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The RDL Podcast with Rabbi Daniel Lapin

Ep 76 | Civic Cataclysm: How Great Cities Die and How They Eventually Resurrect

The RDL Podcast with Rabbi Daniel Lapin

Blaze Podcast Network

Religion, Philosophy, Judaism, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.8842 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2020

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

Your financial success depends upon serving other people, and the best place for doing so is a city. But what if your city is dying? Cities have been growing for more than 100 years. In 1950 America had about ten cities and surroundings with populations of over one million people. Today there are about 50 such places. Over 80% of North Americans now live in cities. The trend is worldwide in both developed and developing nations. They are moving to cities but not only for more money. There are other equally important but connected reasons. Empires like Russia, Britain, Rome, Spain, and Ottoman change or die but their cities like Moscow, London, Rome, Barcelona and Istanbul are still there. The result of no great cities in Africa. Why the Nazi Luftwaffe bombed London rather than the invasion beaches. Do you feel God’s presence more in Galveston or more in Grand Canyon? Does agricultural success evolve into cities or the opposite? Why would you care? Now people are fleeing cities for rural refuge. Sometimes cities are the best of places, other times, the worst. Successful countries need successful cities. Using technology to create an artificial city for your welfare. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The more the world changes, the more we find comfort in the things that never change.

0:06.1

This is Rabbi Daniel Lapin on demand on the Blaze Radio Network.

0:14.4

Welcome, all you happy warriors.

0:17.5

Welcome to the Rabbi Daniel Lapin show, where your rabbi, me, Rabbi Daniel Lapin,

0:24.0

remains solemnly dedicated to revealing for you how the world really works. Thanks for being part of the show. And thank you, as I often do, thank you for your

0:42.1

stellar work in helping to promote and popularize the show. I don't know if it's all of you or a

0:49.7

select few of you or a majority. I just don't know, but I do know that certainly, without doubt, a goodly

0:57.7

number of you are helping to get the word out about the show, introducing other people to it,

1:04.7

sending them links to the show, et cetera, et cetera. But whatever it is you're doing,

1:09.4

it works, and that gives me a huge kick. I really appreciate

1:13.5

that very much indeed. And I want to speak today, if I can. I want to teach you some ancient

1:24.1

Jewish wisdom about cities. Okay. Now, there are a number of things, but I'll start with this.

1:33.6

I will ask you the question. I'm somebody who has a relationship with God, and I know that's true for

1:41.6

many of you, and I know we also have listeners who are not interested

1:45.4

in a spiritual existence at all. So, so be it. But when do I feel closer to God? That's the question

1:54.9

I'm asking you. A, when I am on a sailboat or any boat for that matter, sailing between breathtakingly beautiful

2:08.3

emerald islands in the coastal waters of British Columbia.

2:15.3

And all they are are there every now and then you get a pot of killer wells

2:20.8

popping out of the surface and blowing and jumping. And we have dolphins leaping out of the water.

2:27.6

And meanwhile, there's an island on the side. There's another beautiful green island ahead. And

2:33.0

everywhere around us, beautiful,

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clear, blue water.

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