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The End of Times

Could it all go down the flush sometime soonish? Well, it's possible.


I have a certain perspective, as a student of history; also because my parents were Depression-era farmkids.

We've had disasters and hard times before, some of them quite drastic; some took out a substantial chunk of the world's population.

Here's a partial list...

The collapse of the Roman Empire, followed by the Dark Ages. Chaos, ignorance, warlords, robber barons, cities fall, trade all but ceases. Vast knowlege is all but lost.
The Black Death (Bubonic plague). Some estimates say a third of the world died of this.
The Hundred Years War.... literally, a hundred years of war in Europe... can you imagine a hundred years of all-but continuous war? Not far away, but on your doorstep, in your town, burning your house?
World War One
The 1918-1919 Swine Flu.... bad enough that it has as much to do with bringing WW1 to a halt as anything political or military.
The Great Depression, the Dust Bowl. Worldwide financial collapse. American mothers deciding which child to feed and which to let starve.
World War Two... don't take it for granted, THINK about it. A homicidal madman takes over Europe and wants to enslave the world... millions upon millions die... A brutal Empire conquers Asia... ending with the first atomic bombs and the Cold War with the USSR, generations who grew up with the nuclear Sword of Damocles hanging over their head.

I don't doubt for a moment that we could very well be headed into hard times, possibly even another major disaster... possibly world-changing events.

Or not. I freedly admit I don't know and have no time scale or predictions to offer.... and I doubt anyone who claims they DO "know" anything with any certainty.
 
FreedomFromAll said:
And I still haven't accused you of anything yet you keep accusing me of accusing you.

And why are you talking about the end of the world?

Perhaps you do not understand the English language?
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puhahahaah!!!!!!!!!

you are contradicting yourself in all of your statements in this post!
 
Medusa said:
puhahahaah!!!!!!!!!

you are contradicting yourself in all of your statements in this post!
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lol What conversation would that be? The one where you think we are talking about the end of the world? Or the one where you want me to accuse you of agreeing with the Op?
 
Jonsa said:
Harness technology, educate the masses, eliminate hunger, cultural evolution.

Most of the issues you have highlighted are rather transient.

In the next few years, the global economy will recover.

Enforcement in Africa of a one child policy will take a few generations, but eventually, as their quality of life approaches western standards the birth rate will naturally go down and education will suffice for the rest.

As for fundamentalism, or radical Islam would be a bettere description, it is a no win proposition. It cannot be sustained in western culture and as such will ultimately sink to its rightful place on the fringes of humanity.

I am hopeful that as Islam approaches its 1700th birthday, it will go thru its own reformation just like the christian churches did in the 1700s.
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no religion can be reformed ..but people only begin to interpret what is written in these books in a true way
 
zgoldsmith23 said:
Obviously they can be reformed then if they interpret in a true way.
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gotta figure that christians and jews have reformed.
Neither of them own slaves. neither support polygamy. neither kills a non virgin bride. etc. etc. etc.

Its damn time that Islam went thru the same process.
 
VanceMack said:
Like it or not, extremist Islamists ARE spreading and they arent bashful about violence.
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You mean just like Christians who performed genocide on countless numbers of societies for hundreds of years as a standard process of invading, enslaving and mass killing people for their financial profit?


What are your thoughts?
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My thought is that racism is a mental disorder and very difficult to get rid of, on both an individual and a social scale.
 
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