Rome fell because the Romans stopped making Romans.
Elon Musk pointed to the same pattern that appears whenever a civilization gets comfortable: birth rates drop.
Julius Caesar noticed it around 50 BC and explored incentives for a third child. Augustus went further with the Lex Julia and Lex Papia Poppaea, creating the ius trium liberorum, privileges, tax relief, and inheritance advantages for those with three or more children, plus penalties for the childless. The laws failed to reverse the trend.
Will and Ariel Durant’s reading of history shows the cycle repeating: higher births under stress, decline once external threats ease and prosperity rises. Few exceptions.
A society that stays below replacement long enough disappears. Basic arithmetic.
This is just bonkers. A spaceship larger than the Statue of Liberty casually making a soft ocean landing and floating like a boat as if it’s no big deal.
ELON MUSK: “One of the things that is overlooked by probably most historians is the role of low birth rate in the decline of civilizations.
Around 50 BC, Rome passed a bill to give a bonus to any Roman citizen that would have a third child. So a birth rate was a problem in Rome in 50 BC. The Romans weren’t making Romans. The same is true of ancient Greece.
The birth rate far exceeded the death rate, which is why you had Greek cities popping up all over the Mediterranean. But then it seems to be that prosperity destroys the birth rate. When a civilization feels like it has no meaningful external threat and is very prosperous, that is what causes the birth rate to plummet.”
@cb_doge Genesis 6:2 that the sons of God saw the daughters of men, that they were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves of all whom they chose.
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@cb_doge 1 Thessalonians 5:3 For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then sudden destruction comes upon them, as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.
@cb_doge Woman when in labor has sorrow because her hour has come but as soon as she has given birth to the child she no longer remembers the anguish for joy that a human has been born into the world Therefore you now have sorrow but I will see you again joy no one will take from you
@cb_doge She bore a male Child who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron & her Child was caught up to God &His throne
Michael &his angels fought the dragon
Voice saying in heaven Now salvation strength &the kingdom of our God &the power of His Christ have come
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@SkyVirginSon John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship [him] in spirit and in truth.
1 Cor 3:16 Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you?
1 Cor 3:21 Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours:
MARY: THE WOMAN GOD CHOSE TO BRING THE SAVIOR INTO THE WORLD.
Before creation began, God knew His plan to restore humanity.
When sin entered the world through the disobedience of Adam and Eve, God did not leave mankind without hope. In the midst of the fall, He announced a promise: a woman and her offspring would defeat the serpent.
“I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and hers; He shall crush your head.”
~ Genesis 3:15
That promise was fulfilled through Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and through the humble obedience of the woman chosen to be His Mother.
Her name was Mary.
In the small town of Nazareth, heaven waited for the response of a young virgin. The angel Gabriel came with a message that would change the history of the world:
“Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with you.”
~ Luke 1:28
God did not force Mary.
He invited her.
And through her complete trust, she gave humanity the answer that opened the way for salvation:
“Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord; let it be done to me according to your word.”
~ Luke 1:38
At that moment, the impossible happened.
The eternal Son of the Father entered time.
The invisible God became visible.
The Creator took flesh from His creature.
“And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.”
~ John 1:14
The One who created the universe chose to dwell first within the humble Ark of Mary’s womb.
Like the Ark of the Old Covenant carried the presence of God, Mary carried the living presence of God Himself; Jesus Christ, the New Covenant.
When Mary visited Elizabeth, Scripture reveals this mystery:
“Why is this granted me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?”
~ Luke 1:43
Elizabeth’s words echo King David’s wonder before the Ark of God:
“How can the ark of the Lord come to me?”
~ 2 Samuel 6:9
Mary’s greatness is not found apart from Christ.
It is found because she carried Christ.
She is blessed because the Savior chose her.
She is honored because God honored her.
She is remembered because she surrendered everything to His will.
Mary is the New Eve.
The first Eve listened to the voice of the serpent and brought disobedience into the world.
Mary listened to the voice of God and brought the Redeemer into the world.
Through Eve came the wound.
Through Mary came the Savior.
At Cana, Mary revealed her entire mission:
“Do whatever He tells you.”
~ John 2:5
Those words are the heart of Marian devotion.
Mary never replaces Jesus.
She never competes with Jesus.
She always leads souls to Jesus.
At Calvary, when the world rejected Christ, Mary remained faithful beneath His Cross.
“Standing by the cross of Jesus were His mother…”
~ John 19:25
There, Jesus gave His Mother to His disciples:
“Behold, your mother.”
~ John 19:27
Mary became a mother not only to the Apostle John, but to all who belong to Christ.
After the Resurrection, she remained with the Church in prayer:
“All these with one accord devoted themselves to prayer, together with Mary the mother of Jesus.”
~ Acts 1:14
From Genesis to Revelation, Mary’s entire life reveals one truth:
She exists to bring the world to Jesus.
She carried Him into the world.
She stood beside Him at the Cross.
She prayed with His Church.
And now she continues to point every heart toward her Son.
“My soul magnifies the Lord, and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior.”
~ Luke 1:46–47
Jesus Christ alone is the Redeemer of humanity.
But in His infinite wisdom, God chose Mary to be the humble doorway through which salvation entered the world.
The greatest thing we can learn from Mary is her complete surrender:
Let God’s will be done.
Because the heart that truly follows Mary will always arrive at Jesus.
To Jesus Christ through Mary!
@SkyVirginSon John 3:5 Jesus answered, “Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
@SkyVirginSon baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the "Spirit of God descending" like a dove and alighting upon Him.And suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
@SkyVirginSon Luke 1:35 And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; "therefore, also," that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God.
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@SkyVirginSon Only savior
Galatians 4:6 And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
Romans 5:5 Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us.
@RT_com judgment of the great day as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities around them in a similar manner to these, having given themselves over to sexual immorality and gone after strange flesh, are set forth as an example, suffering the vengeance
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