As American culture begins to deteriorate and results from every area of society continue to illustrate the lack of integrity within our culture, people ask the question, “Can’t we just unite and become a nation of one people?” That’s a noble request and one that I believe many American’s would very much like to see become a reality.
We live in an era where sexual promiscuity is promoted, embraced and encouraged. We live in an age where murdering the unborn is not only acceptable but brushed off as a non-issue; some even and laugh it off. The selling of baby body parts is occurring without regard for the dignity and life of the unborn child. We live in an era where God is disrespected and mocked. I’m actually shocked that adults don’t see why we can’t unite.
The cornerstone of America is and has always been the Bible. Our nation used to have reverence for God, family, and individualism. Out of those three areas came the community. How can we possibly unite as one people when the fundamental values of a relatively large portion of the people in our nation are completely opposed to one another?
When the Founders discussed topics, they talked about whether or not America should have a standing army. They talked about the size and scope of state and federal government. They talked about the duties of each branch of government. Today, we live in a society where some people are not even secure in their own gender.
There are fundamental things that we should understand as a society before we can move on to the next stage and the next topic. The issue is as simple as needing to learn what 1+1 is before learning calculus. Before we can succeed in rebuilding our nation, we have no choice but to restore our culture by re-teaching family values and what it means to be not only an American but what the meaning is of life itself.
We have to go back to the foundation of America and look at what the Founders did right.
Morality is the most crucial piece in the foundation of a thriving nation. There is no morality apart from God.
A quote from President John Adams leaves one to ponder what our forefathers went through to build the greatest nation in the world and to consider what we have let become of it.
“I must study politics and war that my sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy”
