Evil in the World

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Question for Christians:

Do you believe there is more evil in the world in this day and age then there was in Biblical times?

Was the New Testament world more evil than the Old Testament world?

Evil being defined as wars, hate, debauchery, drunkeness, pestilence, famine, et al.
 
You asked a simple question, is there more evil now than before. The answer is no, human beings are still just as hedonistic and self-centered as before. Sure it varies in waves, but the average "evilness" is the same.
 
Considering all forms of evil:  There is as much evil today, if not more, then there has been through-out history.

It is certainly not cut and dry, the lines of what is evil has been blurred.  Those who stand up for "old world" and long standing morals and ethics are labelled dinosaurs and ultra conservative.  Society no long looks at what actions are right versus wrong, or what benefits society versus what degrades it.  It has adopted an attidude by which it excepts all ideas and behaviours as equal when clearly they are not.  And instead of debating, discussing and dealing with the real issues, it quickly assassinates the character of those who stand up against so called social progress.  Society substitutes intollerance of that which is harmful to accepting personal, emotional and verbal terrorism.  It has in effect, replaced one form of evil with another, even more sinister form of evil.

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While there may not be as much today as there was in the biblical account of yesterday, todays society has opened itself to accepting even greater attraucities as being part of the norm and tolerable. A world that frowns on a country or person for standing up against evil is a world that will gladly accept more evil with open arms.
 
I would say no.

And as it was in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man.
They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Like wise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, thy drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, thy builded;
But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all.
Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. Luke 17: 26-30

Granted, this is saying that we will carry on business as usual. However, if you look at the story of Lot in Genesis 18:20, when God is speaking to Abraham, Abraham is beseeching Him to save Sodom and Gomorrah. He starts by asking if He will save it for the sake of 50 people. I believe that between these verses Abraham goes out soul winning. He continues to come back and the last time Abraham asks, it is said that if 10 righteous people can be found, God will not destroy the city.

Ten righteous people. As long as we have 10 righteous people in the world, we have not begun to surpass the wickedness of that time. I do not think we can begin to imagine how evil that it was. The Bible says that God could hear the cry of the people from His Throne.

I find it interesting that you would mention pestilence and famine as evil. These are not evils. I would consider it the curse of the ground that dates back to the Garden of Eden. Yet, even these, which I would think would be worse if you consider these things per capita, nevertheless, will be far worse when the day of God's coming draws near.
 
Please excuse.
One of my lessons for the day, when the page says that the website is not responding, it does not mean that the item did not post.
 
Based on the population of the world, in base numbers, I would think that there is a higher quantity that in past, but basing the number on a percentage, I would imagine it is the same.
 
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