Note to myself: "the antichrist will bring a flavor of christianity that is empty of grace, of the struggle, the flavor and the salt".
Dang it, now I have to watch
The Prophecy 1-3 with Christopher Walken again, to see if that holds true..
As far as emotional storytelling goes -
In the end times, politics will fail (just in general), and then christianity will fail, because we have to watch for the antichrist coming, before we watch for christ coming, as the book tells --
really could be read as
I dont feel as good, so I'm proselytizing that this must be something feeling to many people like the end of the world would.
Then politics is failing.
First of all yes it is - but thats no biggy really, because it always kind of is, and then its not - if needed in some instances... Largely depends on what "politics is failing" means to the individual.
No "morals"? Probably not getting better (except if you see Texas basically banning abortions as a win..). Societal guiding planks? Probably never getting to the point again, where capitalism has won, and the only thing to prevent was communism. Although that was nice and concise... America being the moral leader of the free world? Getting tougher. Getting an inspiring figure back, like Ronald Reagan, that had so much family valuesTM? Could happen tomorrow. So failing yes, but not to a catastrophic extent. (Especially not if you are a free market liberal.
)
Then religion is failing as most people dont hone in on an element of struggle or suffering, and its loosing its grace... Well, to a certain point I can understand and condone the emotion. (Nothing is pure again, and everything was better in the past.
) But the thing is, thats not the way to get back to a point, where everyone loves being together with others, and having a shared experience in a mass, or the communal public lunch afterwards. So if you really want things to become better again, this needs a perspective change, and maybe even some enthusiastic people with a healthy amount of naivity.
So while I get the "everyone see things from that perspective" approach of sharing that sentiment, if "leaving" the idea of "everything was better in the past" is the goal, then getting more people into the believe, that yes, things indeed were better in the past, and we are approaching the end times, probably is not the best approach to take.
Very empathic though. The guy in the video.