:The wages of sin is death." How could they not see this coming! The Church when she spoke like the Church saw this coming. Taylor Caldwell the novelist saw this when she wrote dialogs with the devil. The world has been playing God for a century. And only now they see the terrible price to be paid? Ah but not to worry. Cloning! Science to the rescue. Huxley's Brave New World to the rescue! Maranatha Lord Jesus!
We're now beginning to find out we're not very good at playing God. This will only be magnified by cloning and attempts at artificial wombs. If cloning worked, we'd have seen someone come up with a winning thoroughbred racehorse by now. Yet, despite bizarre experimentation, little has come from this; not that they won't try it. The Africans decolonised just in time. The Lord did say that "the meek shall inherit the Earth". The Africans have shown themselves the most resistant people to "woke" culture and now the future is going to be African. I think the hysterical response to COVID is another outcome of the Culture of Death. So many disbelieve in the immortality of the soul that clinging on desperately for another pathetic year or two has become the 'new immortality'. God help these pathetic people-if this was the truth, the quicker one died the better. P.S.: I've never read Taylor Caldwell-she sounds right on the money. Can you recommend the book with those dialogues-I'd be grateful.
I can't read this article without paying money. Could you please copy/paste the rest of it here? I want very much to read it!
The book came out in 1969 and it is called Dialogs With the Devil. It is a series of conversations between St Michael and Lucifer. I was in college when I read it and I have never forgotten it. Michael and the devil discussed various civilizations on other planets and how they all failed and self destruction. One of them was so extreme in their birth control nature literally shut them down and fertility vanished. It made an impression. (She was a devout Catholic and wrote some wonderful Catholic novels in the 1940's and 1950's. Its still out there on amazon.
Jumping in because I have been rereading a lot of Taylor Caldwell recently. I truly believe she had a prophetic gift. She was a staunch Catholic and many of her early novels have Christian theme. I did worry she was a little off the rails later in life as she began to drift into more ‘channeling and past life’ areas. the book is actually called “Dialogues with the Devil” and is written as a series of letters between the Archangel Michael and Lucifer. Some of it seems exactly what is happening now. I highly recommend it and her other novels.
Yes sadly in her late age she went off the rails. A psychic named Jess Stern got a hold of her. I think she may have been senile. It was so out of character.
Of course. See below. All over the world, countries are confronting population stagnation and a fertility bust, a dizzying reversal unmatched in recorded history that will make first-birthday parties a rarer sight than funerals, and empty homes a common eyesore. Maternity wards are already shutting down in Italy. Ghost cities are appearing in northeastern China. Universities in South Korea can’t find enough students, and in Germany, hundreds of thousands of properties have been razed, with the land turned into parks. Like an avalanche, the demographic forces — pushing toward more deaths than births — seem to be expanding and accelerating. Though some countries continue to see their populations grow, especially in Africa, fertility rates are falling nearly everywhere else. Demographers now predict that by the latter half of the century or possibly earlier, the global population will enter a sustained decline for the first time. A planet with fewer people could ease pressure on resources, slow the destructive impact of climate change and reduce household burdens for women. But the census announcements this month from China and the United States, which showed the slowest rates of population growth in decades for both countries, also point to hard-to-fathom adjustments. The strain of longer lives and low fertility, leading to fewer workers and more retirees, threatens to upend how societies are organized — around the notion that a surplus of young people will drive economies and help pay for the old. It may also require a reconceptualization of family and nation. Imagine entire regions where everyone is 70 or older. Imagine governments laying out huge bonuses for immigrants and mothers with lots of children. Imagine a gig economy filled with grandparents and Super Bowl ads promoting procreation. “A paradigm shift is necessary,” said Frank Swiaczny, a German demographer who was the chief of population trends and analysis for the United Nations until last year. “Countries need to learn to live with and adapt to decline.” The ramifications and responses have already begun to appear, especially in East Asia and Europe. From Hungary to China, from Sweden to Japan, governments are struggling to balance the demands of a swelling older cohort with the needs of young people whose most intimate decisions about childbearing are being shaped by factors both positive (more work opportunities for women) and negative (persistent gender inequality and high living costs). The 20th century presented a very different challenge. The global population saw its greatest increase in known history, from 1.6 billion in 1900 to 6 billion in 2000, as life spans lengthened and infant mortality declined. In some countries — representing about a third of the world’s people — those growth dynamics are still in play. By the end of the century, Nigeria could surpass China in population; across sub-Saharan Africa, families are still having four or five children.
