Mankind - a truly wicked race

Warning: do not follow the link below if easily unsettled - there is graphic material detailing the after effects of the dawn of the nuclear age

So often we hear and talk about war, yet shielded from its effects, it takes on in our minds a sanitised palatable existence. And so talk of nuclear proliferation and matters of that nature barely catch one's attention.

Which perhaps goes some way to explaining the deep sadness I felt when I came across this link today.

It brought to mind a television documentary I watched sometime back with actual footage of soldiers eating the raw flesh of their vanquished foes off a tarmac road, during a conflict not many years back.

Strange that it is when faced with these grim realities, that one is forced to come to terms with a statement made throughout the ages by a pained Father.

The heart of man is truly and intrinsically wicked, no matter how hard we try to run from this basic truth.

Is it any wonder then that Scriptures record:

"The LORD saw how great man's wickedness on the earth had become, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil all the time. The LORD was grieved that he had made man on the earth, and his heart was filled with pain."
Genesis 6:5-6

"There is no one righteous, not even one;
there is no one who understands,
no one who seeks God.
All have turned away,
they have together become worthless;
there is no one who does good,
not even one."
Their throats are open graves;
their tongues practice deceit."
The poison of vipers is on their lips.
Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.
Their feet are swift to shed blood;
ruin and misery mark their ways,
and the way of peace they do not know.
There is no fear of God before their eyes."
Romans 3:10

We are in need of our Maker

The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it.
John 1:5