Posted By admin on October 6, 2008

Roman Carved

Is the west the modern day roman empire?

With our elitely trained and highly technologically armed forces spread thin across the globe. The citizens dwell lavishly, bottled perfume resting beside our hot runnig water. As night falls we rest our heads on soft pillows the biggest worries often only whether we need to diet or exercise to preserve our carved figures. No passion no real fear just empty unfeeling voids that inly think within at what the world is to us what it means to us and how we can get more.

Will our extravengent self indulgence be the ruination of our empire. Can we fight a war that we do not really care for when those we fight believe so much they are willing to celebrate their sons and daughters sacrifice of life.

I see crumbling white pillars stained red with our blood in the future. Unless we open our eyes to the truth and look at the world ebbing toward us the dark tide of despair and suffering is upon us. It creeping with guile just as the sea surely caresses our shores.

Sorry, the Roman Empire, may have ceased as an open military force to be reckoned with, but it never really went away. It evolved into the Roman Catholic Church, with a Pope instead of a Caesar and Bishops instead of Governors.

It is still an expansionist empire of sorts, but it developed itself into a form that can creep into almost every country in the world. With a xenophobic nature and a very large publicity machine, in many ways it is still just as much of a threat as it ever was. Some could even say that this incarnation is more successful than it’s pervious incarnation, as it gains political control without the responsibility of government.

This may seem like a conspiracy theory, but if you simply look at modern history it becomes blatantly obvious. Just look at its stance during WW2 (standing back and taking a neutral stance when Hitler tried to wipe out the Jewish people) or during the so-called Dark-Ages, (trying to destroy all people of non-catholic beliefs that they could not convert). Instead of spies and emissaries they have missionaries.

Just food for thought.

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