tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post3318487770338259738..comments2023-11-27T23:30:40.341-05:00Comments on Anything But Theist: First World FallaciesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-37769462763806001832012-02-03T19:17:11.695-05:002012-02-03T19:17:11.695-05:00You sort of reminded me: I also cannot believe peo...You sort of reminded me: I also cannot believe people who say they wished they lived in some time period before the 20th century. I can almost understanding wishing you were alive in the 1950's or later, but much before that and I think the person is romanticizing it. Even then, it's generally only white men who would want to live in the past (I am happy here in the present, with effective cures for most forms of cancer... that definitely outweighs being able to call my secretary "toots").<br /><br />But yeah, we're doing well, historically. I think we haven't even peaked yet. You almost have to wonder: if things are so bad now, how bad were they when half your kids died before the age of ten (like in colonial times)?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02504734487692109101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5721082653718997788.post-83424546920695078482012-02-03T18:26:06.651-05:002012-02-03T18:26:06.651-05:00I get into the "world is going to hell" ...I get into the "world is going to hell" conversation every once in a while with people. What I'm suprised at, I say, is that the world is doing remarkably well, historically speaking.Andrew Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01495983897864604830noreply@blogger.com