A couple of friends and I were discussing this last night. The debate was "If you were made King for a day, and you could do just one thing every day, what would be your first action as global ruler and why?"

Our debate went long into the night, trying to discover the first step that would allow for the creation of greater possibilities with each successive day..we ranked all of the challenges of mankind in order..working backwards from the survival of the species..imagining what might need to be done first to make that an absolute certainty, for we felt this would need to be a part of the first order of highest priority. We broke the problem down backwards arguing about what would have to be done if this were our first objective "Eternal life of the species on Earth". We argued if this should be the ultimate highest goal of mankind, and counter argued this against what Heaven must be and how all things must be and act in order to remain.

Finally after much consideration and counsel, with a view to creating global harmony amoungst all religions, aligned behind an agreeable common goal, in a challenge that affects us all in a global way that requires the creation of base level harmony in the self interest, seeking to overcome the greatest of challenges first so that all others become easier..and all of the other things a wise leader would be expected to consider and offer a logical best reply to, we concluded that the best possible first act would be the following.

A request made to the new Pope asking clarification of the point "man has dominion" determine its full scope and intent.

Initially this came as a surprise to our group and so we asked why.

The answer : Because many of those who seek to destroy the world use this clause as their defence of their moral high ground. When asked "What is you motive for destroying forests..some admit to personal greed..some say we must to provide resources to the poor and the hungry and others claim it as their right..this world is to do with as we wish" For so long as this defence remains unchallenged by the church all men of the Christian faith will have an ultimate justification for their destructive actions and it would seem that this contravenes the true spirit of the Bible. As a consequence of this paragraph being used to defend all manner of ecology and life destroying actions pursued primarily for the purposes of personal gain in the present and denying all future generations of its enduring benefits a final clarification is required. The question, in a brief letter to the Pope would simply be : I would like a ruling..one way or another..from the Pope as to what the phrases which relate to "dominion" actually mean, refer to and intend to include.

Perhaps I am wrong, perhaps there is another first best step to harmonise the highest ideals of all men, creating a benchmark of intent which all future actions can be measured against to see if they align with the highest common goal.

Then came the issue of what to do on the second day if indeed the first had been a success. If it were me I would hold a concert, featuring 3 7 peace bands, formed with the finest musicians from each of the religions so that the world could see for themselves that harmony amoungst us all was still a possibility...and still our desire to create.