Even after generations of secularism, Christian morality provides most of us with an internal policeman who restrains us from violence.īut if our culture goes, everything goes. We live in a culture in which Christianity is still the mainstream religion: in which families teach each new generation how to behave as decent human beings because our community, our workplaces, our volunteer associations, expect it and reject troublemakers.Īmerica enjoys a culture founded on God’s laws as given in the Bible. The vast majority of us never get arrested. Police protect us from the few who really are determined criminals. It’s not the police who keep us from indulging in a bloodbath. If all of the people were intent on violence, no number of policemen could prevent anarchy. How many policemen would it take to keep order? More, obviously, than could ever be hired. Imagine an America inhabited by some 300 million individuals whose only thought is to commit crimes against others. You may wonder why I’ve been reviewing so many fantasy novels, most of them marketed as Young Readers fiction. Wings of Fire (Book II): The Lost Heir by Tui T. Scholastic’s Continuous Abuse of Fantasy Wings of Fire (Book I): The Dragonet Prophecy by Tui T.
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