Dehydrated Evil

I used to think all the bad news I heard of how horrible the world was could be explained by a little science. It went like this: The media pretty much only report the crud that goes on. If it weren't for them - if we didn't read papers or watch the news or listen to the radio - the only world we would know is the one around us; our neighborhood. And our neighborhood isn't that bad.

Therefore, I thought, with the way the media sifts through the news items and strains out only the bad stuff, of course we would see only their highly concentrated version of the world of hate and violence and runaway egotism and unethical behavior we live in.

There has always been homosexuality, rape, incest, murder, genocide, abortion, wars, and rumors of wars. But is it really getting worse? Or are we just hearing about all of it rather than only a small fraction of it, and it just appears worse? Are those who tell us that Jesus is coming back soon because of the rampant evil taking place correct? Or have they just seen the all the world's evil, which is always there, in its highly concentrated form and misinterpreted that as "Things are getting worse. Jesus is a comin' back tomorrow!"?

One way or another the time of Jesus' return is getting closer. I think most of us would agree on that.