What could be accomplished?

Yeah ... "good and not-so-good", what couldn't be?

Regarding Mormons, I honestly don't know much about their system, so ... "No comment."

I am wary, though, of any "entity" (either individual or group) that lets its head drift too high into the clouds without ensuring its feet stay firmly on the ground; I'm guilty of doing that myself on occasion, so I know of what I speak and why. (The goal isn't to defeat gravity, but rather it is to understand gravity well enough to put it to work for you, as birdbrains seem to have sorted out eons ago.) :)

So, what do you think it is that people (ancient and modern) have missed? History shows that most (if not all) human belief systems and governments have had a "notable, worthy" dream serve as their start-up capital, but history also shows that none of these gods or governments ever have brought about true "salvation" and led Man to "Paradise". Is this because Paradise merely is "believed in" (that is, imagined) instead of being f/actually figured (and physically worked) out?

As it has long been observed, "The road to Hell is paved with good intentions." With no more than fanciful mental constructs in the treasury, it usually isn't long before noble causes (and their agencies) go belly-up and decay. As you alluded to, even Christianity quickly went bankrupt and sent Humanity into a very long recession ... what was believed in "heaven" simply never made it "down to earth".

So, why does history keep repeating itself? And perhaps this cycle is why so many myths essentially tell the same story? The hope seems sure and steadfast in all, but where is its skin, its tangible substance? Hmm ... all of this brings to mind the Bible's "faith without works is dead" clause. Interesting.


Don