Saw Dachau on a trip years ago. It was profound. Three days later saw Auschwitz. Almost forgot Dachau after that. Auschwitz is horribly overwhelming.
Our neighbors are from Chicago (Roman Catholic) and of Polish descent. About 5 years ago he was doing contract work for USSteel in eastern Europe. He made the journey to Auschwitz during a break. It shook him up. There are lists displayed of the names of the exterminated inmates. He said he saw many names listed with his surname. He made a point of sharing his pictures with friends and acquaintances far and wide. He, too, embraced the Jewish maxim, "Never Again."
As bad as matters appear to be shaping up here in ObamaLand, the FR threads regarding South Africa post-Mandela are very sobering. I pray the Afrikaners will be spared. And of course, Israel is attempting to keep the same devil at bay.
I was never 1 to pursue Biblical apocalyptic writings about the end times - made my head swim with the incredible number of interpretations/theories. I resigned myself to taking Jesus words' to heart, "that no man can know the hour." A retired Southern Baptist pastor across the street put it to me most succinctly regarding the Book of Revelation - "God wins in the end."
Yet, I too was exposed to Hal Lindsay's 1970 book, The Late Great Planet Earth. He wrote in it that he found little in the Bible that could represent the United States of America as the time for Armageddon approached. That always stuck with me. And now we have post-modern America under Obama ...