The human race has made stupendous technological progress, conquering time
and space by means of automobiles and airplanes; but how many thousands of
people are being killed by these very same means! There are amazing
achievements in the big cities, yet most urban families die out in the
third or fourth generation.
The most sinister powers of our civilization are the three mighty
organizations--the State, the military, and the capitalist structure.
These
three organizations represent the highest achievement of the earth spirit.
The tremendous edifice built up by a fallen creation is incredible. But it
will end in death. How mighty is this power, how unquestioned its apparent
worth!
Bruderhof News wrote:
> The dark reality of today--humankind destroying and ruining itself in
> reiterated madness--must be opposed by a much greater reality: the
> light of tomorrow. In this light humankind is called to something that
> is the opposite of betrayal and deception, of murder and hate, of
> death and destruction. (1 Thess. 5:4,5)
>
> But we will not find the assurance that the dawn is coming until we
> have grasped night's darkness, its impenetrable blackness and
> bottomless suffering.
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