The Decline of Virtue

I have to ask the question – What is happening to our Great Nation? 

   Many out there would argue that we are going through an evolution of influence from the many cultures of the world and of the diverse culture of our “Melting Pot” structure.  Others would say that it is revolution of the minority in our country, those that do not fit into the ideal of a “Christian Nation”.

   I see these things, these influences not as a negative effect on our country. For if we welcome culture and diversity we can only grow as a nation.  Our Christian foundation also teaches us this concept as well.  Jesus did not limit His love and salvation only to His own people but included all of us as His people.  Freedom of religion is a founding covenant that our forefathers had with us as well as our Heavenly Father  who chose to create us with this same freedom, the freedom to chose Him or not.

   The twisting of our First Amendment into “freedom from religion” is not even the root cause of our spiral downwards; it is a result of it.
No, I say our decline today was predicted two and half centuries ago and repeated again and again by the great leaders who held up a certain standard which we have lost.

   George Washington warned us in his farewell address: "Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports."   General Douglas MacArthur repeated this warning in 1951: "History fails to record a single precedent in which nations subject to moral decay have not passed into political and economic decline.”

   America has long ago turned from the one true God and His moral standards and has accepted standards of life much lower.  All you have to do is to look around with clean eyes and mind and you cannot help but see how morals no longer exist as a general description of our world today. 

   We stood up against the evil of a dictator who sought to remove a race of people during WWII.  We were appalled that moral decay could result in the murders of over 11 million lives yet we sit here and allow more than 55 million abortions to take place in the US alone.

   We watch as families and the idea of the family and marriage disappear into a forgotten time and do nothing about it but sit back and allow pornography and immoral ideas creep into the mainstream.  At one time a magazine like Maxim would have had a brown paper cover on it and kept behind the counter yet today it is ok.  Not only are men at fault for disrespecting the women they love by condoning such things but women are now lowering their morality code by accepting such books as “fifty shades of grey” and claiming it will “Spice up” their love life.

   This moral decay is destroying us and even if you question whether these things are immoral or not take a moment to look at General MacArthur’s words – it is happening and there is no other cause for it.  Are higher moral standards such a burden that we would allow the destruction of our nation to place first? 

   General MacArthur went on to say “There has been either a spiritual awakening to overcome the moral lapse, or a progressive deterioration leading to ultimate national disaster."

               Wake up America the disaster is coming.