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So your //Balance that againts goodlife who constantly cuts and pastes he eternally pessimisitic view of all of us, wringing his hands at our stubborn unwillingness to join his mndset of doom and gloom// sorry but this is the other way round, because, Faith is not a possession of all people. 2 Thess. 3:2.
And you see a world without faith in God, but senior citizens know better. Older members of society are well aware of the stupendous changes that have occurred in their lifetimes; and, whether their children’s children believe them or not, the historical facts prove that conditions have progressively gone from bad to worse.
If you turn the pages of history back half a century, if you will, and compare world conditions then with current times, and you will see why so many persons today have little or no faith in God or his Word the Bible.
LazyGun @If you go to a apostate site,I can see, why, I became aware of how crafty the false teachers were. Information taken out of context was their ‘strong evidence’ against us. I decided to start reading our publications again and to attend the meetings. Soon I realized how much I had missed our loving, united brotherhood is a blessing from Jehovah. (Ps. 133:1) Yes we have love for the whole association of brothers. (1 Pet. 2:17) Being part of the Christian brotherhood, we enjoy the warmth of supportive spiritual fathers, mothers, brothers, and sisters of like faith.—Mark 10:29, 30.
It was Jesus’ disciples who asked him a direct question about the end of the world. This is recorded at Matthew 24:3, according to the King James, or Authorized, Version of the Bible: “Tell us, . . . what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
So to help you to understand that the Greek word for “world” (ai•on′) used in this text does not refer to the literal earth or to the material universe. Several Bible versions translate the expression as “end of the age,” or as “the final time. The New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures renders the verse: “What will be the sign of your presence and of the conclusion of the system of things?”
So rather than you forecasting a nuclear holocaust or similar disintegration of the material universe, including our planet Earth, the Bible teaches us that it is the wicked system of things on earth that will be brought to a sudden end. This includes all forms of corruption, falsehood, and hypocrisy now existing, whether it is political, commercial, or religious. All degradation and immorality, all wickedness, and all godless humans existing on earth will be forcibly removed,
So simble, But for lot you do make life hard for yourself.