I am afraid I agree with your estimation. Much of the nation, I think, are believing. But believers are not controlling what is considered "normal" and in fact they are facing legislation across the country that would make many of our beliefs illegal and suppressed. Those institutions that define normalcy are not Christian, and are in fact fully into abominations and blasphemies. The medical profession, academia, science (sic), politics, and most importantly. the court systems across the country. If I understand scripture correctly, judgment is released when the abominations and blasphemies become normal and supported by laws and judges. I find it is more and more difficult to exist in this culture. We have cut off several of the popular TV networks because it is just unacceptable to support and help normalize the sin and abominations they promote.
I would say the line was crossed from two directions. One was when the White House was alighted with rainbow colors, and second, when the schools began to teach children sodomy even against the parents will. Then parents who protested were declared domestic terrorists and put on the FBI list. At some point, to allow this to continue will do more harm than the judgment would. Batten down the hatches brothers and sisters. Get close to God. Pray continuously.
I concur with you. We are facing the implosion and dissolution of our culture and our nation. The last time this happened, the West was left to endure 500 years' worth of Dark Ages.
I know the constant comparisons of the USA and the West with the waning days of the Roman Empire are wearisome and sometimes overblown, but the truth is, the similarities are simply too glaring to airily dismiss. Rome had a big army, but it was not being used effectively. The army pulled out of far-flung territories like Armenia, Brittania, and Dacia; we have been pulling out of places like Afghanistan and Iraq.
Rome had a terrible border control problem---every German tribe from the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea wanted to cross over and enjoy the material goodies of the Empire. At the same time, economic conditions inside the Empire weren't all that great---declining fortunes had led to an extensive welfare class among the citizens, and the influx of northern barbarians simply added to the already burdensome and oppressive tax structures. Sound familiar? Here in America, we have every poor person from Mexico to Tierra del Fuego wanting to cross over and enjoy our material goodies; and we're dealing with rampant inflation and a declining standard of living. In Western Europe, 1st World nations have been having a terrible time trying to control the influx of Africans and Middle Easterners trying to escape their points of origin for better conditions.
The late Roman Empire suffered with over-regulation and a series of rulers who were inept, at best. I doubt that anybody can say with a straight face that
any of the presidents we've had since 1988 could really be considered the "cream of the crop"; they certainly didn't (and don't) measure up to previous chief executives, by any stretch. And our current government is no slouch at adding layer upon layer upon layer of burdensome regulations to try to control the populace.
In a broader sociocultural sense, the Romans had lost much of their moorings; previously, they had believed in, and had pride in, their nation, their history, their national heroes, their way of life, and their religion. By the time the whole thing went smash, they no longer had any of those things; they felt that their country was no longer the greatest in the world, that they were the paramount people in the world; they saw life as burdensome and oppressive, and while the Empire was "officially" Christian (thanks to Constantine), that was by no means universal. A bulk of the population were simply what we would call "nones": they really didn't believe in anything, for the most part. The people coming into the Empire weren't worshippers of Christ
or Jupiter; they worshipped strange gods with primitive rites, like Odin and Thor. And we have a culture now that has naught but disdain for America and the European base that gave birth to it; our children are being taught to despise our history, our inherited Judeo-Christian religious structure, and our forefathers as something evil and oppressive.
I could go on and on, but you get the point. I believe we're looking at very much the same picture as Rome was looking at in 400 A.D.; and once it goes (provided we're not actually seeing the start of the Parousia), life is not going to be very pleasant for a long time to come. I myself have less than two decades before I go to my reward; I fervently hope that the collapse will hold off until I have departed the area of operations.
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