A friend writes ~

The World is Filled With Millions of People, Most Of Whom Are Dangerously Wrong About Spiritual Matters.

Man has made tremendous progress in so many fields ... medical and scientific technology is unprecedented, we have put men on the moon, cloned animals and unraveled the mysteries of DNA. We can instantly communicate across the globe.

The influence of computers is universal as is the equating of personal happiness with education, a comfortable income and material possessions. Foreign travel, the arts, high culture and, for some of us, a little church (fire insurance?) doesn't hurt either. We are obsessed with Self, largely living a trivial life with a trivial worldview. Taking the path of least resistance has never been so popular.

However our shallow, self-centered lifestyles have only exemplified the barrenness of our souls.
everything was meaningless, A chasing after the wind; nothing was gained under the sun.

We have spent countless hours looking upwards and been so totally immersed in our squabbling about the names and positions of the stars, that we have failed to see the blazing meteor bearing down on us. We have walked the sandy beach and have been so engrossed in counting the grains that we have not lifted our eyes and seen the enormity of the tidal wave that will soon engulf us.

We Are As Dumb And As Dead And As Damned As We Ever Were... And Almost Out Of Time!!!