Laura Johnson Blog Post 4

1) To go from an arms race to a peace race would be extremely difficult and it would take the world many years to accomplish. The reason why this would take so long is because the world is accustom to using violence to gain everything and solve problems. The world needs to become educated on racial, ethnic, and gender equality so that they can become innovators in world peace. A few ways that they can begin to do this are by trying to limit violent references in the media, such as in music, television, video games, and movies. By educating people today we are educating the future leaders of society. And by educating the future leaders of society we are breaking the cycle so the possibly an arms race would not occur but a peace race would take place.

2)The realms that Dr. Martin Luther King talks about are "the realms of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion" and the realm of "complex devices, techniques, mechanisms, and instumentalities by means of the way we live. Technology and spirtuality should be mixed in with eachother so that one could benefit the other. For example, technology lead to the creation of lamenanted prayer cards which are kept in wallets and used in a time of spiritual need. With technology religion is more easily spread than in previous years. Relgion might help technology by helping people think outside the box when creating new inventions.



Works Cited
Photograph. War & Peace, It’s in the Mind. World Press, 28 Sept. 2009. Web. 7 Apr. 2010. .

Photograph. Broderick. Broderick, 20 Mar. 2010. Web. 7 Apr. 2010. .

Blog Post 4 Erica B.

1. As the saying goes, in a less vulgar way, fighting for peace is like having sex for virginity. It's almost like an oxymoron; you want peace among other countries, so you go to war against them to acheive it. Just like MLK says in Where Do We Go From Here, "we must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means." Obviously, it is impossible to acheive complete world peace. But there is a way to come close. We must first find peace with those who you are surrounded by. If you can't even be peaceful as an indiviual with your neighbors what makes you think as a country we could be peaceful with the neighbors? "GPI will serve as an organization to promote a critical mass for peace consciousness by defining peace more broadly than an absence of conflict." Reading this statement alone proves that people view peace incorrectly and that an absence of conflict is not possible. GPI is an organization that has the correct initiative in acquiring Global Peace. They start by taking local footsteps, then global footsteps and that leads them to giant leaps. Peace cannot be found overnight. It will take time, and eventually evolve from a local footstep to a giant leap.




Global Peace Initiatives - Global Peace Initiatives. Web. 08 Apr. 2010. http://www.globalpeaceinitiatives.net/.

War or Peace? The candid eye. 28 Sept. 2009. 7 Apr. 2010 .

2.In World House, MLK talks about how we have lost the internal in the external, or we have lost our morals and spirituality amongst all the new technological advances that have come about within the recent century. The internal refers to spirituality, religion, morals. the external refers to the technology. So many new advances have been made and have become exrtemely useful, for example the phone or computer or internet or car. But people in modern days take advantage of the technology. In the old days in was a normal thing to go to church, to pray everynight before bed, and to say grace before dinner. Now people are too busy for church, they are on the phone or computer all night so by the time they go to bed they dont even think about saying a prayer, and so many families now dont even eat dinner together at a table. one will be at the computer desk eating the other will be in thier room on the phone eating and the other will be watching tv in the living room eating dinner. all of these "materialistic" things have become and interference in our internal realm. Before one would show their faith to God by attending church regulalry and follwoing his lifestyle, now you show your faith by forwarding a text message that says you believe in God to 10 people, because if you take the time to forward the message than God will take time to allow you to enter the pearly white gates when your time has come. That shows real effort. I completely agree with MLK and think that the more tecnology that comes out the lazier and more alienated people will become, which makes it a lot harder to achieve peace let alone getting along with our neighbors in our world house.

James Morton Blog Post 4

1. A way that I would transform the nuclear arms race into a peace race would be by simple teaching the young differently. School, churches, and even adults should be making sure their child, student, etc. is being taught peaceful reasoning. It seems to me that children that come from a rough background or that were deprived of love are the ones that end up with an unpeaceful mindset. If parents did these things like nurturing their child and made sure they received lots of love, this world would be filled with much more peace. This video may not be completely about peace, but it is so important I believe that children are raised properly because those are the baby steps to peace.



