Lets see:
In 1200 the life expectancy was what? 30?
In 1900 the life expectancy was what 40?
A baby born today has a life expectancy of 75? 80? Free of iron lungs and communicable diseases that routinely killed babies before their 1st year.
The poor today are rich by the standards of the 1700s.
Sure there are tensions and wars in the Middle East. But tell me one time in history when there wasn't.
Have 16 million people been killed recently there like in WWII Germany? What about the 50 million dead under Stalin?
The numbers of our war dead in Iraq are not even comparable to most wars in our nations history.
No my friend, things sound bad because the MSM needs it to sound that way to sell sell advertising.
Christ is reigning over Israel (the elect) and is already victorious. ___________________________________ I suspect our Dispy friends are really of the mind set that the glass is half empty.
Most of what you just said has nothing to do about morality. But, I'm not going to argue with you because I know I would be wasting my time. Believe things are getting better. I will believe what Scripture actually says.
The tragedy is, their faithlessness has corroded the evangelical culture, and condemned it to generations of pointless desert wandering. There are consequences to shrinking back from the opportunities and responsibilities of life. 80% of the kids raised in generic evangelical homes leave the faith within five years of leaving home.