{"id":2314,"date":"2025-10-20T12:04:44","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T12:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/?p=2314"},"modified":"2025-10-20T12:04:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T12:04:44","slug":"in-1965-an-unforgettable-warning-was-broadcast-for-all-to-hear-54-years-later-its-sadly-come-true","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tbdig.com\/sirbenet\/in-1965-an-unforgettable-warning-was-broadcast-for-all-to-hear-54-years-later-its-sadly-come-true\/","title":{"rendered":"In 1965 an unforgettable warning was broadcast for all to hear: 54 years later, it\u2019s sadly come true"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When radio legend Paul Harvey delivered his broadcast \u201cIf I Were the Devil\u201d<\/em> in 1965, most listeners heard it as thought-provoking commentary. Nearly six decades later, it sounds eerily like a prophecy fulfilled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his calm yet commanding voice, Harvey didn\u2019t describe a world destroyed by war or violence \u2014 but one quietly undone by temptation, distraction, and moral decay. His message wasn\u2019t about chaos from the outside, but corruption from within.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIf I were the Devil,\u201d he said,
\u201cI would whisper: Do as you please.<\/em>
I\u2019d tell the young that the Bible is a myth,
convince them that man created God instead of the other way around.
I\u2019d remove God from the courthouse, the schoolhouse \u2014 even the church.
I\u2019d peddle drugs and alcohol freely.
I\u2019d distract families, divide them, weaken their resolve.
I\u2019d teach people to pray, not to God \u2014 but to government.
I\u2019d replace wisdom with pleasure, truth with opinion \u2014 and call it freedom.
And I\u2019d keep doing it\u2026 until the world slipped quietly into my hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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Those words were spoken in a time before social media, smartphones, or viral trends. Yet Harvey\u2019s message about fading faith, broken families, and shifting values feels hauntingly current.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What once sounded like radio theater now feels like reflection \u2014 a mirror held up to the world we live in today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some interpret it politically. Others see it spiritually. But nearly everyone who hears it today feels the same quiet chill: he saw it coming.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Harvey\u2019s genius wasn\u2019t just in prediction \u2014 it was in clarity. He understood that the downfall of a nation doesn\u2019t always begin with violence, but with apathy. \u201cSelf-government won\u2019t work without self-discipline,\u201d he once said. And perhaps that\u2019s the part we\u2019ve forgotten.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nearly 60 years later, his words still echo \u2014 not as fear, but as a reminder: the smallest compromises often create the biggest changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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