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While there is some element of truth to the fact someone always feel the "end" is coming and that the era they inhabit is full of evil, I have to say some things HAVE CHANGED.

While government and religious hierarchies were responsible for much evil in man's early history(and still do, I suppose) there is a more personal evil that exists now that simply did not in 3000 BC.

Serial killers are a relatively modern development, with Jack the Ripper ushering in the age of the psychopath(they've always existed, but probably were lords or generals when they slaughtered the innocent) The circumstances behind the killings seem to be more senseless than before, while civil society is probably less cruel than ever.

Were 10 year old boys killing 2 year olds or beating men to death 300 years ago? While there have probably always been an exception or two in a given era, there is a different kind of evil that is on the rise. With the development of technology and bureaucracy, governments are now more murderous than ever before, and there is much potential for the enslavement of BILLIONS, not thousands or even millions..

So, this is not "the end time" but SOME things are getting worse. What could that Assyrian have been talking about with regard to disobeying parents? A kid not wanting to be a farmer and instead going to the city to be a mason?! lol

I agree with your assessment, as far as it goes. But I have always known anxiety as an American. I grew up during the cold war. I was a school child when we had those drills where you crawled underneath your desk as if a nuclear bomb had been detonated nearby.

I remember those ridiculous 55 gallon drums people were selling as fallout shelters. Yes, I know, they were bigger than that, but that's what it seemed.

I remember Kennedy being shot and, being a child, didn't understand politics. I just knew that something really bad had happened.

I remember the Cuban missle crisis, and everybody suddenly getting religious and going to church.

I remember watching the evening news every night and seeing the carnage from the Vietnam war.

The list goes on, but you get the point.

At some point, we have gotten calloused to all of this. Calloused, that is, until something strikes close to home.

Years ago, I got tired of it all and sold my television and cancelled my newspaper subscriptions. I still don't have tv, nor do I read newspapers, but my job requires a computer. My education requires the internet, which, again keeps me up-to-date on worldwide terror.

All in all, I think I felt better not knowing what was going on.