What is more, the events of the Russian Revolution can only be understood now, at the end of the century, against the background of what has since occurred in the rest of the world. What emerges here is a process of universal significance. And if I were called upon to identify briefly the principal trait of the entire twentieth century, here too, I would be unable to find anything more precise and pithy than to repeat once again: Men have forgotten God...”
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Of course
... you are speaking/writing accurately. We in the United States of America are without excuse. Our own pleasures, pride, laziness and the lure of all the worldly pleasures outside of our families, have captivated us as a society. No excuse.
God had made plain for all to see the wonders of creation and the whole universe.
How many of us read the Holy Scriptures? Too busy. Distracted. We indulge in distraction during nearly all of our waking hours.
We are more excited and enthused over football than the God who gives us life and breath and talents and feeds us everyday of our lives. We participate on the most minimal level possible as a rule.
One of the greatest writers ever.
His impact on the dissolution of the Soviet Union is probably underestimated for the same reason that Reagan’s impact is muted. They both set their sights on destroying the communist regime in the Soviet Union, the bastion of hope for all the liberals in American that embrace socialism.