It seems like everyone you talk to notices that the weather is getting more intense. Not everyone agrees on what is causing it. Some say it’s caused by the burning of oil, gas and coal and the cutting down of trees, which causes more carbon dioxide to be in the atmosphere. Some say the strange weather is caused by God, signaling the end times as prophesied in the Bible, Matthew 24: 7: “Nations shall rise against nations. There shall be pestilences, famines and earthquakes in different places.” Others say it is caused neither by God nor humans, that the Earth just has natural cycles. When we break records from the 1800s, then apparently we had the same weather in the 1800s.

But it’s not just the weather. There’s stink bugs, spotted lanternflies, bird flu and mpox. Suicides have increased. Drug addiction and alcoholism have increased. Anxiety disorders have increased all since the year 2000. Abortions are on the rise, reversing a 30-year trend. Murders have increased, the highest level since 1996.

Then there is the pandemic. Was that crazy or what? Now they’re debating whether or not social media harms children, yet they wasted no time banning the Bible from schools, which never harmed children.

There is so much hatred in the world. Our country is heading in the wrong direction. We need God back in our country more than ever. Please vote wisely.

Susan Stiles

North Huntingdon

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