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Course Keys **** We cannot with hope-and-integrity work-cooperatively-together to build a Global- Healthy-Community in God's-Astronomically-Tiny-Space-Ship-Earth - - - IF: 1. We-have-no-Clear-Vision of what will be the essential-foundations upon which it can stand-robustly-and-endure in Sustainable-Gracious-Ways-of-Shalom - - - in its Essentially-Total-Material-Isolation from all of the nearest other Astronomical- Material-Bodies: Moons, Asteroids, Planets, Sun and Stars. Humans have consumed far more fossil-fuel-mass in sending rocket-ships to the moon and back, than they have brought back from the moon. The same will continue to be true of all rocket-ships sent to extra-terrestrial-places by mortals. More fossil-fuel-mass will be consumed in trips - - - than mass of extra-terrestrial-resources will be brought back to God's Astronomically-Tiny Space-Ship-Earth. Materially there will be negligible, if any, NET-GAIN. Most likely there will be NET-MATERIAL-LOSS. 2. We have no Clear-Vision of Essential-Clusters of Balanced-Mutually-Complementary: Ideals, Values, Principles and Virtues - - - which can serve as the Essential- Foundations for working cooperatively together for the Common-Good of the Whole- Crew of God's Space-Ship-Earth. 3. We have no Clear-Vision of how to approach each other - - - to cooperate in mitigating our own Alienative-Conflicts; or how to do what we can with integrity do to help-other-people to do what only-they-can-do - - - to Mitigate-Their-Own Alienative-Conflicts; e.g., by Being-Together Graciously in the Many-Mutually- Complimentary-Ways-of-Shalom. 4. We-Cling-Compulsively to Life-Styles which honor and/or revere: a. Concentrations of Great-Powers. b. Concentrations of Great-Wealth. c. The Enjoyment of Great-Luxuries. d. The Consumption of Exponentially-Growing Resources per passing year. e. The Playing-to-Win Collusive-Games-of-Mutual-Self-Deception in Alienation. f. The Domination of Vulnerable-People who are: Widows, Children, Females, Sick. g. The Control of "Evil-People", "Strange-People", "Enemy-People", etc. h. The WINNING of Alienative-Conflicts over our Transcendent-Ideals-Values-Virtues i. The suppression of "Evil-Ideas" and "Evil-Ideals". j. The suppression of Potential-Traitors to our Causes and Positions. k. The use of "Redemptive": Violence, Coercion, Exclusivity and Excommunications. 5. We fail to participate in Open-and-Honest-Dialogues about our Lacks-in-Vision; as noted above; and about how to facilitate Integrative-Visions and Cooperation. 6. We fail to engage in Open-and-Honest-Dialogues about the Tragic-Net-Long-Term Costs to the Whole-Crew of God's Astronomically-Tiny Space-Ship-Earth - - - of the kinds of honor point to in item Four above.