the downfall of America ?

Many pundits forecast the collapse of the USA, due to an economic collapse or continued terrorist attacks with weapons of mass destruction. But we have far more to fear from our own moral confusion and the corresponding loss of our human identity as children of God. Peter Kreeft has written that contraception is more destructive to the human race than all the nuclear bombs in the world. The evils we were warned of in Pope Paul's "Humanae Vitae" are all around us : the exploitation of women, the rise of promiscuity, pornography and homosexuality, increased abortions (not less!), the collapse of the traditional family, etc. Our sexual confusion is causing America and most other nations to rot from within. We do not need external threats (although they do exist); we are destroying ourselves. Our blindness is almost willful it seems.

Barack Obama is only one man, but his elevation to the highest place in the land is a sign of our confusion. He would not be promoting the destruction of traditional Christian values if we did not put him there. His election as president has accelerated our decline, a process begun centuries ago when a man had the ignorance and audacity to proclaim : "I think, therefore I am" (Descartes). By making himself the center of the universe, man has become the arbiter of right and wrong, i.e. moral relativism. This is the real threat we face. Most of us, including me at times, get all worked up about financial matters or our national security. But without a clear vision of who we are, who we belong to, what our purpose is in life, where we came from and where we are going, we are left to fend for ourselves, and we will go the way of the dozens of civilizations that have vanished before us. Christianity outlasted the Roman Empire's collapse. We will survive whatever may come if we remain faithful to our Christian heritage and values. Jesus promises "I will be with you until the end of time". He does not lie.
Gary