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Will There Be Another World War?
“In the 75 years since World War II, have we learned how to avoid another world war? Or are we headed toward a worse one? Will there be a World War 3?
On Sept. 2, 1945, on the USS Missouri, Japan signed an unconditional surrender, formally ending World War II.
This concluded the greatest cataclysm the world has ever seen, with estimates as high as 100 million dead.
As bad as World War II was, are we now forgetting the horrors and the lessons of history? Will there be another world war?
History is the story of war, and though each war has unique roots and causes, they all are evidence of man’s inability to govern himself. And history gives no assurance that another war—an even more destructive one—will not come.
Remembering World War II
In Europe World War II began on Sept. 1, 1939, when the German army invaded Poland. The war in Asia began two years earlier, on July 7, 1937, when Japan invaded China.
In both Europe and Asia, the aggressor nations were driven by a desire to expand their territory and control or eliminate peoples they considered to be weak or inferior.
Roots of war in Europe
In Europe Adolf Hitler’s brand of grievance politics and charisma was the driving force for his push for more lebensraum or living space. Hitler applied the Darwinian concept of survival of the fittest to the different races. He believed that the Germanic or Aryan race was superior to all others. Therefore, he believed they should dominate and needed more space.
In particular, Hitler coveted Russia, with its vast territory and natural resources.” Continued at: https://lifehopeandtruth.com/prophecy/prophecy-in-the-news/will-there-be-another-world-war/?
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Peace on Earth?
“A World War II vet considers how the days of infamy and victory remind us of this world's crying need for peace.
“A few years back I called several newspapers on December 7, and asked if they knew what day it was. The reporters didn’t know it was Pearl Harbor Day. Of course, even fewer remember Victory in Europe (VE) Day or VJ Day or other days of remembrance.
How contradictory that the world seeks peace by waging war. The horrors of war were made painfully clear with World War I and World War II. But the world continues to seek peace through conflicts and armed battles. Aren’t we all looking for the day when the whole world will have a truly peaceful environment in which to live a happy, enjoyable life?
Rather than relying on peace treaties, what if all the world followed the Golden Rule? It certainly appears there would be a much, much more peaceful world if all the “war lords” would use the Golden Rule as a daily guide and settle their differences in more peaceful ways.
General Douglas MacArthur understood the answers to these questions at the end of World War II when he spoke aboard the USS Missouri September 2, 1945: “Let us pray that peace be now restored to the world and that God will preserve it always.”
He declared: “We have had our last chance. If we will not devise some greater and more equitable system, our Armageddon will be at our door. The problem basically is theological and involves a spiritual recrudescence, an improvement of human character that will synchronize with our almost matchless advances in science, art, literature and all material and cultural developments of the past two thousand years. It must be of the spirit if we are to save the flesh.”
In all, we need to honor God on these days of remembrance—Pearl Harbor Day, VE Day, VJ Day, Memorial Day, Veteran’s Day and Armistice Day—because of His giving us victory. We also honor the tremendous sacrifices Americans have made to try to bring about peace and keep America and the rest of the world free. Each time we remember these days of war and victory, we can remember the words of General MacArthur and the fact that war doesn’t really make a peaceful world. More than that, we can look to the Book that teaches the Golden Rule and the true way to peace.”
From: https://www.ucg.org/beyond-today/peace-on-earth Written by Dean Rammelsberg who served aboard the USS Goshen in the Pacific from December 13, 1944, until the end of the war.
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Update.
I remember VE and VJ Days.
“VJ Day, or Victory over Japan day, comes three months after Nazi Germany surrendered in Europe, and generally receives less attention than Victory in Europe, or VE Day, on May 8.
But more than 30 million soldiers and civilians were killed in the Pacific theater during the war, compared with the 15 million to 20 million who died in Europe.
Japan surrendered on Aug. 15, 1945, after the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, killing 100,000 to 200,000 people.”
I was only a kid, but I knew that we rejoicing something big, so I put ribbon streamers on my bicycle handlebars. I didn’t know anything other than wartime, rationing and the bombings there in London. Each morning going to school and finding out which of my friends had been killed by the bombs during the night, was normal for me. I was very fortunate, I just had a crushed foot.
We all went to bed in our “Siren Suits” , I guess you would call them romper suits, because we would have to go down into the bomb shelters when the siren went off, and when the “All Clear” siren sounded we could go outside to see what had been damaged. (During World War II, Churchill became well known for his 'siren suits', or, as he preferred to call them, 'romper suits'.) But we made it, and I can still hear Winston Churchill's voice on the radio telling us that it was all over. P E A C E was just a word that didn’t have any meaning for me until I was older.
Well, this week has been busy but has mostly been studying, and trying to find homes for 5 pretty little calico kittens and their mom. Now I am taking care of a very sweet, spayed, declawed, 9 year old cat. Her person died and the people who took her in couldn’t keep her in a ‘No-Pets’ apartment. Still trying to get her medical records or she will have to be re-vaccinated and re-tested for FIV and FeLu all over again. That could be hard on her.
One doctor’s office visit has spawned more doctor visits at specialists for this and that. The first specialist that I saw said he didn’t know why they had sent me there, because I am fine. I told him I wondered too. I guess it’s all about the money !!
Our church was distributing fruits and veggies at a nearby apartment complex, so I went to help them. There was so much food that I was able to bring some back for me and my neighbor Sherry. I am steaming potatoes, apples and carrots as I write. We each got a watermelon and I cut mine up into finger food sticks, where there is just a little bit of rind on the end to use as a handle. https://lifehacker.com/cut-a-watermelon-into-sticks-perfect-for-kids-and-part-1603562078 .
On Friday, we, Sherry and I, had our usual Bible study from the church’s study book, but because of the heat wave, we knew that we wouldn’t be going there for the Sabbath, today.
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