Posted by
Mike on Saturday, November 14, 2009 1:53:39 PM
http://westernperspective.blogspot.com/
The collapse of the Roman Empire in the 5th century seemed to many
civilized Romans like the end of the world. The barbarians from the
North and East were able to conquer Rome because of Rome's own internal
contradictions and weaknesses.
A similar, though not identical,
phenomena is happening today in regard to Western Europe and America.
Islam is gradually becoming the dominant religion, and with it a
foreign culture to replace the decadent culture of the West.
Corruption
at all levels of government, abortion, pornography, financial fraud,
all of these things and more are in need of correction. Rome's
government toppled largely because of unsustainable military
entanglements throughout the Empire, and because of the high cost of a
lavish economy based upon slave labor. The barbarian influx proved in
the long run to be the very thing that preserved classical learning and
civilization.
Something similar is happening today. An arrogant
secular state born out of the ashes of the French Revolution is
becoming increasingly burdensome. Deficit spending and outrageously
high taxes are causing opposition to government throughout the land.
Amidst this chaos, Muslim
jihadists
see an opportunity to win acceptance of their belief system as the
cultural norm, and for some fanatics the expectation of a quick ticket
to paradise with an eternal reward of a plurality of virgins to make up
for all of the disappointments, rejections and inadequacies of their
earthly lives.
Could this be the beginning of another cultural transformation taking mankind to a higher level of development?