People who:
- Want to be entertained and excited
- Love to see cruelty and death
- Are discontent with average entertainment
- Are vain, greedy and luxurious
- Are extremely proud
Who are these people? Typical Romans around 400 A.D. sitting in The Coliseum, cheering for the emperor to allow a brutal and torturous slaughter of a human being (and/or a Christian martyr) for their own entertainment. The Romans eventually became completely desensitized and disgusting people before they were overthrown.
Who else are these people? Typical Americans/Westerners sitting in a movie theater or living room cheering for Hollywood to continue to make them movies about brutal and torturous slaughter or human beings for their own entertainment. We've become very desensitized to gore, dehumanizing each other so that we can be shocked at the next director who crosses the lines to show the more shocking death scenes. (Saw 1-3 is a prime example). We're becoming twisted and perverted! I am not under the impression that this is going to ever improve either.
- A decline in morals and values
- A decline in public health
- Political corruption
- Unemployment
- Inflation
- Urban decay
- Inferior technology
- MILITARY SPENDING
These are the main reasons Rome fell. Do you think these things also point to the American nation? In my opinion, we are becoming the modern day Rome. History repeats itself- it's just a matter of time till it comes into fruition.
Who will save us? Not a manipulative female, a savvy racist, or a fickle coward (the presidential candidates)... no, I'm afraid the only hope we have here is God to have mercy on this country that is in the middle of going down the tubes. This country is becoming a scary place to live and I haven't even been around to see how the "olden days" were. Our economy is going down the tubes too, and I'm afraid to see where we're going. This country needs prayer.