THE END IS NIGH!
A friend passed this one along. It’s circulating on some homeschool lists. I’m not quite sure why they thought some wingnut diatribe from 2000 was relevant.
HOW LONG DO WE HAVE?
About the time the original thirteen states adopted their new constitution in 1787, Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinburgh, had this to say about the fall of the Athenian Republic, some 2,000 years earlier:“A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always vote for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship.
The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, those nations always progressed through the following sequence:
1. from bondage to spiritual faith;
2. from spiritual faith to great courage:
3. from courage to liberty:
4. from liberty to abundance
5. from abundance to complacency;
6. from complacency to apathy:
7. from apathy to dependence;
8. from dependence back into bondage.”Professor Joseph Olson of Hamline University School of Law, St. Paul, Minnesota, points out some interesting facts concerning the 2000 presidential election:
Number of States won by:
Democrats: 19
Republicans: 29
Square miles of land won by:
Democrats: 580,000
Republicans: 2,427,000
Population of counties won by:
Democrats: 127 million
Republicans: 143 million
Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by:
Democrats: 13.2
Republicans: 2.1
Professor Olson adds: “In aggregate, the map of the territory Republicans won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of this great country. Democrat territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in government-owned tenements and living off various forms of government welfare…” Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the “complacency and apathy” phases of Professor Tyler’s definition of democracy, with some forty percent of the nation’s population already having reached the “governmental dependency” phase.If Congress grants amnesty and citizenship to twenty million criminal invaders called “illegals”, and they vote, if we continue in our current slide toward bondage,we can say goodbye to the USA as we know it in fewer than five years.
Overreaction? Fear-mongering? Or a sincere, stern warning from the heart? Look at the nations around the world. Look in your history books. Are we really that “good” that we can choose wickedness in its various forms and emerge unscathed? I believe it’s time to wake up. May the coming years under an Obama administration drive us as Christians to our knees as never before. Perhaps God will be yet be merciful and heal our land.
13 Responses to “THE END IS NIGH!”
 Comment by Nance Confer November 5th, 2008 at 7:18 pm |
This being on their knees business? Isn’t that what got Clinton in so much trouble? Now I’m confused. 🙂 Nance |
 Comment by JJ November 6th, 2008 at 12:25 am |
Btw, some tv wag said today that with President Obama, we won’t see any Monicas or Katrinas. . . |
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Comment by JJ November 6th, 2008 at 12:34 am |
According to this “always” plan, don’t we have to wait for the bondage before the spiritual faith part happens again? Seems fruitless to accept something “always” happens but then believe you can pray your way into changing it. And why isn’t “being on our knees” pretty much being in bondage anyway? So maybe we’re already back at the top of the schedule? I’m confused too, but maybe thinking about it instead of just forwarding it breathlessly to everyone I know is my problem? |
 Comment by Daryl Cobranchi November 6th, 2008 at 1:22 am |
…maybe thinking about it instead of just forwarding it breathlessly to everyone I know is my problem? Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner. |
 Comment by Pete Darby November 6th, 2008 at 2:48 am |
so…”Professor Olson adds: “In aggregate, the map of the territory Republicans won was mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens of this great country. Democrat territory mostly encompassed those citizens living in government-owned tenements and living off various forms of government welfare…”” As you know, Bob, the vast majority of tax revenue actually comes from the Blue States, whereas, thanks to good old pork barrel politics, federal dollars are spent per capita vastly more in Red States… So I’m saying that the good perfesser actually predicted the 2004 election, not the 2008. |
 Comment by Meg L. November 6th, 2008 at 9:39 am |
All the Mormons in my homeschool group were going on and on and about how their whatever they’re called “leaders” were saying we just had our 7 fat years and now need to prepare for 7 lean ones. The other liberal and one just looked at each other and went “WTF” |
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Comment by Nance Confer November 6th, 2008 at 10:02 am |
Those were fat years? We are screwed! Nance |
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Comment by Meg L. November 6th, 2008 at 11:35 am |
LOL – well, they were talking about it in terms of their long-term storage preparedness and their coming need for it. And boy, do I need to proof-read my comments before I sent them. |
 Comment by Rob November 7th, 2008 at 12:08 pm |
There is certainly a segment of us Mormons that are reading “end times signs” in world events going on around us. I’m not one of them, I just comprehend where they’re coming from. Some of you might get a chuckle at this thread on an LDS preparadness board: lds.ne...f.html Rob |
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Comment by Daryl Cobranchi November 8th, 2008 at 8:01 am |
Rob, I lived in SLC 20 years ago. The Mormons then were interpreting the signs to conclude the same thing. There have always been earthquakes, wars and rumors of wars Always will be. |
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Comment by Rob November 9th, 2008 at 9:16 pm |
Oh no kidding. 20 years ago it was Commies, then the UN, then Bush and his Skull and Bones society, then the UN again, then Bush II and the illuminati. They briefly swung back to commies with Russia’s ‘we’re back’ play in Georgia, but now it’s all Obama, all the time. |
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Comment by Rob November 9th, 2008 at 9:19 pm |
[add]Oh – when I teach my gospel principles class on the End Days, I make sure to place strong emphasis on all the stuff that needs to happen and hasn’t yet. People forget, it’s not plagues/famine/earthquakes/wars, but these things in far greater amounts than ever seen. And dang, this planet has killed off millions with simple flooding. |
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Comment by JJ Ross November 12th, 2008 at 1:54 pm |
True. And now millions are getting even, trying to kill off the planet. |