The Wayward Paladin

Its not hard to see that the world is, to quote Merle Haggard, "Rolling down hill like a snowball headed for Hell". It's gotten me to wondering on the cyclic nature of life. I do believe in God and I have no doubts of the reality of him sending his son to Earth in the form of man to die for our salvation. But there are so many things that are left to wonder. Is it possible that all the myths and legends that abound regarding ancient civilizations and their technologies that have come and gone are actually true? Does man continually build himself to some lofty height only to be brought to his knees by his own greed and want for power? Does the world turn down this path now? Are we hastening to a day of destruction that our world has seen occur many times over? Atlantis, Minoa, Babylon, Egypt, Atecs, Inca, Maya,......The industrialized world has only existed for about 200 years and the modern age itself only 500. Are the apocalyptic worlds of Waterworld and The Postman not far from the truth of what will become of our own world? (I'de like to point out that I'm referring to the books and not the two horrible movies starring Kevin Costner.)