40 Years - The Wickedness of the Children of God

(NOTE: I saw this in another forum and told the guy I would re-post it. Greatest thread I have ever seen)

In the Bible 40 years refers to a Generation. I was watching the trailer of “Nine Days That Changed The World”, about Saint Pope John Paul II’s historic nine-day pilgrimage to Poland. As the video description said, his trip “created a revolution of conscience that transformed Poland and fundamentally reshaped the spiritual and political landscape of the 20th Century.”

President Ronald Reagan and the Pope were unlikely allies a first, but together, they, and we, liberated a continent from the chains of Communism. What an amazing story.

You would think that it would be a story that every American would cherish, right?

Sadly , 40 years has washed away that generation and a new wicked generation, pro-socialist, anti-America, has come to power and now embraces the very evils we defeated. Their party is the Democrat Party.

How did this come to pass. How could one generation stray so far so fast.

Then I saw this: That great man Ronald Reagan said it: “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.”

And here we are. The evil ones are among us, our teachers and neighbors.

What will we do? What about my next generation? What about the next generation? Will you be the generation that lost their liberty for us or will we be the ones who eradicate the socialist fascist Democrats?

God, John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, & the Fall of the Soviet Union
https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2018/06/ronald-reagan-john-paul-ii-pope-president-paul-kengor-christopher-beiting.html

Looking back, it all seems like a bad dream. It is hard to believe that there was once such a thing as the Soviet Union, that communism was once considered a serious international force and that it all could have collapsed so quickly and vanished like a bad smell. Many of those who still bother to think about such matters doubtless consider the process inevitable, but that is rather like assuming the elimination of slavery in the 19th century was inevitable. Grove City College professor of political science Paul Kengor reminds us in A Pope and a President that the collapse of Soviet communism was anything but inevitable. Rather, it was the result of concerted efforts on the part of a small but dedicated group of influential people who were willing to buck the Zeitgeist, recognize evil for what it was and work assiduously to defeat it. History has shown that they succeeded, perhaps beyond their wildest dreams. Yet, without their efforts, it might not have happened.

According to Dr. Kengor, a biographer and student of the life and career of late President Ronald Reagan, much of the credit for these efforts goes to our 40th president. But in his new book, Dr. Kengor also considers the efforts of other agents in this fight—particularly, Pope St. John Paul II. Dr. Kengor presents us with parallel biographies of two men who, despite their differences, displayed a number of striking similarities and, it appears, were working in much closer cooperation than their contemporaries realized. Dr. Kengor’s work is unusual in that it is also a theo-history, taking seriously the religious events of the 20th century, such as the apparitions of the Virgin Mary at Fatima and elsewhere. Contemporary historians will doubtless balk at this approach, but, to this reviewer, the sudden disintegration of the Soviet Union cannot be explained by anything other than the actions of a merciful Providence. Written with academic rigor and in a brisk, readable style, A Pope and a President is a God’s-eye view of the hidden events of the 20th century and the actions of those responsible for ensuring that we had a 21st century at all.

John Paul II and Ronald Reagan Monument

https://www.inyourpocket.com/gdansk/john-paul-ii-and-ronald-reagan-monument_104447v

Unveiled in 2012 and found standing in the Ronald Reagan park in the Przymorze district of Gdańsk. The statue shows two of anti-Communism’s most high profile figures walking side by side in conversation and demonstrates how important Poles viewed these two men in their modern history. When Karol Wojtyła became Pope John Paul II in 1978, he quickly visited his homeland and preached 32 sermons in 9 days creating what was described as a ‘psychological earthquake’. Always calling for compromise not conflict the Pope is widely recognised as having blown new life into the struggle when he came to Gdańsk in 1987. Reagan on the other hand is the US President who very visibly lent the Polish people his support, famously leaving a lit candle in the window of the White House at Christmas 1981, just after the communist regime had implemented Martial Law. His strong opposition to communism and combative tactics combined with the Pope’s gentle but firm diplomacy are seen by Poles as key to communism collapsing.

The metal figures, which are both literally larger than life at over 2 metres tall, were conceived and funded by donations to the "Godność" (Dignity) Association and are modelled on a famous photograph taken by Scott Stewart of the Associated Press when the Pope and President Reagan met in Miami in 1987. The engraving in Polish reads ‘Grateful for the independence of Poles’. In October 2013 a man was charged after stealing one of President Reagan’s arms. It is thought he wanted to sell it as scrap metal. The thief was caught soon after although a new arm had to be made.