OBLIVIOUS TO THE DANGER!

IN THE MIDST OF GRAVE DANGER

Imagine driving on a dark and rainy night down an unfamiliar road.  In ever so slight change the puddles on the road begin to merge.  Certainly this is nothing to be concerned about, well not just yet.  Imperceptibly the road is now covered with water but again nothing to be concerned about as the car is responsive and the spray is only slight.

Unbeknown and unobserved in small fractions the water deepens and deepens.  There is danger around every curve as the car becomes less and less responsive and there no longer is spray but a splashing sound—a sound that is now impossible to ignore.   However, now it is too late!

Suddenly and with little warning the car goes out of control, into the ditch, and rolls onto its side.

The moral of the story is this.  The imperceptible change that happens with little or no notice eventually leads to disastrous outcomes.  It then can leave a person questioning, “What happened?” and “Why did I not see that coming?”

Western culture is in dire straits but the changes are often imperceptible and even if notices are dismissed with, "The change is so slight that it is of little importance."  Yet unless something catastrophic happens to change course, there likely is coming a change that will be anything but "of little importance" as it will alter life as those in the West know it or wish it to be.

Consider the following barometric indicators and the attendant question, "In which of the following are things any better than they were ten, five, or even a year ago?"  

Continuing ask this question.  "Is not life in the West in a most dangerous and tenuous place?"

Here is a partial list.

Logic in thought and expression is losing ground at a frightening pace.

Language is anything but consistent and universal. 

Discourse is not the sharing of ideas but now based in the defaming of ideas.

Ethics are lost from view, replaced by one’s opinion which can differ from moment to moment (relative truth).

Respect is demanded from but not accorded to the other.

Rebellion against in lieu of accountability

Disdaining of honest though menial labor.

The secular is emphasized at the expense of the Divine.

Imposed acceptance and even required celebration of racial and ethnic differences

Fracturing of a particular nation’s cultural distinctives

Narcissistic leadership on all levels.

Standards are questioned and most often rejected

 

Honor for authorities such as parents and others is not seen as important.

Pleasure and leisure take precedence over propriety.

 

Intentions are judged as opposed to words and actions

Personal responsibility is abrogated.

Religion is seen as irrelevant or at the least inconvenient.

And the list goes on and on.  Change after change--not for the better, quiet, imperceptible, and yet far reaching in effect.

 

What is that effect?  Among the many that could be cited is this.  The culture that has come to embrace such as has been listed and unless the process is stopped will soon devolve and come to naught.

The second outcome is that those who live according to the traditional values that make any culture great are increasingly relegated to the irrelevant.  As such their influence lessens and lessens with the result that society will unravel at an ever increasing pace.  

Guess I will just have to be irrelevant.