The answers are certainly noble, but I tend to disagee.
First, man is civilized because of God. All good is from God and His will. To assume you will be just as Good without God is a mistake. It is “todays” mistake.
What would happen, is exactly what “is” happening. As we slowly drift into a barbaric state of being. And since man quickly forgets his past, we would not know we have become barbaric. If a barbaric man knew he was barbaric he would change, fact is he see’s no error in this thinking. So there would be no return trip from the insanity.
Oh you would continue your life “exactly” as it is today…maybe. But that wouldn’t last long because our world would mimick what we consider 3rd world countries today in a very short time. The “fringe” of civilization, those who could be quickly written off as they so quickly are when “push comes to shove”. And push always comes to shove. Exactly what is it that makes civil Europe and America civil? The inner “Good” of man? Thats the pipe dream being sold and bought today. There is no such thing or animal. An we are the only animal that kills for sport. All other animals kill to survive. So don’t give wonderful man to much credit. He doesn’t deserve it. Our Good is from the Grace of God, all of it! There is NO GOOD in man without God. Thats the exact problem today. Thats the evil sold and bought daily. Theres no God, only this moment, live out your sexual immoral thinking and materialistic thoughts…Go for it, what does it matter? Thats the Pipe Dream right there.
Look at countries where God doesn’t or refuse’s to live? How civil they are, as they butcher and kill for so little. As they slip away from civil thinking… Land is always the prize and who has the most and best.
Today we argue that all there is to reality is what we see right in front of us. No need to look anywhere else. The materialistic world which “we” created in the USA can’t continue at this rate. Its impossible and destruction is eminent. Theres only one solution and that is a return to Christ. The Heartlands of Christology “are” civilized man. And maybe we have reached a time where we need to focus on saving those “first”. A “survival plan” in other words. Its certainly become apparent we have lost many of the fringe communites where God simply is refused, rejected, or a unknown. In other words He refuses to live!
Do you not see members come right here to CAF and debate for page after page how man didn’t land on the Moon? And you don’t believe man quickly forgets his past?
First there would be Civil War, sooner or later a democracy would give way to a Dictatorship or worse. Simply put those willing to take and kill and who do it best would control the rest. And whatever comes into play by chance would come into play. At some point you would have to kill to live. Make no mistake about this. Anyone who has been in war here will assure you just how quick man forgets he is civil. It take the US Marines 4-weeks to make a 90% change in a Baptised/Catholic who actually practiced his religion. In 4-weeks 17 years of Christian teaching goes out the window. And once all “hell” breaks loose, theres no tucking it back into the bag. Those who take God to war with them hold there sanity. Those who don’t? Well it gets real ugly.
These evils, we have seen them all. They are no different, just different names and brand new packaging, but the evils are the same. We contiue to insist on a seperation of church and state. Here Islam has clearly out thought us. As much as one would like to look down upon this Faith, they have this part correct. There is no seperation from Church and State. The sooner we come to this truth the better off the world will be. The civil world is civil due to Christ and the Cross and the message that was spread from Christ to the Apostles and the amazing work so many such as the Apostle Paul have done. Right here to today to Pope Benedict. The US managed a meager 250 years, a drop in the ocean of time. And thats a credit to God. Time we got off the soap box of church and state. Our forefathers problem wasn’t Church, it was Kingdom and class. First thing done here was community churchs were established as were forts.
Because the message is passed in humility and peace, don’t confuse that for there being “no problem”. We are in quick sand about to go under. Its not by chance Pope Benedict is telling society we need more Catholics in Politics. Why would he say that?
Its easy to look back on the past and point fingers at Christology also. Yet there has been no better solution thats come along to date. For the simple fact that God is the only one who’s asked us into communion with Him. Man to date is still refusing, and as man suffers so shall we who have chose Communion with God. The only question is to what degree?
OR…would you agrue I am wrong and we would find a utopia without God? Hum…how many past civilizations have failed to date? We will be the Sixth! In case no-one noticed, not one has made it thus far. And its foolish to believe we are more civil or intelligent, that just isn’t fact. History certainly doesn’t indicate that anything but Christology works. Why would that be?
Its hard to see the forest from below the tree line. Yet we must do this once again or once again suffer the consequence’s. No God = No Life! Or better put that circle of life evolutionists insist on? Well thats what life would be reduced to. The the cycle repeats as it has 5X previously. On and on it go’s till we “accept” truth. How about this Philosophy. How about mankind go with God for 5-years. An all out effort to embace God for 5-years. And lets see how life then plays out? We have nothing to lose, we can only gain!
magicsticks, I think I will take your advice and I talk to my priest when I go to church this weekend. I would love to know what he has to say, he is a very wise man. God bless