Can Science Save Us?
Since the United Nations — bickering and bankrupt — is powerless in the face of ultimate nuclear disaster, where can man hope for help?
Can the very scientists who spawned the thermonuclear bombs stop their snowballing threat to man's existence?
Albert Einstein said, "There is no defense in science against the weapons which can destroy civilization."
Dr. Herbert F. York, Chief of Defense Department Research under President Eisenhower, said there is virtually no possibility of developing any defense system against nuclear missile attack . . . "It is our considered professional opinion that this dilemma HAS NO TECHNICAL SOLUTION. The clearly predictable course of the arms race is a steady open spiral down toward oblivion."
J. Robert Oppenheimer, physicist on the A-bomb, warned that in the next war, "none of us can count on having enough living to bury our dead." He spoke of the next war as an inevitability!
Since scientists of all nations agree that it is impossible for them to stop "the spiral down toward oblivion" what then are leading scientists doing?
Many are building the fantastic weapons of tomorrow!
Here is a list of advanced concepts for important weapons of the near future:
1) SUPERMISSILES with giant hydrogen warheads which are able to maneuver in space to avoid anti-missiles.
2) SLEEPING MISSILES placed as mines in enemy waterways.
3) SEA MISSILES could be launched by remote control from silos beneath the ocean floor.
4) GIGATON BOMBS with power enough to destroy cities from an altitude of 250 miles.
5) NEUTRON BOMBS which kill without property destruction.
6) TRILLITON H-BOMBS able to destroy whole continents.
7) DEATH-RAY WEAPONS using the principle of concentrated light rays which can cut through steel, called "LASERS."
8) ANTI-MATTER WEAPONS a thousand times more powerful than any existing H-bombs.
9) CONTROL OF WEATHER — the ability to cause every weather condition from fog to earthquakes and from hurricanes to tornados.
10) THE "DOOMSDAY" MACHINES with enough thermonuclear power to destroy whole nations.
These weapons are already being considered according to a recent issue of the U.S. News and World Report.
Can Civil Defense Save Us?
Can preparations for civilian defense insure the survival of the human race in this age of total war with weapons of total destruction?
"Civil defense officials have written off your chance of survival in a nuclear air raid on the city (New York). 'FORGET IT,' is their succinct reply to questions about what would happen to New Yorkers if an H-Bomb fell here," reported the New York World-Telegram and Sun on March 30, 1965.
"Where does the city stand today in civil defense preparations?" the World-Telegram continued, "The object is to provide places for 13 million people to hide — that is the peak daytime population of the city — and enough supplies to keep them alive for two weeks until the fallout danger has passed."
But civil officials are unable to keep pace with the plans of science for the more terrifying weapons of the future. By the time New York's facilities are built they will be woefully obsolete!
Where Can You Hide?
Civilian Defense can't save this world's entire population from the war which is coming.
The New York Times reports, "Congress, however, has been at best lukewarm insofar as provision of funds for shelters is concerned . . . The major reasons for this lack of concern Washington observers are convinced are two. One is PSYCHOLOGICAL: People do not wish to face up to the . . . results of nuclear war . . . The other reason is that Congress has not been persuaded that a comprehensive civil-defense program that would actually save millions of lives has been worked out." (March 23, 1965)
"Actually," explained Mr. McNamara, [U.S. Secretary of Defense] "the only way to win a full-scale nuclear war is to prevent it."
Ex-President Eisenhower said, "With both sides of this divided world in possession of unbelievably destructive weapons, mankind approaches a state when mutual annihilation becomes a possibility. No other fact of today's world equals this in importance — it colors everything we say, plan and do."
Does the knowledge that this world is on the brink of self-annihilation — COSMOCIDE — color everything you say, plan and do?
What are your plans for the next 5, 10, 15, or 20 years?
If you are a teenager — do you expect to grow old in peace and safety surrounded by your grandchildren?
If you are just beginning college this autumn, do you suppose that the knowledge you will be given will enable you to avert World War III?
Are you a businessman? Do you plan to collect your pension, find a' retirement home in the proposed "great society" and live your next 40 years in security?
Are you a housewife — a mother? Do you expect to see your children or your grandchildren graduate from college and establish families and careers?
How does the knowledge of the times in which you live affect your life?
How are you preparing for the gloomy predictions of Presidents, statesmen, scientists, newsmen, military men, and historians?
Do you believe them when they say we are rapidly approaching THE END OF THIS WORLD?
Dr. Leonard Duhl, psychiatrist for the National Institute of Mental Health said, "Most people employ protective mechanisms for blotting out of their minds the menace of world crisis. . . ."
Dr. Jerome Frank, psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins reported, "Some of us find intellectual escape hatches. A tomahawk could leave you just as dead as an H-bomb; therefore why worry about the bomb? Since the world began, people have been predicting its end and it never happened; so why think so now?"
Can you escape the threat of nuclear war simply by ignoring it? Do you suppose that if it is ignored it will go away?
Don't deceive yourself!
Samuel Rayburn, late Speaker of the House of Representatives in the United States said, "Frankly, I must say that our Christian civilization stands in the greatest danger since Christ walked the shores of Galilee 20 centuries ago. Somebody, I fear, may be reckless enough to drop the first hydrogen bomb. But when that happens, nobody has won. EVERYBODY HAS LOST!"
Jesus Christ Prophesied
Twenty centuries ago Jesus Christ spoke of the times of world crisis at the end of this age! He spoke plainly of World War!
God Almighty provided accurate news reporting of Christ's important statements — the record is found in your Bible.
Matthew reported that the disciples asked Christ about the END OF THIS WORLD — the crisis now facing mankind. Jesus said: "For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be, AND EXCEPT THOSE DAYS SHOULD BE SHORTENED, THERE SHOULD NO FLESH BE SAVED . . .!" (Matt. 24:20-22)
The days of TOTAL DESTRUCTION have arrived! The time when man can destroy all human life on earth is here! We are living in the days — the very generation — Jesus Christ spoke about!
You can't HIDE from the prophecy of Jesus Christ!
If you won't hear the testimony of world leaders — you MUST hear the words of God's own Son.
But will you believe HIM?
There Is A Way of Escape
The question is sometimes asked, "Saved? Why should I want to be SAVED? Saved from WHAT?
Saved from WHAT?
If you aren't hiding from the facts of the world in which you live, you know "FROM WHAT." Presidents, scientists and statesmen know — and their words are the heart and core of world news since 1955!
Notice what Jesus said, "Verily I say unto you, this generation [the generation with power to destroy all life] shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away!" (Matt. 24:34)
"When ye shall see all these things, know that it [the end of this world] is near, even at the doors." (Verse 33)
Believe Jesus Christ!
Believe what He said!
Over and beyond the desolation of the near future, Jesus promised a happy, peaceful World Tomorrow. The message that human life was not doomed to extinction was the very GOOD NEWS — the Gospel — Jesus brought from heaven.
He said, "Except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: BUT FOR THE ELECT'S SAKE THOSE DAYS SHALL BE SHORTENED!" (Matt. 24:22)
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If you believe what world leaders are saying about the END OF THIS WORLD and if you will believe your own Bible and the words of Jesus Christ — do something about it Now! Hiding from the reality of the world around you will not make the specter of disaster go away!