Proof of America’s Slide into Neo-Barbarism

The Bible tells us that a person has a soul, and that the soul has three main subdivision: the mind, the will and the emotions. This is who a man is and what makes him a unique individual. The Bible also teaches us that each man has a conscience, and that within that conscience indigenously is a basic sense of right and wrong. On the day of Elohim’s judgment, those who follow their moral conscience and do what is right will be judged more favorably than those who don’t (Rom 2:13–16).

1658554

As a man has a conscience, so does nation, which is comprised of many men. Several words reflect the conscience of a nation. For example, the word mores is “the essential or characteristic customs or fixed morally binding customs or conventions of a community.” Another word would be ethos, which means “the characteristic spirit of a culture, era or community as manifested in its beliefs and aspirations.” Based on the mores or ethos of a people-group, that group, community or nation will form laws by which it will govern itself. In America, from its founding 240 years ago until recently, the Bible and Christianity influenced the conscience of individuals and the collective conscience of the nation. America’s founding documents — the Constitution and state constitutions — reflected a definite biblical, if not Christian, world-view. This was the ethos of the society.

America, presently, has been described by many as a “post-Christian” nation. It would seem that those who assert that it is still a Christian nation are focusing on America’s past state rather than her present state. That is not to say that there are not still many Bible believers who walk out their faith in America. They are just no longer the majority; a Christian or biblical world-view is no longer the dominant ethos reflecting the core mores of the majority of Americans. The proof of this is to simply look at the spiritual and moral values those individuals our society votes into office to rule over them from the president on down.

Now let’s define another term that is becoming more and more apropos to the times in which we are living. That word is barbarism. Barbarism (derived from the word barbarian), is defined as “the condition to which a society or civilization may be reduced after a societal collapse relative to an earlier period of cultural or technological advancement. This term may also be used pejoratively to describe another society or civilization which is deemed inferior in some way.”

Is America descending into a culture of neo-barbarism or heathenism? Let’s look at some indication that show this is likely the case.

  • The increase of hedonism, narcissism, and an intense focus on materialism coupled with a decline in traditional or fundamental Judeo-Christian biblical-based values.
  • Abortion and all of its barbaric practices and offshoots.
  • Doctor-assisted suicide.
  • The assault by the media, liberal or so-called progressive groups, the educational system, the court system and governmental laws that restrict the freedom Christians have experienced and their ability to be a voice and a conscience in our society.
  • The rise in our society of throw-back spiritual ideologies such as Eastern religions and Islam and the preferential treatment these ideologies are receiving by the court systems, government, the educational system and the media, while simultaneously, Christianity has fallen from favor and all things biblical and Christian are viewed unfavorably if not in an outright pejorative light.
  • The establishment’s assault against and destruction of the family, marriage and family values.
  • The rise of militant homosexuality and the favor and even preferential treatment the establishment shows it.
  • The rise of radical environmentalism where the environment takes priority over human needs and interests.
  • The rise of the animal the rights movement where animals’ rights often overshadow human rights and sovereignty. In many cases, animals have more rights that unborn babies.
  • Children’s rights usurp parental authority.
  • The rise in drug dependency — both illegal and prescription drugs.
  • The rise of extreme materialism and narcissism of America. In New York, for example, on November 28, 2008 (the day after Thanksgiving), Christmas shoppers trample to death a 34 year-old Walmart employee as they broke down the store’s door at opening time stampeding to take advantage of Christmas shopping sales.
  • The rise of the spiritual pathogen called the religion of Islam. Like a spiritual disease, Islam is slowly, yet steadily, attacking the weak spiritual body politic of America. Our political leaders are answering the threat by imposing restrictions on the liberties of Americans and by refusing to deal appropriately with Muslim hate-mongers and terrorists in America who are propagating this attack from their Mosques and Islamo-fascist organizations. At the same time, most Christian leaders are equally silent about this threat and are offering little or no answers or spiritual hope to Americans. Meanwhile, from the White House, our president endorses the spread of this spiritual disease by declaring that Islam is a peace-loving religion, that Muslims, Christians and Jews worship the same God, and to validate these misguided, foolish and ignorant beliefs, each year he holds a banquet in the White House in honor of Ramadan — a Muslim religious holiday. Evidently he has never read the Koran.
  • The growth of socialism with its philosophy of legalized plunder (take from the haves and give to the have-nots and wealth redistribution).
  • The popular trend among young people to degrade and mutilate their bodies through tattoos, body piercings and mutilations — a practice traditional associated with uncivilized indigenous tribal groups.
  • Meanwhile, studies show that church attendance is down along with Bible reading and belief in God.

The indices of barbarism presented above demonstrates that Americans have reason to be concerned about the state of the soul of their nation. More importantly, Bible-believers must see themselves as being in a battle to save the soul of America. Our nation is in critical condition in the spiritual intensive care unit!

It is time that America regained her moral conscience and her spiritual compass. Only a return to the Judeo-Christian biblical values with the Torah as its foundation can America be saved from its current moral and spiritual declension, for it was upon such values that this nation was formed, became great and sustained its greatness. It is because America is now forsaking these values that she is sliding into barbarism or heathenism.
What can you do? Repent of your own spiritual and moral lassitude. Stop sinning and start applying and obeying the truth of the Bible in your daily life. Then begin to let your spiritual light — the light of truth— begin to shine to those around you in the love of Yeshua the Messiah.

 

Share your thoughts...