Simple Mathematics

I was talking to a man from our church this weekend. We ended up with a "mathematical theory" that seemed reasonable, so I thought I'd pass it along. The size of the government is directly proportional to the moral state of the country. Explained: the more the country's morality declines, the government must get larger to "enforce" morality. I always wondered how our governments structure/function strayed so far from what our founding fathers envisioned.

 

Inversely, as the morality of the people decline, the more accepting the government is of our moral decay. What was not accepted in the past is now welcomed, then encouraged, then pushed. In the last fifty years, we've voted, in the government, on such issues as abortion, same-sex marriage, posting the Ten Commandments, etc... In times past, these topics were not issues. Right was right and wrong was wrong. As our morality declines, these things become issues. Despite the size or might of military, a morally corrupt country is destined for defeat.

 

Compared to the church: the more morally calloused the people become, the more tolerant the church becomes on issues. What the church once reproved, they now excuse. This is nothing new. Paul dealt with it in the book of 1st Corinthians. It is more commonplace and widely accepted now.

 

As society looses it's backbone to stand up against immorality, the government looses it's backbone to stand up against the voting people. As the people begin to loose their backbone, the church looses it's backbone to biblically deal with immorality. It all ties in somehow.

 

Just a topic to stimulate thought.

 

God bless!

 

troy