This article, courtesy of ABC Australia, the publicly owned broadcaster, is a sobering assessment of the current political situation in the USA. The one factor left out of the analysis (hardly surprising) is God. Unfortunately, God is increasingly left out of American society. So no one should be surprised at the current state of affairs in the US.
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Is the article factual? Are the conclusions correct? I don't agree with everything stated in the article, but the general theme is hard to argue against. Agree? Or not?
things really haven't changed since Noah's day.
(Mat 7:13) Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
(Mat 7:14) Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
the lost outnumber the saved; it may seem different in one nation or another, or at one time or another, but its not.
(1Sa 8:7) And the LORD said unto Samuel, Hearken unto the voice of the people in all that they say unto thee: for they have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them.
(1Sa 8:8) According to all the works which they have done since the day that I brought them up out of Egypt even unto this day, wherewith they have forsaken me, and served other gods, so do they also unto thee.
(1Sa 8:9) Now therefore hearken unto their voice: howbeit yet protest solemnly unto them, and shew them the manner of the king that shall reign over them.
the lost like to follow a king. every government has someone who serves as an 'apparent king' to the citizens; often this is used to distract the people from what the lawmakers are doing.
the freedoms guaranteed by law and recognized and enforced by courts, and the extensive financial influence with other nations, are core strengths of the USA; and these have not been shaken. it may look like the US government is falling apart, but if you'll look closely, congress is actually in control and following lawful process - i'm not saying that they are doing this in perfect integrity, but that the American system of government is stable, and working even now, in times when the country appears to be tearing itself apart.