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Martin Luther King in his essay says, “Every man lives in two realms, the internal and external.” He says the first one is the internal which is the realm of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion. The second one is the external realm is the complex of devices, techniques, mechanisms, and instrumentalities by means of which we live. I believe that if our world lived a moral and spiritual life it would make a huge difference to begin with. Like my paragraph above, I believe children should be taught the great morals of life and also be brought up with spirituality meaning religion and learning about God or a God. I believe the technological part will work itself in as long as we start with the teaching morality and spirituality, not only to the young but also the older. It may take a while, but these things are the key to peace.

Thomas Moore Blog Post 4

1)Turn the nuclear arms race into a peace race. Personally I do not believe that this can be done. If this were to be done we would have to totally destroy and get rid of all nuclear weapons. This would be impossible to do this because there are stockpiles of these weapons in Russia and America. If there were to be a peace race there would have to be lots of treaties and actions taken to make all of the nuclear arms disappear. But I do not think it will ever happen.
2) “Every man lives in two realms, the internal and the external. The internal is that realm of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion. The external is that complex of devices, techniques, mechanisms, and instrumentalities by means of which we live.” As a society we have made great strides in the progress of depleting oppression, yet it is still a huge issue. Religion, race and beliefs divide people and these differences are still viewed by some people as things that lower that persons self worth.

Timothy Milne Blog Post 4

1) The nuclear arms race is extremely apparent, especially during present day times. The availability, technology, and skills necessary to make massive weaponry, specifically nuclear power, are becoming much easier to come across. Since the ability to create these arms are increasing, it just makes sense that something needs to be done about it before the nuclear arms race gets out of hand and the world in turn destroys each other. In order to change the nuclear arms race into a race for peace, multiple actions need to be taken. One action I would take in order to promote peace would be to remove as much weapon creating materials I could from the United States and other countries. For example, I would stiffen the gun laws to have less availability to fire arms and ammunition. I would also destroy or isolate as much nuclear materials as possible to eliminate the use of it. As well as materials, I would also hold conferences that leaders of countries would attend and explain the significance of peace and what it really would mean for everyone if there wasn’t a threat of nuclear warfare. On the opposite side of the spectrum, I would also promote teaching peace to the younger generations in order for them to understand the meaning of peace before they think of the idea of nuclear warfare. The task of ending the nuclear race would be extremely difficult, but I believe it is possible with a little help from every nation and every person.

Reid, Tim. "New Start Will Signal the End of the Nuclear Arms Race." Times Online. 2 Apr. 2009. Web. 7 Apr. 2010. .

2) In his essay, Martin Luther King speaks of two realms of spirituality. The first realm according to king consisted of “spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion.” The second realm was comprised of complex devices, techniques, mechanisms and instrumentalities by means of which we live.” Our country today is leaning almost completely toward the second realm he describes. In a rapidly growing society that we face, we see a higher dependence on technologies and factual explanations for phenomena. In order to balance the scientific aspect of life with the moral aspect, I think that the concept of morals and spirituality should be taught to children when they are young. The best time for people to learn is in the younger stages of their lives. I believe that if more people are taught this aspect of life, they will become less dependent on technologies, mechanics, and physical objects and put a much better and realistic value to spirituality and moral belief.

Carly Hamilton Blog Post 4

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1. There is obviously not one simple solution to end the nuclear arms race and turn it into a peace race. It has to be a collaboration of efforts and methods to get the plan moving that requires support and participation of everyone as a whole. One method I found interesting and seemingly effective were peace rallies. Massive amounts of people gather together in one place to promote peace and their ideas on how to do so. This gets the word out to people of importance who have the ability to influence the situation. Also, somehow we need to find a way to show people how much better life would be for everyone without war. Once they realize how the world would be if we just ALL stop fighting then no one will want to fight anymore. However, I believe this generation is too far gone, we need to stimulate the youth and make them aware of the situation and show them that peace is the only way we are going to survive.

2. According to Martin Luther King Jr, "The richer we have become materially, the poorer we have become morally and spiritually." This is extremely accurate of how we live today, we have so much stuff that we forget to stop and appreciate it and how we got it. The two realms MLK speaks of are the internal and the external. The internal is the realm of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion. The external is that complex of devices, techniques, mechanisms, and instrumentalities by means of which we live. Apparently our problem is that we tend to be more focused on the external while forgetting about the internal all together. The only way to balance the two is to learn to limit the time we spend with our technology and stop to appreciate everything we have and not always want more and more. However, we can take advantage and use our advanced technology in a positive way to help others who are less fortunate than us. We can use television to help educate people on world issues we can help with and ask for donations and things of that nature.