(cont.) But nearly everywhere else, the era of high fertility is ending. As women have gained more access to education and contraception, and as the anxieties associated with having children continue to intensify, more parents are delaying pregnancy and fewer babies are being born. Even in countries long associated with rapid growth, such as India and Mexico, birthrates are falling toward, or are already below, the replacement rate of 2.1 children per family. The change may take decades, but once it starts, decline (just like growth) spirals exponentially. With fewer births, fewer girls grow up to have children, and if they have smaller families than their parents did — which is happening in dozens of countries — the drop starts to look like a rock thrown off a cliff. “It becomes a cyclical mechanism,” said Stuart Gietel Basten, an expert on Asian demographics and a professor of social science and public policy at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. “It’s demographic momentum.” Some countries, like the United States, Australia and Canada, where birthrates hover between 1.5 and 2, have blunted the impact with immigrants. But in Eastern Europe, migration out of the region has compounded depopulation, and in large parts of Asia, the “demographic time bomb” that first became a subject of debate a few decades ago has finally gone off. South Korea’s fertility rate dropped to a record low of 0.92 in 2019 — less than one child per woman, the lowest rate in the developed world. Every month for the past 59 months, the total number of babies born in the country has dropped to a record depth. That declining birthrate, coupled with a rapid industrialization that has pushed people from rural towns to big cities, has created what can feel like a two-tiered society. While major metropolises like Seoul continue to grow, putting intense pressure on infrastructure and housing, in regional towns it’s easy to find schools shut and abandoned, their playgrounds overgrown with weeds, because there are not enough children. even iPhones. To goose the birthrate, the government has handed out baby bonuses. It increased child allowances and medical subsidies for fertility treatments and pregnancy. Health officials have showered newborns with gifts of beef, baby clothes and toys. The government is also building kindergartens and day care centers by the hundreds. In Seoul, every bus and subway car has pink seats reserved for pregnant women. But this month, Deputy Prime Minister Hong Nam-ki admitted that the government — which has spent more than $178 billion over the past 15 years encouraging women to have more babies — was not making enough progress. In many families, the shift feels cultural and permanent.
“My grandparents had six children, and my parents five, because their generations believed in having multiple children,” said Kim Mi-kyung, 38, a stay-at-home parent. “I have only one child. To my and younger generations, all things considered, it just doesn’t pay to have many children.” Thousands of miles away, in Italy, the sentiment is similar, with a different backdrop. In Capracotta, a small town in southern Italy, a sign in red letters on an 18th-century stone building looking on to the Apennine Mountains reads “Home of School Kindergarten” — but today, the building is a nursing home. projections by an international team of scientists published last year in The Lancet, 183 countries and territories — out of 195 — will have fertility rates below replacement level by 2100. Their model shows an especially sharp decline for China, with its population expected to fall from 1.41 billion now to about 730 million in 2100. If that happens, the population pyramid would essentially flip. Instead of a base of young workers supporting a narrower band of retirees, China would have as many 85-year-olds as 18-year-olds. China’s rust belt, in the northeast, saw its population drop by 1.2 percent in the past decade, according to census figures released on Tuesday. In 2016, Heilongjiang Province became the first in the country to have its pension system run out of money. In Hegang, a “ghost city” in the province that has lost almost 10 percent of its population since 2010, homes cost so little that people compare them to cabbage. Many countries are beginning to accept the need to adapt, not just resist. South Korea is pushing for universities to merge. In Japan, where adult diapers now outsell ones for babies, municipalities have been consolidated as towns age and shrink. In Sweden, some cities have shifted resources from schools to elder care. And almost everywhere, older people are being asked to keep working. Germany, which previously raised its retirement age to 67, is now considering a bump to 69. Going further than many other nations, Germany has also worked through a program of urban contraction: Demolitions have removed around 330,000 units from the housing stock since 2002. recently increased to 1.54, up from 1.3 in 2006. Leipzig, which once was shrinking, is now growing again after reducing its housing stock and making itself more attractive with its smaller scale. “Growth is a challenge, as is decline,” said Mr. Swiaczny, who is now a senior research fellow at the Federal Institute for Population Research in Germany. Demographers warn against seeing population decline as simply a cause for alarm. Many women are having fewer children because that’s what they want. Smaller populations could lead to higher wages, more equal societies, lower carbon emissions and a higher quality of life for the smaller numbers of children who are born. But, said Professor Gietel Basten, quoting Casanova: “There is no such thing as destiny. We ourselves shape our lives.” The challenges ahead are still a cul-de-sac — no country with a serious slowdown in population growth has managed to increase its fertility rate much beyond the minor uptick that Germany accomplished. There is little sign of wage growth in shrinking countries, and there is no guarantee that a smaller population means less stress on the environment. Children in Munich, Germany. The fertility rate in Germany has increased after the country expanded access to child care and paid parental leave, but it remains below the rate of replacement.Credit...Laetitia Vancon for The New York Times Many demographers argue that the current moment may look to future historians like a period of transition or gestation, when humans either did or did not figure out how to make the world more hospitable — enough for people to build the families that they want. Surveys in many countries show that young people would like to be having more children, but face too many obstacles. Anna Parolini tells a common story. She left her small hometown in northern Italy to find better job opportunities . Now 37, she lives with her boyfriend in Milan and has put her desire to have children on hold. She is afraid her salary of less than 2,000 euros a month would not be enough for a family, and her parents still live where she grew up. “I don’t have anyone here who could help me,” she said. “Thinking of having a child now would make me gasp.” Elsie Chen, Christopher Schuetze and Benjamin Novak contributed reporting.
