Thank you for a well prepared article. It is certainly clear form the history of our species and observation of our environment why this should be the obvious conclusion.

I find though, that the wonders of existance and the complexity of all things are way beyond our current capacity to understand them, manipulate them or even begin to discuss them from any firm foundational framework.

We simply do not undersand things.

As one who has been through the atheism mill, I find it impossible to deny the existance of forces beyond our comprehension and am convinced of an all-encompassing intelligent, sustaining force which permiates all structure, whether atomic, cosmic, biological or etherial.

To quote one of my favourite sources on the subject in question : "For the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit, and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the Lord, and becometh as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father." Mosiah 3:18

And so I believe it is in our nature to be kind and helpful and forgiving and to seek to be benevolent. There are however factors which would convince us of other views and the 'natural man' succumbs to these all to often, thereby provinding his fellows with destructive examples and we drag each other down into the realms of negative consequence.

It was prophecied that a time will come when a little child will lead us and teach us. That time is not far off. Just last night I watched a 4 year old girl answer some fairly interesting questions for her age. But the kicker is they were asked in English, German, French, Spanish, Russian, Arabic and Chinese. Not only does she answer in each language fluently but demostrates comprehension and dexterity way beyond what we might expect.

When we give up our striving to do things our way and acknowledge that the ways provided in our instruction manuals are indeed the correct ways, then we will have peace and prosperity, no more poor, no more war and no more strife.