Hallo, Roland und Fritz,
angeblich lautet die älteste Fassung so:
„Unsere Jugend ist heruntergekommen und zuchtlos. Die jungen
Leute hören nicht mehr auf ihre Eltern. Das Ende der Welt ist
nahe.“
(Keilschrifttext aus Babylon, um 2000 v. Chr.)
der Spruch ist in anderen Quellen noch früher datiert (leider hab ich nur Englisches gefunden):
http://www.asiteforthelord.com/sys-tmpl/responsibili…
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Quote #1: “Children love luxury; they have bad manners, contempt for authority. Children are now tyrants, not the servants of their households. They contradict their parents, chatter before company, gobble up dainties at the table, tyrannize their teachers.”
Quote #2: “I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent upon the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words and opinionated much beyond their years. When I was a boy, we were taught to be discreet and respectful of our elders, but the present youth are exceeding wise and impatient of restraint.”
Quote #3: “Our earth is degenerate in these latter days; bribery and corruption are common; children no longer obey their parents; the end of the world is evidently approaching.”
Guess when these quotes were originally stated! The first one is from Socrates, 2,400 years ago. The second is from Hesiod, 2,800 years ago. The third is from an Assyrian stone tablet, 4,800 years ago! Such makes one wonder who’s telling the truth, because if every generation claims the same thing, then no generation was actually any better than the one before!
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und
http://www.freedomsring.org/lastdays.html
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„Our earth is degenerate in these latter days. There are signs that the world is speedily coming to an end. Bribery and corruption are common. Children no longer obey their parents. Every man wants to write a book, and the end of the world is evidently approaching.“
„We are living in a decadent and dying age. Youth is corrupt, lacking in respect for elders, impatient of restraint. Age-old truth is doubted and the teaching of the fathers is questioned. The signs of the time forecast the destruction of the world at an early date.“
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The first quotation was inscribed on a tablet about 4800 years ago (2800 B. C.) now in the Municipal Museum at Istanbul. The second was inscribed in an Egyptian tomb ten centuries B. C.
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Ohne Gewähr für die Zuverlässigkeit der Quellen
Gruß
Kreszenz