A fear of nuclear weapons is sensible. They are the only technology in all of history that can destroy civilization. They can render humanity extinct. They are not why war is horrible, however. It was horrible when the weapons were sticks and stones.
Dozens killed in a war between villages of hundreds is just as bad as millions killed in a war between nations of tens of millions. Huts being burned to ash is as horrible as cities being bombed into rubble.
Wars are not worse than they have ever been. More people are killed and more things are destroyed, but proportionate to how many people and things there are.
You can argue statistics. You may say I am wrong because a greater percentage of this or that during then or now, blah, blah, blah. My claim is true regardless.
If your world is your village, is its destruction not the Apocalypse?
One man stabbed or shot does not feel less pain than many men stabbed or shot. His few loved ones are not less sad than the many loved ones of the many.
The Great Tribulation shall be the worse time ever. It shall end with a war worse than all others. Civilization shall be in ruins and humanity on the verge of extinction. What makes this moment hell on earth is not the death and destruction, though they shall be hellish.
GOODNESS is the peace beyond all understanding. It shall be
taken from the earth. The god of this world cannot take over this world until goodness
is taken out of the way. Wo unto you if you are still here when that happens.
There are only a few good people keeping evil at bay right now and this world barely functions as it is. Imagine if they were taken away and evil was given free reign. Wo unto those left behind indeed.
ReplyDeleteThe wicked take goodness for granted. They are too stupid to realize that the evil they are proud of assures their shameful doom.
DeleteAn interesting thing I have noticed from more modern people is that they don't really care too much about it anymore because they are tired of the world they live in anyhow. Pretty rough.
ReplyDeleteWhen it is your house that is destroyed, then it becomes a big deal. We tend not to put ourselves in the place of those whose lives have been ruined. That is why it is easier to imagine world destruction than it is being forced to live through it.
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