Blog Post 4 (Jared Zipper)

1. Since there has been war, people have longed for peace. However achieving peace is an impossible task because in nature there is no peace. Generally in nature there is a balance in the grand scheme of life. However there is always struggle a between the hunter (dominator) and the hunted (strives to survive). Peace needs to be reexamined because I believe most people think it is cut and dry, because we live in a world that still has wars. Peace is a gray area, with so many ideas and concepts surrounding it, that it gets lost in translation. We can teach peace, but do we really appreciate it? We can teach war, but have most of us ever been in one? I think people who believe peace can be solved by one answer are ignorant. Peace is an idea that’s a hidden treasure with no key . In order to create peace, we must examine nature and human nature itself.

Dave Matthews Band. "Funny The Way It Is.". RCA, April 21, 2009.

2. Religion has given science meaning, one can’t survive without the other. MLK explains that man has gone to lengths to maintain his own conception of peace. However he fails to realize the environment surrounding him. That in order to balance our lives through scientific and religious thoughts, we must be awake. What he meant by this is being open to new ideas. That man has always failed to see social change and when it occurs they fail to realize what had occurred, but since there is no relevance they soon easily forget. The religious realm incorporates self understanding, being with a tight nit community working together, however it is limited because there are only so many people in your group. The scientific aspect not only unites multiple groups, but creates technology in which living is easier. He explains that if we combine both of them the world that we live in would be a better place.

Kasie's Blog 4 Post

Chances are, I am going to be the only Debbie downer on this topic, but I’m going to go ahead and go for it anyway.

There is no such thing as perfect people, or a perfect world, and I truly believe that yes, we can strive for more peace, but we will never achieve total peace. As long as mankind walks the earth, that will never happen.

However, I firmly believe in the spiritual thought of peace, and you may bash me, but I am going to go that avenue.


“Peace on Earth.” What a wonderful topic to reflect on! I understand it as “God on Earth.” My definition for peace is “God dwelling on the Earth.” As the Apostle Paul says, our God creates “the bonds of peace” (Ephesians 4:3). To me, the phrase “peace on earth” means living out in the present what is a certain future reality. In doing so, we announce the kingdom of God and demonstrate its reality in our everyday lives.

Rick Warren, a man known for his "Purpose Driven Life" series, that Christians and Atheists have read alot, has come up with a plan for peace, that I really kind of like. It would be nearly impossible, but hey we can dream right?

Warren's PEACE Plan
Millennium Development Goals:

Plant churches
Equip servant leaders
Actually "Lifelong Learning" has been the major UNESCO education goal since the UN agency was founded. Assist the poor
Care for the sick
Educate the next generation

Millennium Development Goals:

*Develop a global partnership for development
*Develop a global partnership for development. Actually "Lifelong Learning" has been the major UNESCO education goal since the UN agency was founded.
*Assist the poor
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
*Care for the sick
*Reduce child mortality
*Improve maternal health
*Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
*Educate the next generation #2. Achieve universal primary education
*Promote gender equality and empower women
*Ensure environmental sustainability

Attached are some pictures to help illustrate this serious idea of global peace, and they represent each segment in the peace plan.

My images came from google search, (websites, in order: http://www.inspirational-words-phrases.com/images/holding_life_plant.jpg ~ http://evidencesx.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/leaders_overview.jpg ~ http://satnexschool.isti.cnr.it/images/School%20Bus%20-%20Cartoon%207.jpg ~ http://www.thevarguy.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/the-var-guy-sick.jpg ~ http://www.weirdthings.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/all-babies-have-big-mouths-but-not-as-much-as-this-baby.jpg ) and he Rick Warren peace plan can be googled, and I found my information on: http://www.crossroad.to/charts/millennium-goals-peace.htm


In regards to science versus moral, I believe that my views can be best described with this illustration: Think of a marker. To a 2D person, there are circles and there are squares, there is no such thing as them coinsiding, but here in the 3D world we see that they can exhist, like they do in things like markers.
in our 3D world, many try and say that science and moral, or spirituality cannot coincide with one another. I think that God gave us the marker to wake us up, by basically saying "Uh, Duh". And yet we, as a population, seem to miss the mark everytime.

