~Quotes~

“All that is necessary for evil to triumph is that good men do nothing”
~Edmund Burke

“Those that forget history are destined to repeat it”
~George Santayana

I believe that these statements are very true and relevant to our culture today. When we as Christians take a look at all of the evil that is manifest in the world, we wonder, when did America sink so deep into sin? When was a child’s life forfeited for a mother’s “right to choose”? When did drugs, pornography, theft, divorce etc. become so rampant in our culture? Sin has been around since the Garden of Eden (literally), but the nation of America, a country founded on Christian principles, began its decline when “good men” (and women) stopped fighting for truth. Christians are the light in the world, if we hide because of fear or lethargy, then what is to keep the world from being encompassed in darkness. It is this darkness, this evil, which we are seeing the effects of more and more as America has become immoral and hedonistic. Another attributing factor is the fact that we have forgotten our roots. Distracted by media and money, America has lost interest in the “olden times”. “That is past and we are the future”, is the prideful attitude. Because of our neglect history is being rewritten. How will future generations know that they are being fed lies about our ancestors if there is no truth to which they can compare it? I feel that these quotes act as very real caveats to the Christians, as we face the amnesia of our culture, and the evils of our world.