[TheCrusader]

"It is a mistake that people often make to believe that "things are worse now than they have ever been."

I have found this to be true too. But it's not true in every case. For example look at the number of wars and cruel deaths that occurred in the 20th century, and the way that diseases have become a weapon of warfare. Look at how computers and the internet have become a worldwide source of sin, corruption and evil. It's also become a way for governments to 'watch' their citizens and trace their activities. I truly beieve that sin/evil has spread all over the earth in an unprecedented manner today.

[Cheburashka]

I truly beieve that sin/evil has spread all over the earth in an unprecedented manner today.
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Man is fallen, and corrupts everything he touches. But sometimes he redeems himself, as an individual and in groups.
You see corruption in the internet. This is true, but there is also enlightenment to many, new chances to learn, a new way to communicate. Some of communication is evil, some good. As I said Mankind is fallen.
Old corruptions sometimes die out. Think of the efforts to end slavery over the last 250 years. Slavery was really never challenged until that period. Think of the many people who worked to establish that. Some died in the process.
Life is a struggle between good and evil, carried out in men's souls. Even if there were a series of horrible defeats today, there would be a possibility for great victories tomorrow. But even tomorrow's great victories would not end the struggle, which will outlive both of us. A person must expect he will not live to see final victory, however disappointing that might be.