Respect

Respect is quickly disappearing in the United States of America. The rapid moral decline seen in our government, in cities, in schools, and with people in general can be traced back to an increasing amount of lack of respect. When the authority of parents, police, and our military have diminished to the point that people do just the opposite of what is the proper thing to do. When parents are mocked, police shot and killed, the military, including the Commander-in-Chief, are cursed, spit on, and impugned just because things didn’t turn out the way many ill raised and corrupt people expected.

This lack of respect for the American flag and for our country can be seen all around us. Athletes, Antifa, Leftist politicians, and those who try to force another way of life America show their disrespect by burning the flag, “taking a knee,” and having enclaves in cities instead of assimilating. Our presidents in the past have stopped immigration to allow for assimilation; for the maintenance of our culture, for the respect of our Constitution, and for maintaining our language and national pride.

The lack of respect for human life is another area in which America has drifted away from solid moral integrity. The increasing insensitivity to the pain and loss of life with abortions of an innocent child is just one aspect of that. That lack of respect extends outward to include the murder of police, mass shootings, stabbings, and a mob-like mentality that runs rampant in our streets. Bystanders would rather record events of beatings, acts of arson, and murders instead of calling authorities.

The abuse of children by parents, other adults, the beatings of a spouse, or the reverse; the abuse or beating of parents all stem back to a lack of respect. The use of drugs shows a lack of respect for the person themselves. Many of the crimes committed are by those individuals who are selling or are addicted to drugs.

Have you noticed that about the same time that America removed prayer, Bible reading, and honoring the American flag in our schools, the moral decay and disrespect increased exponentially? The truths once shared with our youth are being replaced with an indoctrination of humanism, Islam, and the prevailing myths of evolution and climate change. If society defines humans as nothing more than an animal or as a blob of flesh, it becomes no worse to kill them than to slaughter an animal. If humans have no soul, if humans are not made in the image of God, and if the Bible is not the basis of all truth, then respect will be lost and anarchy will rule.