Lol, funny!
Except I did (regarding 1914), from world leaders to reputable historians.
"...much less 'dire' for humanity now..."
Yeah, right....just like the scoffers!
But I'm sure, you'll ignore this, too....it goes against your bias.
Evidence? If you’re referring to what you said in post #115, all you provided were peoples’ opinions. Perhaps you could explain how you consider said opinions evidence that end times have begun (or whatever the claim is). I don’t see it.
Honestly, I find it bizarre when people quote all this “scoffer” stuff from the Bible as if it could only come from the Divine or something, or that it makes any of the “prophecies” or any parts of the Bible, true – like it’s some trump card or something. It’s just a super easy way to say that people will doubt things that sound extraordinary or absurd. Of course they will. Do you really think that is some great revelation?
Great, let’s compare this to the doomsday clock from 500 years ago? Oh, it wasn’t invented yet? Okay then. Surely, you’ve got better evidence than that.
I bet if you talked to a Mayan about 800 years ago, they'd probably have some alarming things to say about the state of their world.
Sometime around 70,000-90,000 years ago, homo sapiens were down to a population of something like 10,000, probably as a result of widespread droughts and climate fluctuations. I wonder what they would say if you asked them if the end of the world was near? Or if dinosaurs could speak, what would they have said about the end of the world? It almost seems like it's subjective or something.
Again, global statistics (provided by others in the thread) indicate that the world has been getting better and continues to improve over time, despite your personal opinions and desires for the contrary. Why do you ignore such statistics?