringing harmony to the Middle East...it is the center of our planet and until the differences there are settled the world will rock on it's axis.

Answer 9

Facing the world...
1) Terrorism
2) disease and poverty

Just my opinion. I know there are lots of terrorists who have said over and over that they want to destroy America and our way of life here.

Also, disease and poverty are universal issues that all nations face.

Answer 10

The world is coming to an end.. These are the last days.. I'm sure that most of you know that Christ Jesus is coming for his children and the things that were said that were going to happen are taking place as we speak.

There are many false prophets out there that will deceive many...

Matthew 13 (King James Version)
King James Version (KJV)
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Matthew 13
1The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.

2And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

3And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

4And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

5Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

6And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

7And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

8But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

9Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

10And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

11He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

12For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

14And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:

15For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

16But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

17For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

18Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower.

19When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.

20But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

21Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended.

22He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

23But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

24Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field:

25But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

26But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

27So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

28He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

29But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them.

30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

31Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

32Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

33Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

34All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

35That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

36Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

37He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

38The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

39The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

40As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

41The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

42And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

43Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

44Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

45Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:

46Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

47Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:

48Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

49So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,

50And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

51Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.

52Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

53And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.

54And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?

55Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

56And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things?

57And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

58And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.