Catch cry's phrases to stir the pot.

Bstndance

I totally agree with the women bringing about the demise statement.
I always plant seeds in my mom's head about the borg. "Does god think you're less of a person and can't be trusted to lead the congregation because you are a woman?" "Women run multi-national companies, but they're not trusted to give sermons?" My mom says she doesn't really care but being a strong independent woman, I know that the seeds will start to grow.
jaffacake
You could just casually say at least things aren't as bad as they used to be in previous centuries eg:
terrible plagues like bubonic, black death

very high mortality rates

wonderful breakthroughs in medicine, cancer treatments etc, people living so much longer

fewer wars this century
A good reference source is - Sign of the last days by C O Johnson