tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632066603779000512.post6816712427678302704..comments2023-08-16T00:25:03.236-07:00Comments on have me pompeii your town: RomeChris Almondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13107791774450498377noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632066603779000512.post-81458711078413022112008-12-01T11:23:00.000-08:002008-12-01T11:23:00.000-08:00Thank you for the link liz, i will check it out. i...Thank you for the link liz, i will check it out. if i were in india, i'm sure i would be criticizing hindu's a lot in my blog. i have no particular beef with christianity. and i have no problem with people comparing the decline of rome with the united states, i just find it bizzarre when christians do it, and the things they say, because the most prominent event which happened was the country became christian. So if anything, the had a large increase in christian values, yet still fell, illustrating to me, the decline of rome is not related to a decline in 'values'.Chris Almondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13107791774450498377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632066603779000512.post-79835328225700564282008-12-01T10:46:00.000-08:002008-12-01T10:46:00.000-08:00london bridge is falling downlondon bridge is falling downMarissa N. Paolaccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07999359509052453260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632066603779000512.post-54278721589622235112008-12-01T08:14:00.000-08:002008-12-01T08:14:00.000-08:00wow, that article is such a rigorous academic stud...wow, that article is such a rigorous academic study in the fall of rome <BR/><BR/>this line was my favorite:<BR/>They live in a fantasy world in which they “must” have cellphones; they “need” their privacy; they “have rights.”<BR/><BR/>man, the idea of kids having privacy and rights is outrageous, if those romans were like todays kids i'm surprised rome didn't collapse sooner!rickyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01827221653664145239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2632066603779000512.post-3653346707961758332008-12-01T06:42:00.000-08:002008-12-01T06:42:00.000-08:00it's those damn Christians again!by the by, just f...it's those damn Christians again!<BR/><BR/>by the by, just for the record, there are plenty of non-Christians who compare the current state of our country to that of Rome; they just choose to put those last three(the economy, government and the military) first on the list instead. and usually leave off talking about family, education, religion and pleasure-seeking (which i will call Agency), since all of these are, sometimes covertly but ofttimes blantantly affected by an obese government anyhow.<BR/><BR/>p.s. there were also some early zealous Christians in this country who were bent upon a communal (similar to "law of consecration") type society (dare i say socialist?) but they eventually figured it out.<BR/><BR/>http://www.aier.org/research/commentaries/819-the-real-meaning-of-thanksgiving-the-triumph-of-capitalism-over-collectivisml i zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00888851692482367605noreply@blogger.com