Tuesday, May 24, 2005

The "pH" Factor

My Very Own Cultural Degeneracy Indicator

Google hits for “Patrick Henry”
“Results 1 - 10 of about 885,000 for ‘Patrick Henry’.”

Google hits for “Paris Hilton”
“Results 1 - 10 of about 6,060,000 for ‘Paris Hilton’.”

I wonder what the ratio of no return is, where the culture as a collective deserves to be doomed?
Posted by David Codrea at 5/24/2005 08:44:00 AM

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Never mind the no return ratio. We deserved to be doomed when we turned our collective back on God. Yet, He is patient, and entreats us to come back, or we would have been destroyed at about 1950.

10/21/2006 4:30 PM
E. David Quammen said...

REPENT is originally a military term meaning, (basically), 'About-face', or 'turn-back' (to the right way).

Should one be so inclined, as to heed the command. The punishment will be far less severe, or perhaps none at all.

Those whom don't take heed, however. Will face the full consequences of their actions. And, all the ramifications arising therefrom. No excuses will be heard or accepted. History shows this plainly. And millions have died as examples of this simple Truth.

It's not as if we haven't been told repeatedly; "I told you so"!

10/21/2006 5:06 PM
Anonymous said...

Merriam-Webster:

Main Entry: 1re·pent
Pronunciation: ri-'pent
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French repentir, from Medieval Latin repoenitEre, from Latin re- + Late Latin poenitEre to feel regret, alteration of Latin paenitEre -- more at PENITENT

intransitive verb
1 : to turn from sin and dedicate oneself to the amendment of one's life
2 a : to feel regret or contrition b : to change one's mind

transitive verb
1 : to cause to feel regret or contrition
2 : to feel sorrow, regret, or contrition for
- re·pent·er noun

Go back to thumping your bible...

10/21/2006 7:35 PM
dlr said...

From the early American bible thumper Noah Webster and his 1828 Dictionary.

;-)


REPENT', v.i. [L. re and paeniteo, from paena, pain. Gr. See Paint.]

1. To feel pain, sorrow or regret for something done or spoken; as, to repent that we have lost much time in idleness or sensual pleasure; to repent that we have injured or wounded the feelings of a friend. A person repents only of what he himself has done or said.

2. To express sorrow for something past.

Enobarbus did before thy face repent.

3. To change the mind in consequence of the inconvenience or injury done by past conduct.

Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return. Exo 13.

4. Applied to the Supreme Being, to change the course of providential dealings. Gen 6. Psa 106.

5. In theology, to sorrow or be pained for sin, as a violation of God's holy law, a dishonor to his character and government, and the foulest ingratitude to a Being of infinite benevolence.

Except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Luke 13. Acts 3.


And he seems to understand our issue pretty well, don't you think?

Another source of power in government is a military force. But this, to be efficient, must be superior to any force that exists among the people, or which they can command; for otherwise this force would be annihilated, on the first exercise of acts of oppression. Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed; as they are in almost every kingdom in Europe. The supreme power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword; because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute a force superior to any band of regular troops that can be, on any pretense, raised in the United States. A military force, at the command of Congress, can execute no laws, but such as the people perceive to be just and constitutional; for they will possess the power, and jealousy will instantly inspire the inclination, to resist the execution of a law which appears to them unjust and oppressive. ~~ Noah Webster

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