Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor:

 

There can be little question that the morals of our nation are considerably different from those of the past and we who have more than a few decades of experience would argue that things have gotten worse. Each of us will point to his own pet peeve as evidence of the fact-abortion, homosexuality, indifference to the church, etc. Conservative evangelicals would have to silently agree with the WestboroBaptist Church that America is in a moral crisis and would do so openly if Westboro had not crossed the line by protesting at soldiers’ funerals.

But, we concentrate on the symptoms rather than the disease. We are treating cancer with morphine. If our moral decay is to be reversed, we must address the disease itself rather than just tell people to behave better.

Conservatives are fond of citing Saint Paul’s first of Romans to show how gay marriage is evil even though Christ himself was silent on the issue. But little attention is paid to the text which precedes Paul’s “therefore” in verse 24. “Therefore is an important word in forensics, because it indicates that all that follows is an effect from the causes stated preceding. The cause of all moral ills is that people do not worship God as God; they worship lesser things. Is that not true of our country today? We worship our military might, our history, our economy, our strength, and our flag. Nothing demonstrates this more than our reaction to the attacks in New York City.

 

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