Blog 4

1. I believe the best way to make it so that cournties aroung the world start to disarm themselves would be the obvious answer of having them all attend a world conference. The Pax Christi organization is focused on the abolition of nuclear weapons, their plan is to bring all of the nations together and disarm themselves. Pax Christi is currently one of the leading organizations in terms of nuclear abolition. Martin Luther King had the right idea, if we dont get rid of these weapons they will destroy us. But the only way we can successfully do this is to do it together.

Pax Christi. "A New Moment For Nuclear Disarmament." Pax Christi. Web. 7 Apr. 2010. .

2. Martin Luther King talks about two different worlds. The first is the scientific world and all that it has achieved in the last 100 years, the second is the moral world in which we all live and interact with one another. But what we must do is combine these two worlds. It is best to have limits, without and morals science has no boundaries, but we cant let that happen. There needs to be some limits so these two seperate worlds need to come together so that we can get the best of both worlds.

Alex Carregal

1. Transforming an Arms Race into a Peace Race would be an extremely difficult task that would take a lot of time. The world could not just decided to do this in just one day because there has been years of wars and bloodshed for people just to put weapons and war aside. But, my plan would be to raise awareness of peace and equality so that future generations may be able to think differently since they will be the future leaders of the world. Also i would emphasize art and technology as ways to "race" towards peace because art is a way for people to express emotions and skill in an non-violent way. Also a technology race would benefit the medical field because we would have more cures for diseases and infections.



2. The realms that Dr. Martin Luther King talks about are "the realms of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion" and the realm of "complex devices, techniques, mechanisms, and instumentalities by means of the way we live. We can balance our technological and moral abundances by trying to find commonalities between them. If we can find a way for people to use technology to become more spiritual we could achieve this goal. One example of this is creating an application on phones that can give you spiritual advice everyday when you need to hear it most, no matter which religion you follow.

Nick Manos Blog 4

1. To support an arms race would be to a very difficult task in today's world. The amount of weapons that can be created out of common daily used materials is scary. I feel that if we were to make laws against the sale of guns our world would make bigger strides to peace, but we can't make all of the chemicals used in some of these nuclear weapons illegal. I think that people need to be taught to be peaceful. If we were to be taught young to be peaceful, then we would pass that on to our children and so on. I think that we could avoid these nuclear tragedies by teaching our youth how to be more peaceful.

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2. Martin Luther King spoke of two realms of spirituality. They were the realm of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals and religion, and complex devices, techniques, mechanism, and instrumentalities. When this essay was written, there weren't cell phones, ipods, or laptops. These are all ways for us to move away from being spiritual. Music is a big influence on the way some think. We hear what these signers are talking about and think that it is cool to act like them. I am a Catholic so when I hear about some of the things on the news about youths committing crimes it hurts me personally. If someone could have taught these kids to get involved in Church, we may have been able to avoid these crimes. I blame technology solely for all the corruption. YouTube and Itunes are ways that anyone can access any violent act caught on film or audio. We are using technology to get away from our spiritual ends and making bad decisions.

Jennifer Anderson Blog Post 4

1. The way that I would transform a nuclear arms race to a peace race is very complex. It is something that will take many many years, and cannot be done over night. One step you could take towards transformation is by teaching our younger generations about peace, and about equality, so you can send them off into the world with the mindset of peace. Another step you could take could be preaching to the public about how important world peace is. We could simply suggest mutual arm reductions to all other outcomes. This is an issue that I believe will take a long time and a lot of world cooperation to overcome.

http://www.jstor.org/pss/425197

2. In Martin Luther King's essay, he talks about "bridging our gulf between our scientific progress and our moral progress". Which I believe is a statement that really speaks for itself. We as a nation can balance our scientific and technological abundance with living a moral and spiritual life by doing many things. Technology as in computers for instance can bring people together because you can research on world peace, and you can do many things to help others in different countries out. For example, you could donate money online to help the victims of Haiti out after their massive earthquake. Back when Martin Luther wrote this, there were no computers, and now today, computers have a major impact on our lives, and it holds such a wide database for everyone to learn more about religion to peace in their own comfort. Another technological object that can bring us to a more spiritual and moral life is the television. Tv's were also not common back when this essay was written, and now almost everyone in America owns one. It is also a good database to promote and learn about peace, for instance the news or Discovery Channel. Because the computer and tv are so widely used in today's day and age, I believe that if people start preaching and promoting peace and no violence that it could reach out to more people at a faster pace, there just has to be people willing to take that challenge.

