Does history really repeat itself?

Here in Denmark there has been a debate about a high school. On the first day of school the new student were playing some games. One of the games was to see how much of their clothes they dare take off. The more they take off the more points they get for their team. The principal, he thought it was a great game as did the boys and a lot of the girls too! - The debate in the media was going back and forth, but I was thinking about the different societies of old. There where it became more and more amoral, not just unmoral, but no-morals! It was these societies that fell apart. It starts with the leaders the more amoral they become the closer thier society comes to a collapse. Many of the things that we say are modern "Free sex" and alike are nothing new at all. It was "normal" in Roman society and other ancient societies. Our so called free thinking is just old thinking.

So if history repeats itself, then we should see the
"Fall of ________" sometime in the near future. Or what?

I've just been reading a young friends blog (Ivan) At the sametime I'm reading Finding Faith by Brian McLaren. I'm amazed how much alike the two are. The same type of questions Ivan and others on his blog write about, are the same questions Finding Faith trys to answer. I feel like I'm standing in the middel trying to understand both the questions and the answers. I'm also trying to understand how my own faith answers these questions too.

What is truth? Is there a God? If He is there, why does He not answer the prayers of His faithful followers when there is sickness or other needs? Why is the church so messed up? If we are really filled with the Holy Spirit, then why do we act so selfishly. Where have we gone wrong?

I believe there is a God, otherwise there would be no meaning to life. If we were created by chance with no purpose/reason, then there is no meaning. If God did create the World, then there must be some type of purpose. What that is - is another question.

What do you think?

It's a terrible thing that happen in London this week.
I keep asking myself, why do they do it. Why innocent people? Why not the military or government. Why normal people?
Then I think, do we really understand what the problem is? I know I don't, but I want to. I want to walk in their shoes, know what it is they feel. They must have family, friends, loved ones like I do. There must be more to the story.