01-18-2020, 06:50 PM
(01-18-2020, 06:24 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(08-11-2019, 08:22 AM)Anthony Wrote: It feels just like the 1850s.
I'll carry it one step further: 2019 feels just like 1859.
1859 was highly polarized over the issue of slavery. What's the single issue of polarization today?
As in 1859, race, expressed primarily by immigration, is #1 - but the old Culture Wars standbys of abortion and homosexuality are still very much in play.
And then there is this:
https://religionnews.com/2020/01/17/we-c...tionalism/
"It was better with them that were slain by the sword, than with them that died with hunger, for these pined away being consumed for want of the fruits of the earth" - Lamentations 4:9