Words of famous radio host Paul Harvey. Read and guess what year he said this! I think you'll be surprised.
“If I were the devil, I wouldn’t be happy
until I had seized the ripest apple on the tree—Thee. So I’d set about
however necessary to take over the United States. I’d subvert the
churches first—I would begin with a campaign of whispers. With the
wisdom of a serpent, I would whisper to you as I whispered to Eve: “Do
as you please.” “Do as you please.” To the young, I would whisper, “The
Bible is a myth.” I would convince them that man created God instead of
the other way around. I would confide that what is bad is good, and what
is good is “square”. And the old, I would teach to pray. I would teach
them to pray after me, ‘Our Father, which art in Washington…’
And then I’d get organized. I’d educate
authors on how to lurid literature exciting, so that anything else would
appear dull and uninteresting. I’d threaten TV with dirtier movies and
vice versa. I’d pedal narcotics to whom I could. I’d sell alcohol to
ladies and gentlemen of distinction. I’d tranquilize the rest with
pills.
If I were the devil I’d soon have
families that war with themselves, churches that war that themselves,
and nations that war with themselves; until each in its turn was
consumed. And with promises of higher ratings I’d have mesmerizing
media fanning the flame. If I were the devil I would encourage schools
to refine young intellects, and neglect to discipline emotions—just let
those run wild, until before you knew it, you’d have to have drug
sniffing dogs and metal detectors at every schoolhouse door.
Within a decade I’d have prisons
overflowing, I’d have judges promoting pornography—soon I could evict
God from the courthouse, and then the schoolhouse, and then from the
houses of Congress. And in His own churches I would substitute
psychology for religion, and deify science. I would lure priests and
pastors into misusing boys and girls, and church money. If I were the
devil I’d make the symbols of Easter an egg and the symbol of Christmas a
bottle.
If I were the devil I’d take from those, and who have, and give to those
wanted until I had killed the incentive of the ambitious. What do you
bet I could get whole states to promote gambling as the way to get rich?
I would question against extremes and hard work, and Patriotism, and
moral conduct. I would convince the young that marriage is
old-fashioned, that swinging more fun, that what you see on the TV is
the way to be. And thus I could undress you in public, and I could lure
you into bed with diseases for which there is no cure. In other words,
if I were to devil I’d keep on doing on what he’s doing. Paul Harvey,
good day.”
So what do you think? 2000 maybe? the 90's?
No, the year was 1965. Amazing prophecy!
Tues Apr 3rd,
ReplyDelete"Morning, MaryLu."
The first thought that came to mind while reading this: We are living in "those days", and, the devil is already performing these atrocities !!! As this description so fittingly shared (unfortunately) ... it's all true !!!
1965 ... yes, that is an 'amazing prophecy'. Wow ... I was only 15 when he wrote that ... and had I read this 'back then' ... I probably wouldn't have believed it !!! And, just 'maybe' ... no one else would have believed it back in 1965 either ... to be a fore-telling of our 'future - today' !!! Wow, what insight !!!
Thanks for sharing this MaryLu ... extremely interesting, but most unsettling too (that he could have been "so accurate" ... from 47 years earlier) !!!
Take care, and, God Bless,
In Him, Brenda Hurley
Isn't it amazing how far
ReplyDelete"Christian" America has fallen? Oh to have the days of 1965 again. The days when it was ok for a teacher to lead her class in prayer before taking them to lunch. Now the only time it's ok to speak God's name in our school system is to take it in vain. Parents are threatened with jail time if they correct their children by spanking them. I wonder what our Founding Fathers would think of our country now? I thank God for people like Paul Harvey, who was not afraid to speak out against sin. Thank you Marylu for this thought provoking post, hopefully it will make us pray harder for our country and it's impending downfall.
Wow. Scary stuff isn't it? My first thought was the same as Brenda's - we're living in that system right now! 1965. Hmmmm. I thank God then, MaryLu, that you and other believing writers have taken their writing gifts to the world; to reach it instead of destroy it. To offer a good, interesting, exciting story, with the truth of God's love and purity. Well done. I'll pray for you as you continue your writing for His glory. I'll pray for those to whom God has given the gift of words and stories, that they too will be a light in the darkness. I can only hope and pray that for myeself as well ... that any writing I do is and will continue to be to the glory of God. A light to the world. You can't have too much light... believing writers, turn it on! :) (Sorry for the long note!)
ReplyDeleteGoosebumps..........that's all I can say. I am definitely sharing this, MaryLu, thanks for posting it.
ReplyDeleteScary, indeed, isn't it? In 1965 none of those things were true.. or they were just beginning to be true.. the hippie movement was started to get popular along with all of it's free love and drugs. But TV was still pretty clean and God was still in the schools and courthouse. Amazing.
ReplyDeleteCaroline, we are all put here for such a time as this.. God will use the talents He has given you to shine that light! And yes, we need more lights!!
Oh my goodness! Terrifying, but so completely true...the devil is definitely doing his work in the world! It's sad to really, truly think about what our world is coming too. If it's changed that much in only about fifty years, I'd hate to even imagine what it will be like in another fifty! We can only continue to be a testimony to God, pray for others, spread the good news, and hope with all our hearts that our world will not continue to give in to the devil.
ReplyDeleteThat's the key, Emily.. we need to spread the good news and restore God in our society or we are lost...
ReplyDeleteOr maybe Jesus will come.. :-)