An Even DEEPER Question, Part I

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   gmwilliamsposted 5 years ago

   
   The United States of America is becoming more divided than ever.  There seems to be a civil war between progressives/liberals & reactionaries/conservatives, not to mention centrists/moderates.  The chasm among these three political groups is widening.  Each groups except for the centrists/moderates are becoming more radicalized.   Will the chasm among the three political groups in America become so wide that each group will cease to recognize, let alone appreciate each other.  Or hopefully will the three groups unite into a common core?  Your thoughts?

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      Credence2posted 5 years agoin reply to this

      What would someone like me possibly have in common with reactionary people or ideas?

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      The0NatureBoyposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      GMW, that is only a sign of the times manifesting itself. I believe it was the last hurricane that hit Florida that a reporter entered the eye of it and witnessed the calm before its trailing edge passed over. We are now in the leading edge of the terminating days of civilization waiting for the Christ to come (https://hubpages.com/religion-philosoph … Time-Is-It) to bring the short peace before civilization ends.
      
      Now is the time for the 10 virgins ago make their stance and prepare to enter Armageddon with Christ for protection or be left out to become (Rev. 14:13) the dead in Christ who replace those (Rev. 6:9-11) who will be born during the first millennium after it's over (Rev. 20:4-5). That is about as DEEP as we can get from here.

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      MizBejabbersposted 5 years agoin reply to this

      I think the only way they would ever be united again would be for the country to become involved in another war the scope of WWII. Even the unification under 9-11 was just temporary. This country is just too big and too diverse, and it's citizens too self-centered, to pull together. I just can't buy the idea that "it's our diversity that makes us great!". Unless that is, the diversity is united and not separate. How can an "every man for himself" attitude make us great, and that's exactly what we have when we say that every little ethnic group should not have to blend in with our citizens by keeping their language and their beliefs separate from America's.
      Before you chastise me for this, tell me how this promotes unity when they are not encouraged to become part of the community. Where is their investment in this country? People say that we are all descendants of immigrants, and that may be true, but our immigrant ancestors pulled together when the going got rough, and as a result we feel invested in our country.
      I'm not against immigration. It is very gratifying when I see an immigrant start a new business in the heart of a city and customers of all ethnicities flock through their doors. I just don't like to see "Little (fill in the blanks)" like pockets of little countries sitting off to themselves.
      Where I live, a Muslim community bought up some acreage in the heart of the city and applied for a permit to build a Muslim-only community. Their permit was turned down because of the federal discrimination statutes. They came back and said they would open it up to everyone, and the city granted them the permit. Out of the first four homes, three were purchased by Christians. The last thing I heard was that this was a diverse community welcoming everyone. I guess I agree that is a positive diversity and does make us stronger. Or it just proves that money talks. I'm not sure which.

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         gmwilliamsposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         Not going to chastise you at all.  Each person have the unmitigated right to their own premise.

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         The0NatureBoyposted 5 years agoin reply to this

         MizB, war only brings temporary unity, for unity to last any time it would have to be an ending one.
         
         As for the language, if we are inviting people of all languages to become citizens it should have mandatory classes of the major language categories in all schools and not make English the only mandatory one. Our leaders should have to speak and understand them fluently otherwise unity can never happen. There can never be unity as long as social classes nor any other form of differentiating is allowed.
         
         Those things wasn't done during the founding of this nation so it is almost impossible to achieve except someone like the Christ reigns and even then it would only be suppressed and short lived, as foretold it will happen once Trump leave office.

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            MizBejabbersposted 5 years agoin reply to this

            Ellijah, English the only mandatory language in U.S. schools? My peers and I were required to take a foreign language before we could graduate high school. I chose Spanish because at that time braceros (seasonal legal aliens) were coming in from Mexico to harvest crops, and I wanted to be able to talk to them. My brother and sister chose French.
            During the founding of this country, most all people of class (educated people) were fluent in French. Note Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and the like. A lot of colonists spoke Dutch, German and Spanish, too. I'm not sure when the trend to stop teaching foreign languages came about, but the globalism of the last 25 or 30 years has seen a renewed interest in languages. A few years ago Chinese and Japanese became popular languages to learn. My family have married into three Hispanic families. It is disappointing to me that my granddaughter's (first generation) Salvadoran husband tells me that he doesn't speak Spanish well enough to teach it to their children. But at least he's American through and through, so I can't criticize him.
            You mentioned "almost impossible" to achieve except when Christ reigns. Do you not think the world would be united under one language, or maybe telepathy, in that event?

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               Castlepalomaposted 5 years agoin reply to this

               Setting one official worldwide language is a good idea. Can bring the world closer together
               
               English is 2nd most spoken language in the world. It's most international and most spoken for bussiness. Hard to learn.
               
               Spanish 3rd most spoken language in the world. Easiest of the European languages. I would pick Spanish to be the world's official worldwide language.
               
               The city of Miami today Spanish is the first language mostly due to Cuban immigration. Luckily I can speak Spanish wail in Dade county as I did a few sculpture contracts there. Wouldn't leave home without it.

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               The0NatureBoyposted 5 years agoin reply to this

               MizB, We only had foreign languages as an option, never mandatory at some of the schools I attended. In my Fort Worth, TX junior high it was Spanish because of so many Spanish speakers. The year I was in East Baton Rouge, LA it was French but none of the other schools I attended were any even offered that I can remember.
               
               Because civilization's time is so short, per the interpretation of the prophecies I have I just say this was intended and will always be so let's get it over with accordingly.

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