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Paul Harvey\u2019s 1965 Warning Now Feels Like a Reflection<\/strong><\/p>\n

Paul Harvey\u2019s 1965 broadcast \u201cIf I Were the Devil\u201d<\/em> has been shared for decades, but today, it feels unsettling in its accuracy. What once sounded like a warning now feels like a reflection of the world around us.<\/p>\n

In the monologue, Harvey imagined how the Devil might not destroy a nation with force\u2014but by slowly corrupting it from within. He spoke of whispers, shifting morals, fractured families, and fading faith. In 1965, it was compelling radio. Today, many hear it as prophecy.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf I were the Devil, I would whisper: \u2018Do as you please.\u2019
I\u2019d tell the young the Bible is a myth.
Convince them man created God.
I\u2019d take God out of the courthouse, schoolhouse\u2014and even churches.
I\u2019d peddle drugs and alcohol, distract families, divide them.
I\u2019d teach people to pray not to God\u2014but to government.
Replace wisdom with pleasure, truth with opinion\u2014and call it freedom.
And I\u2019d keep doing it… until the world slipped quietly into my hands.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Harvey spoke those words in a world with no internet, no smartphones, no social media. Yet he saw something coming: a society where morality is mocked, families are strained, and truth becomes relative.<\/p>\n

Back then, it was dramatic. Today, it feels disturbingly familiar.<\/p>\n

Some say it\u2019s political. Others call it spiritual. Most agree\u2014it\u2019s eerily relevant.<\/p>\n

People don\u2019t share this message out of nostalgia. They share it because it feels true.<\/p>\n

Paul Harvey once said, \u201cSelf-government won\u2019t work without self-discipline.\u201d<\/em>
Maybe that\u2019s what we\u2019ve forgotten.<\/p>\n

If his words stir something in you, don\u2019t share them in fear\u2014but in hope. Because warnings only matter if we listen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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