Midknight Review -- new and revised: An England without God is an England without solutions.

In this article, Cameron: We must reverse 'moral collapse'... , England's Prime Minister is forced to admit a sad reality, that the recent riots, causing more than $300 million in damages and 5 deaths, are the result of a certain moral decay.

David Cameron is correct about his analysis, but lost when it comes to the solution. I can tell you this: there is no solution for moral decay in a society that rejects "religion." When a society pretends that prayer in school, for example, or saying "God" at a military funeral, or ridicules the notion that one "is called" to serve her country, well, that society is lost. The core principle in a civilization is not brute force or a codified system of law, it is a certain faith in God.

Don't get me wrong, I am not talking about "fundamentalism," whether Christian or otherwise. Nor, am I talking about a specific religious tradition. Rather, I am talking about a vibrant faith in God, one that drives some to serve others, one that works against war and hunger, one that sees the deficiencies of the State and moves to God centered solutions.

I am talking about the difference between the "commandments of God" and the very "command of God, himself." I am talking about the difference between a system and a dynamic reality. Those who reject what I have said are those, in every case, who have no clue as to that which causes their own existence. A godless approach to societal stability does not allow for individual freedoms and, in the end, always fails.

Update: I want to qualify my comments above; a "vibrant faith in God" can be had in a fundamentalist environment, in a Catholic circumstance or in a Unitarian venue. I know individuals who are full of faith in each of these realities. Let's not get lost in the denominational aspect of the discussion, or even the world view. I believe in the Christ of God and I believe that it is he who makes us "right" regardless of our religious preference or practice. That is the context of what I am saying. You can accept God in a bar, saying "crap" on the church stage (I heard this, just this last weekend) or spending Sundays trying to save your farm.

When a society puts boundaries around God, God is liable to say, "You are on your own. Let me know how that works out for you."

The Stated Nonsense from the Left now includes these Progressive goals:

July 2, 2008, Obama had this to say: "We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

MICHELLE OBAMA: "Barack knows that we are going to have to make sacrifices; we are going to have to change our conversation; we're going to have to change our traditions, our history; we're going to have to move into a different place as a nation."

“ . . . . . . they have become a generation of activists possessed with that most American of ideas – that people who love their country can change it.” -- Obama the Radical

On September 30, Van Jones told MSNBC "I think everybody should hold onto your seats. October is going to be the turning point when it comes to the progressive fight back."

Midknight Review -- new and revised

An England without God is an England without solutions.

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