Brittany Ubaldini Blog Post 4

1. I don't really understand this question however I will try my best to answer it. My plan to transform the nuclear arms race into a peace race is by disarming America and the rest of the nations. I would try to create a way for all of the nations to come to an agreement to get rid of their nuclear weapons by persuading the nation's leaders to attend a conference where the American leader persuades and explains why it is important for all of us to disarm our countries. It's obviously not going to be easy to persuade them but if we could convince them us and are allies are completely disarming ourselves maybe the countries we don't get along with or associate with would do the same. We could also make it a point to show that us as an American people aren't as selfish and greedy as other countries may think. We can do this by donating excess food, supplies, and money we don't need to countries that do. Even countries we don't get along with or have been at war with at one point. By helping the other nations selflessly maybe they'll follow the lead and do the same and we won't only tackle war but world hunger and poverty as well.

http://www.unitedforpeace.org/article.php?type=71&list=type

2. The two realms Martin Luther King speaks about in his essay are, "the realm of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion" and the realm of "complex devices, techniques, mechanisms, and instrumentalities by means of which we live". As a nation we suffer even more now than we did when he wrote this essay. We can balance our technological excesses with living a moral and spiritual life by combining the two. If we add more spiritual items to our technological devices such as, if you're christian, christian music on your Ipod to help you to praise and worship. If you make it a point to listen to this music and take the time to grow spiritually and escape the technological hustle and bustle we live in, our society will feel much more fulfilled in their spiritual lives. This will also flow into their moral life, because if a person is satisfying their needs spiritually, then they won't have the need to fill the voids that are there when they're unfulfilled. If we use our technological devices for good instead of evil, our spiritual and moral growth will exceed everything else. It's just a matter of self control and discipline to stay away from the evil things that can bring us down or make us feel empty.

Blog Post 4 Directions

Answer BOTH questions.

1. Martin Luther King in his essay, Where Do We Go From Here: Community or Chaos? that we mount a peace initiative. Outline your plan to transform the nuclear arms race into a peace race. Research peace intiatives to support your argument. Be sure and cite your source.

2. Martin Luther King in his essay World House talks about "bridging the gulf between our scientific progress and our moral progress." Explain the two realms he speaks about (p.598)and suggest how we, as a nation, can balance our scientific and technological abundance with living a moral and spiritual life.

NOTE: include a graphic (with citation if you don't use a royalty free one) and/or YouTube video with your post.

Caitlin Barnes Blog Post 3

1. Stereotypes. Its a word that carries just as much of an impact as any other if not more. To stereotype someone, is to judge them without knowing them. Probably the most highly stereotyped people in the world are the arabs. Why? Well simply one reason, September 11, 2001. Nine years ago, and people are still thinking the same way. Some of the children that are stereotyped today, weren't even born yet! Yet just about everyone goes around, and by seeing an Arab, or a Muslim even (due to mistake of identification) they relate them to the terrorist attack. Not every Arab is a terrorist, in fact the majority of them are not and it isn't fair for them to sit back and be judged and be able to do nothing about it. There are so many things that can be done to change all the misconceptions. The picture above that I chose, is a simple message that reads loud and clear: not all arabs are bad. There are Arabs that are here in the United States and try to get jobs and aren't able to due to their heritage, not even their background check. Children are being ridiculed by other children of their age when parents could easily teach their child right from wrong. There are many ways to teach a young child, even by not being a parent that stereotypes. Its just a flaw in the world that can most definitely be fixed, and as much as we all know it can, no action is taken to correct that.

2. When I was younger, I was always helping my teachers out with little things such as filing, or grading papers afterschool rather then staying in after school care until my mom came to pick me up. I developed the title of "teachers pet" which at the time was such a negative thing. No one wanted to be called the teachers pet because you became the outcast to the class and everyone thought you would tell on them for everything they did wrong. It hurt me and because of it, I found myself continuously alone and doing my own thing. Being lonely in grade school was definitely a negative thing because for the longest time after, I thought there was something wrong with me, later I realized that there was something wrong with them. And the experience i went through from helping my teachers out, got me the job of being a teachers assistant in high school, so it most definitely paid off!