Poltiticians and Pharisees (9) - Making Things Worse

The Pharisees and Teachers were experts at making bad things worse.

Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a son of hell as you are (Matt 23:15).

Politicians are also experts at creating hell on earth. The twentieth century was a season of democracy and human government. The power of politicians increased enormously. More laws were passed during the century than had been passed in the previous millennium.

The impact of all this government was to make things worse. The world experience two terrible world wars and many smaller wars. The economy went down as often as it went up. Billions of dollars was spent on social policy, but social problems are now worse than ever. Democracy and government have made millions of converts, but they have not made the world a better place. Instead, they have created many minor hells.