A demographic juggernaut of failing population is extraordinarily difficult to reverse. Yet, what's the prevailing zeitgeist, even at this eleventh hour? Abortion, with creeping infanticide, contraception for all, the encouragement of barren sexualities... It's a disease and disorder of the mind and soul too, a contagious embrace of Death for its own sake-it can only have one source. How right was St. Anthony of the Desert.
The words of Isaiah seem extraordinarily relevant for our times. Isaiah 24:3-23 3 The earth will be completely empty. The wealth will all be taken, because the Lord has commanded it. 4 The earth will dry up and die; the world will grow weak and die; the great leaders in this land will become weak. 5 The people of the earth have ruined it, because they do not follow God's teachings or obey God's laws or keep their agreement with God that was to last forever. 6 So a curse will destroy the earth. The people of the world are guilty, so they will be burned up; only a few will be left. 7 The new wine will be bad, and the grapevines will die. People who were happy will be sad. 8 The happy music of the tambourines will end. The happy sounds of wild parties will stop. The joyful music from the harps will end. 9 People will no longer sing while they drink their wine. The beer will taste bitter to those who drink it. 10 The ruined city will be empty, and people will hide behind closed doors. 11 People in the streets will ask for wine, but joy will have turned to sadness; all the happiness will have left. 12 The city will be left in ruins, and its gates will be smashed to pieces. 13 This is what will happen all over the earth and to all the nations. The earth will be like an olive tree after the harvest or like the few grapes left on a vine after harvest. 14 The people shout for joy. From the west they praise the greatness of the Lord. 15 People in the east, praise the Lord. People in the islands of the sea, praise the name of the Lord, the God of Israel. 16 We hear songs from every part of the earth praising God, the Righteous One. But I said, "I am dying! I am dying! How terrible it will be for me! Traitors turn against people; with their dishonesty, they turn against people." 17 There are terrors, holes, and traps for the people of the earth. 18 Anyone who tries to escape from the sound of terror will fall into a hole. Anyone who climbs out of the hole will be caught in a trap. The clouds in the sky will pour out rain, and the foundations of the earth will shake. 19 The earth will be broken up; the earth will split open; the earth will shake violently. 20 The earth will stumble around like someone who is drunk; it will shake like a hut in a storm. Its sin is like a heavy weight on its back; it will fall and never rise again. 21 At that time the Lord will punish the powers in the sky above and the rulers on earth below. 22 They will be gathered together like prisoners thrown into a dungeon; they will be shut up in prison. After much time they will be punished. 23 The moon will be embarrassed, and the sun will be ashamed, because the Lord All-Powerful will rule as king on Mount Zion in Jerusalem. Jerusalem's leaders will see his greatness.
And the major chastisements predicted in multiple prophetic insights have not yet materialized. The “empty earth “ prophesied by Isaiah which I quoted above may well materialize in the future - maybe sooner than many of us expect. Micah 7:13 And the earth will become desolate because of her inhabitants, On account of the fruit of their deeds. Isaiah 13:9 Behold, the day of the Lord is coming, Cruel, with fury and burning anger, To make the land a desolation; And He will exterminate its sinners from it.
Multiple Fatalities at Commuter Train Yard in San Jose California (that's near San Francisco) San Jose shooting: 'Multiple fatalities' in California shooting - BBC News I'd be watching for an update on Fr. Altman... Capitol Police to investigate after Congresswoman nearly run over praying at abortion business | News | LifeSite (lifesitenews.com) If I have this correct, this happened in South Bend Indiana but the Washington DC (District of Columbia) police are investigating. I have watched the video a few times, see what you see? I see some reckless driving but I'm unsure how bad it is. Maybe I'm all wrong. Sure, the driver is being an unmentionable....but I think if one was really trying to run over people, the rest would run over there to see what is happening. May 26, 2021 (Live Action) — Rep. Jackie Walorski (R-IN) was praying outside of the Whole Woman’s Health of South Bend, Indiana when she and another individual were nearly run over by a car. According to Townhall, Capitol Police have opened an investigation into the incident. Video Statement By Belarusian Blogger Contains All The Hallmarks Of Forced Soviet-Era 'Confessions' (rferl.org) When Belarusian blogger Raman Pratasevich appeared in a video on May 24 and admitted to inciting mass unrest, the day after he was snatched from a commercial flight forced to land in Minsk, relatives, friends, and fellow activists had little doubt that it was the kind of forced confession they had all seen before. (RFE/RL has decided not to publish or link to the video.) So, if one did not hear about this last story, interesting, "experts" think it is largely a "forced confession", I don't doubt it.
