Where is America Today?

Deep Beliefs Being Eroded in America
By "Deuke" Eukel

(c) 2006

Americans throughout the country have sent ripples of disapproval down streams of a variety of publications. It has become apparent that the displeasure over an erosion of spiritual values and belief is the engine driving the boat.

Various opinion polls reveal that most American’s today believe the foundational principles, which were established by the framers of the U.S. Constitution, and other national documents of importance; i.e., they reflect a spiritual belief in a GOD that “created the heavens and the Earth.” Further, it is suggested that GOD, “in whom we trust,” blessed the formation of the United States, and that our unity is essential to this belief.

However, more than two centuries later, Americans are being inundated with a seemingly new ideology: Religious concepts have little value in government, public schools or in the public square, unless it seems derogatory to another religion.

A debate rages in some circles, which pit those with a “Founding Fathers” philosophy, against those that say so-called “fundamentalists” have overstepped the boundary which “separates church and state.” Legal arguments have reached the U.S. Supreme Court over the legality of displaying the “Ten Commandments.” Litigation over prayer at high school football games, and whether students attending religiously oriented clubs on school grounds should be allowed.

In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. District Judge John Jones ruled against the Dover Area School District, which attempted to add “Intelligent Design” to school curriculum. According to Judge Jones’139-page ruling, teaching Intelligent Design violates the Constitutional separation of church and state. “We have concluded that it is not science, and moreover that intelligent design cannot uncouple itself from its creationist, and thus religious, antecedents. Those who disagree with our holding will likely mark it as the product of an activist judge. If so, they will have erred as this is manifestly not an activist court.”

A spokesman for the Michigan-based Thomas More Law Center, which aided the school district, was quoted to say, “The founders of this country would be astonished at the thought that this simple curriculum change established religion in violation of the Constitution that they drafted.”

It has been suggested that Americans have reached a bend in the river; and that they must choose to return to the smoother stream of foundational spiritual principles, or continue toward the falls of destruction.

During the Christmas season last year numerous publications repeated the latest warnings that wishing others a hearty “Merry Christmas” was “offensive.” These actions have gone a long way toward dividing this country, and voices, speaking loud and clear, are saying, “Enough is enough! – A divided house cannot stand.”