Is this the shape of things to come?

Question

Every year more and more goes wrong in the world, nothing gets better and the endless corruption grows worse so I ask is this the shape of things to come?

Answer 1

I think it's the same as always. Different things get worse and worse and different things get better and better. The things to come are in how you choose to react to the things to come. Are you getting better and better?

Answer 2

No. Things to come are shapeless.

Answer 3

No, there's always been lots of things going wrong in the world, you just notice more as you get older.

Answer 4

Not a lot is proving different I'm affraid..sad as it is..

Answer 5

things dont just happen.  we live in a participatory universe... your actions affect the future... just ask Marty Mcfly

Answer 6

Oh I believe theres a lot worse to come., especially when the masses realise how badly theyve been ripped off and lied to over the last 5 or 6 years. There will be a showdown between the rich ruling elite and the masses, and it will be one helluva battle, there is a good chance that the so called ruling elite will even resort to airborne virus attacks to basically kill off millions of people as a last ditch effort to maintain their power over the worlds financial system and money flow.

Answer 7

This stuff will always be happening, but you can make one small part of it better.  That's all that matters.

Answer 8

Wow! You must see the glass 1/2 empty instead of 1/2 full. What have you done to help make this world a better place? We may never achieve making this world a better place but we can't give up trying otherwise what's the point of living?

Answer 9

things can always get worse. its the way you act about them which makes it bad or okay. sometimes you just have to step back and see the silver lining. it may be hard at times but theres always one. the Lord nevers gives us more than we can handle. hes a smart one and i think He knows what hes doing.

Answer 10

I feel the same way.  It just doesnt seem like things were this bad when I was younger.  Things seem to be getting worse and worse-there seem to be more evil people out there )school shooters, child abusers, etc.) and it scares me to think of how the world will be when my 3 year old is an adult.

Answer 11

What is your measuring stick?

Answer 12

sometimes I feel the same way. But from what I am told, every generation thinks that the world is going to end in their time. But I don't think this is the shape of things to come.

Answer 13

the second coming of christ isnt far away. the world will get more and more wicked until he comes

Answer 14

yes and nothing is gonna change that unless we do something about it now and fast

Answer 15

Im not a religious person..but out of interest in this topic, I have read books of Christianity,Islam, and Judaism...and all indicate that the end of the world is near and such natural disasters, holy war, violence, etc are all things which will increase. Which is actually true...So who knows!!!

Answer 16

I think things are getting worse but there is more out there to get worse.

Answer 17

No. This is the world you live in and always has been. The world now seems a little worse each day because you are maturing with each day. When you were  younger things that you see and worry about now did not pertain to you then. So naturally you feel things are getting worse. I am 60 and have watched many things change. But they were changing for my grandmother and my mother. They use to sit down and reminice about how things use to be. Use to be for them was 2 world wars, the great depression and the Korean war as well as the cold war with communist countries. Funny though they didn't see them things when comparing how things were.

I could sit back and do the same about the price of gas, food etc. but in reality they are the same, they just now effect me more the older I get. Things cost more now but we make more. Insurance costs  more now but we don't really have as many deadly disceases now as we did then. There is trouble in the middle east now, but it really has always been a troubled spot. We were just more involved with North Korea, China and Russia back then not to mention the wall in Germany.

Things can always look bad if you look deep into it but I like to think about now we have jets, cars with a/c and heat as well as guidance systems 6 way seats radial tires.We have color TV and satellite and cable instead of  an antenna that had to be adjusted with the wind. We have fm radio and surround sound vs. am and mono sounds.WE have ice makers and freezers instead of a block of ice. We have heat pumps instead of wood burning and coal burning stoves with big pipes going through the house.

These are just a few of things that have gotten worse LOL.

There will always be wars and things will always seem to be too expensive but by far we are in a better state today than we were 60 yrs ago. Trust me

Answer 18

yes, and it'll worsen exponentially.

and it's not a case of pessimism or cynicism - simply look at the human condition over the past 100 years or so...

The evidence shows that most modern households are NOT actually better off than that of their parents.