Yuki-Anne wrote:Point taken (although wars, genocide, kleptocracies, and evil dictatorships definitely still happen). I still maintain that American teenagers and the media designed to appeal to them are horrifying. The point of what I said is not that awful things didn't happen way back when or that certain things haven't improved, it's that in terms of social conduct, crime, education, and overall pleasantness, our culture isn't going in a good direction.
But it can be argued that life on Earth has always sucked, in which case my point still stands: one hundred years is more than enough.
Education is going bad? Exactly in what way? Like, the education system (how teachers are treated/paid and the standards they're held to in order to get things done) or the things students are being taught? I'm a little confused on this.
Also the social conduct, crime, and overall pleasantness thing isn't confined to the united states, it is something that is going on in the entire first world. We only see this as being the worst thing ever because it's happened/happening to us. People a hundred years ago felt the same about their situation, and the same before them. People 100 years from now will say that they have declined in ways from our current state, but in many ways they will be in a far better state than we are.
Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget/neglect to entertain (show hospitality to) strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
