"It's already over ... the only point now is influencing how your kids or grandkids die."
Whoa. Our usually sunny, chipper Tax-chick has turned bleak on us. There's always hope, TC.
Did I say that, RC?
I think my set-in-concrete position is "fatalistic, but chirpy."
There is hope, but it's not rational hope. That's okay, because I'm not rational :-). Anoreth will marry the cute Cuban boy from church and have 14 children, and Patrick will colonize the moons of Jupiter. I'll get a tasteful monument in the churchyard in Missouri, and a very lively memorial service with belly dancers.
You're invited!
Bleak is right. It is only over if you choose to put up with it and stop fighting it at every turn.
Tax-Chick might be having a bad day.
To all the doomsayers out there, it is darkest just before the dawn. Also, we have all been under the propaganda for so long that we can become gloomier than need be.
The islamofascists have their weaknesses also. Many of them. About 16,000 of them convert to Christianity every day. I bet they really hate that.
To everyone, near the end of each day, think of three things that you accomplished during that day. Today I topped off a tree, got the Christmas tree outside and cut up, took my wife to lunch. Sometimes you can count just getting out of bed as an accomplishment. It does not matter what you count just as long as it is an accomplishment for you. It is a constructive way to approach life.
And... Remember to thank God for your time on this earth.