Sic Transit Gloria Mundi

Sic Transit Gloria Mundi - Thus Passes the Glory of the World.
Has the Glory of the World passed?
Is man's 'golden age' coming to a rapid and messy end?
Depends on who you ask. There are many who insist man is just now coming into his own.
That the stars lie just beyond our reach and we are shortening that gap and will soon bridge it.
That man's scientific achievements are opening doors never before dreamed of.
However, a growing number of people are convinced the opposite is true.
That the amazing accomplishments of the past decades, and those of previous centuries are the final blaze of glory of a creature lost in his own misapprehended magnificence.
The crumbling of the world's financial systems is but the latest evidence that things are not well in the throne room of his majesty - man!
But since man has chosen to ignore the claim God makes concerning his path in life, it shouldn't surprise anyone that God who has nothing to lose (when it's all yours, what's to lose?) is shaking the foundations he has permitted to stand this long.
The real question is 'will man humble himself and pray?'. History (and the Bible) say otherwise.
After all man has seized for himself the glory belonging to God alone.
Why wouldn't God, from whom all power flows, 'turn off the tap', stand back, arms folded, and say 'Go for it!?
God poured glory on the earth and man trampled it under foot.
Whether in nature, society, or religous practice, man has told God, "hey, I can do it myself".

Let's explore the metaphor of Parent and Child. Dad gives Johnny his allowance, along with an admonition to use it wisely. Johnny however decides he wants a new iPod and blows the whole wad (that's some allowance - I know!) instead of on the things he has agreed to use it for.
Why would anyone expect Dad to just keep on feeding Johnny's bad judgment?Consider Europe's boasting of it's huge scientific accomplishment in constructing the LHC in CERN. The 'Large Hadron Collider' was touted as man's greatest scientific experiment.

That it cost around $5 billion makes it the costliest too. Unless you take into account the billions upon billions poured into other 'toys' man has coveted and grasped at.
It's one thing to buy a toy when all the 'important' stuff is secured, but when millions starve to death, it seems just a tad incongruent to indulge ourselves and then congratulate ourselves on how advanced we are.Maybe, just maybe, Dad is saying Whoa!
That's enough of an uncomfortable concept to start with.
Do you think there is more to our financial dismay than meets the eye?

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