People always make me smile when they say that there is so much more crime, murder, gays (for people that think gays are wrong, according to the Bible) today than in the past. Guess what? First of all, in 1000 B.C. There was only 50 million people, we didn't even break the billion mark for world population until around 1800 A.D. There is approximately 6.6 billion people today. Of course the crime is much higher!
Secondly, we have almost instant worldwide communications to report what's going on, on the other side of the US, or the world for that matter.
Third, people are much more open (yes, there were many gays in the past), and won't be killed for liking the same sex. Also, it is widely encouraged to report a rape/incest/murder, by various organizations and society. It's scary to imagine how much incest went on in the past that no one reported. How many young women had children by their father or uncle and the wife took them on as her own child? The worlds no scarier today!!
2007-12-18 15:32:24 · 4 answers · asked by primalclaws1974 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
An answerer wanted me to read this verse, so now I post it, and you tell me this all didn't happen in the past?
2 Timothy 3
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,
Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God;
Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
2007-12-18 15:45:29 · update #1
Sorry curious, I'm not posting that long passage, but I'll say that the Christians were persecuted worse in the past than they are today!
2007-12-18 16:07:22 · update #2
yes, I do agree with you.today we are little bit safe than our ancestors. In my opinion humanity has improved a lot.
If there were no crimes in olden days there could not be the existence of court system and punishments. The tortures and punishments of olden days will not let you to sleep in peace if you read those things.
Their pass time was fighting and many people wanted to prove their powers and strengths to public so they were always in the fighting mood. those days girls got married to a man after testing his strength, but today her expectations are satisfied if he is financially well-off.
2007-12-18 15:47:48 · answer #1 · answered by Human Being 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read Matt 24. What hasn't happened yet?
2007-12-18 16:00:06 · answer #2 · answered by Truth 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read Epicenter by Joel Rosenberg. You may just change your mind.
2007-12-18 15:36:51 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read 2nd Timothy, Chapter 3 and you tell me...
2007-12-18 15:40:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