Police shootings, mass shootings, terrorism, and humanity's descent into madness

[Jack.Kerr]

Originally Posted by dirt_dobber

appropriate - but sad that this is the case.
The last days are described as “perilous times” because of the increasing and evil character of man and people who actively “oppose the truth” (2 Tim.3:1–9; 2 Thess 2:3).

Why, then, would the period from 1936-1945 not have been the Last Days?
Or 1914-1918? Or 1861-1865?

As disturbing as events are today, there are plenty of times throughout history when they have been far worse. The difference is that technology makes every outrageous act instant news.

Last Days predictions are a dime a dozen.

[dirt_dobber]

Originally Posted by Jack.Kerr

Why, then, would the period from 1936-1945 not have been the Last Days?
Or 1914-1918? Or 1861-1865?

As disturbing as events are today, there are plenty of times throughout history when they have been far worse. The difference is that technology makes every outrageous act instant news.

Last Days predictions are a dime a dozen.

Great points - And I'm sure the people of those days thought the same thing. And I
agree that no one can predict the "end times". Just pointing out that the depravity of man
knows no end.

[Jack.Kerr]

Originally Posted by dirt_dobber

Great points - And I'm sure the people of those days thought the same thing. And I
agree that no one can predict the "end times". Just pointing out that the depravity of man
knows no end.

Your post along with the 50th anniversary of the UT sniper attack made me think about the decade of the 60s in comparison to now, and I have to think that was a much more frightening time given everything that was happening then:

1960 Lunch Counter Protests
1961 Freedom Riders in Mississippi
1961 Bay of Pigs
1961 U.S. Troops isent to Indochina
1961 Soviet Hydrogen Bomb Explosion
1962 Desegregation in Mississippi
1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
1963 Medgar Evers Assassination in Mississippi
1963 Birmingham Church Bombing- Birmingham, AL
1963 John F. Kennedy Assassination- Dallas
1964 Bloody Tuesday-Tuscaloosa, Alabama
1964 Chaney Goodman Schwermer Murders in Mississippi
1965 Bloody Sunday- Selma to Montgomery Marches Alabama
1965 U.S. Military Engagament in Vietnam
1965 Malcolm X Assassination in New York City
1965 Watts Riots in Los Angeles
1966 University of Texas Tower Sniper
1968 Martin Luther King Assassination in Memphis
1968 Robert F. Kennedy Assassination in Los Angeles
1968 Protests at Democratic National Convention in Chicago
1969 Campus Protests- Berkeley
1969 Stonewall Protests- New York
1969 Tate-Labianca Killings- Los Angeles
1970 Kent State Shootings - Ohio

The violent reactions to the Civil Rights movement, the assassinations of political leaders and civil rights activists, the Vietnam war, the constant anti-war protests and campus unrest, inner city riots, mass murders, the threat of nuclear war....even with the terrorist attacks of today, the mass gun murders, the bad acts of some members of law enforcement.... the 1960s still sounds like a much more turbulent time, and it was before people were as inured to public violence.

I still think that things have gotten better overall, even as terrorism and gun violence have become more acute.