Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar
Sliding Toward Gomorrah
RECEIVED Wed., Jan. 22, 2020
Dear Editor,
John Adams wrote, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” Adams must be turning over in his grave knowing that in the 2016 presidential election, over 25 million Christians decided not to vote. Elections have consequences that affect every aspect of our lives, for better or worse. Therefore, a Christian who voluntarily abdicates his constitutional right to vote is responsible, at least to some degree, for bad laws, while at the same time can take no credit for any good legislation.
Since 1973 there have been over 60 million abortions; each year there are 70,000 drug overdose deaths, 32,000 suicides, 1.2 million divorces; [there is] massive human trafficking along our open southern border, a $12 billion U.S. pornography industry, politicians advocating socialism, and much more. Obviously, America has enormous problems which are existential threats to our very republic. Ronald Reagan warned that “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.”
America is sliding toward Gomorrah, for the most part, because Christians have abstained from politics and surrendered the public square without a fight. The deterioration of our culture is near its critical mass; Christian involvement into the political arena is America’s only salvation.
History will record our decisions; God Almighty will judge them. Edmund Burke said, “The only thing necessary for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.”
John Adams wrote, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious People. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” Adams must be turning over in his grave knowing that in the 2016 presidential election, over 25 million Christians decided not to vote. Elections have consequences that affect every aspect of our lives, for better or worse. Therefore, a Christian who voluntarily abdicates his constitutional right to vote is responsible, at least to some degree, for bad laws, while at the same time can take no credit for any good legislation.
Since 1973 there have been over 60 million abortions; each year there are 70,000 drug overdose deaths, 32,000 suicides, 1.2 million divorces; [there is] massive human trafficking along our open southern border, a $12 billion U.S. pornography industry, politicians advocating socialism, and much more. Obviously, America has enormous problems which are existential threats to our very republic. Ronald Reagan warned that “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.”
America is sliding toward Gomorrah, for the most part, because Christians have abstained from politics and surrendered the public square without a fight. The deterioration of our culture is near its critical mass; Christian involvement into the political arena is America’s only salvation.
History will record our decisions; God Almighty will judge them. Edmund Burke said, “The only thing necessary for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.”
Joseph E. Bellande III
Chalmette, La.
Chalmette, La.