I try to be rational, I've gotten into discussions about with folks. I'm still weary of vaccines but having said that, that astrazeneca seems to be the more troubling one. So, God bless the soul of this woman. Lisa Shaw: Vaccine role in BBC presenter's death to be probed - BBC News You know for the US, the late great Bobby Kennedy's son, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.... he's come out against vaccines for years, maybe some know this, this is for others. And the Kennedy family in some cases, have spoken forcefully and critically of RFK Jr. So, I don't promote this or dismiss it, it might be of interest to some. I think he's earnest in what he says. This below is his own website: Children's Health Defense • Help Children’s Health Defense and RFK, Jr. end the epidemic of poor health plaguing our children. (childrenshealthdefense.org) Then this: READ: Robert F. Kennedy, Junior: ‘NYT defamed, then CENSORED me’ | Sharyl Attkisson So, that's about all but yes, some have spoken very negatively of him. If RFK Jr. breaks the mode of how the Kennedy family has become and not what they were 50-60 years ago with JFK and RFK Senior, maybe that's not a bad thing. Forgive me if that is opinionated. I can't help, looking at lifesitenews, note a new RFK Jr. article. RFK, Jr. interviews investigative journalist Whitney Webb on the ‘deliberate coverup’ of Bill Gates and Jeffrey Epstein’s relationship + more | Opinion | LifeSite (lifesitenews.com) More, he takes quite a bit of flak over all of this: A man for all seasons: Review of Thomas Sowell, Common sense in a Senseless World | Gript To other news, on Father Altman, May 27, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – Less than 24 hours after its launch, the LifeFunder page for Father James Altman exceeded its goal! As of today, more than 1,960 people have donated nearly $180,000 in support of this heroic priest’s fight to uphold the faith and let the truth be known. Fr. Altman: Thank you for standing with me and my parish | News | LifeSite (lifesitenews.com) That's quite a fundraising tally. Also, I'll just post for the GRIPT website from Ireland, I've read it, thought it was pretty good. I take it, it's a more "traditional" (Catholic?) view of the news.... Gript | News. Opinion. Analysis. Unfiltered. Article on Thomas Sowell: A man for all seasons: Review of Thomas Sowell, Common sense in a Senseless World | Gript
Canada mourns as remains of 215 children found at indigenous school - BBC News Shocker of a story but in all truthfulness, Canada in recent years has formerly apologized for "genocide" against the First Nation, the Native Americans. Please correct me if I am wrong. Turkey can not admit to what happened to the Armenians and it causes a big diplomatic scene. Then, in the news yesterday, Germany apologized, it had nothing to do with World War II but colonial times, about Namibia in Africa. Germany recognizes colonial killings in Namibia as genocide | CTV News Speaking on Armenia, here is a great movie on their trouble with Azerbaijan, it's not really a war movie... Watch From Two Worlds as a Keepsake (Yerku Ashkharic I - Free Movies | Tubi (tubitv.com)
Maybe it's me, I thought all Native American Tribes were 1st Nation peoples. They were in the Americas long before any outside explorers. 3rd Nation Tribes?
We have different terminology in the US, additionally, I correct to "First" from "Third" within minutes of the posting. I see no need to discuss this further.
I read in the thread for the movie "Paul the Apostle" some discussion on Jim Cavaziel, In 1996, Caviezel married Kerri Browitt, a high school English teacher. They have adopted three children from China who had cancer.[43][29] Caviezel has been a featured public speaker at religious venues since the release of The Passion of the Christ. On March 19, 2005, he was the spokesman for the first Catholic Men's Conference in Boston.[44] Caviezel's sister-in-law, Kristen, is the wife of former St. Louis Rams head coach Scott Linehan.[45] Jim Caviezel - Wikipedia He has also been a narrator for some religious shows, on the Dvine Mercy: Watch The Face of Mercy (2016) - Free Movies | Tubi (tubitv.com) That said among his positives, I like him in "The Thin Red Line" too, but it sounds like he has gotten involved at least, in some Qanon theory, so we will have to see. How Hollywood’s ‘Jesus’ Jim Caviezel Went Full QAnon (yahoo.com)
