The Decline of Western Civilization

I always hear people say that we are supposed to learn from our past mistakes. Well, if that is the case, I believe we should take a look at the ancient Roman Empire. The Roman Empire has many things in common with today's Western Civilization. Abortions and infanticide were common. Traditional marriage was being pushed aside for homosexuality, polygamy and other immoral practices. Even within traditional marriages divorce was rampant. It was socially acceptable to be promiscuous and to have multiple affairs. I realize that we are not there quite yet, but we're getting pretty close.

Another correlation between Western Civilization today and the ancient Roman Empire are the cultures obsession for blood. In ancient Rome they had the Colosseum and other smaller arenas were gladiators would fight to the death. Today, we have an obsession for gory movies and video games. We are even starting to have our own "gladiator" fights were individuals use any method that they want to beat the crap out of their opponent. Their are several different leagues that masquerade as sporting events, but are nothing more than modern day gladiators who stop the fight just short of death... with crowds cheering. It will only be so long before the culture will become numb from the current level of violence and will be demanding more blood. Within 50 years we could be having modern day gladiator events were prisoners fight to the death for our enjoyment.

So what's the point of all this? Well, if you know anything about history, right after the moral decline of Rome's culture and its lust for blood reached its peak, the whole Roman Empire collapsed. So if we as a culture really want to learn from our past mistakes we should look at Rome's example, realize that we are heading down the same path, and do something about it. We need to get back to what Western Civilization was founded on... the Christian Faith. If we don't we will most likely end up just like Rome... a ruined civilization.