I am not sure that our society’s slide towrd the abyss can be stopped.
What government shouts is lies. Whatever it is shouting at any given time is a lie, so it should be shunned all the time.
I can only answer your question as to where a person finds some sort of standard of behavior to hel steer them in life by saying where I found my answer.
When battling my demon of addiction, which should have killed me outright and most certainly wreaked havoc in my life, I asked God on a very dark day to give me the strength to walk away from this hell, and He did.
It took more strength than I ever imagined even existed, and very sadly I have seen it in few others. I fought this battle alone but with His help, and I am still here today and sober and enjoying viewing this world from behind clear eyes.
This is why I know that this is a battle that some of us have to fight in this world. For whatever reason it is a task that some are burdened with. Perhaps it is a test, but what I learned over many years of suffering is that only the souls that are tormented by that particular demon are the souls capable of defetaing that particular demon.
And the lessons learned from that struggle are precious and rare wisdom.
The founders answered what they thought the role of federal government was with Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution.
Some want government to outlaw what they don't like, and require what they do like.
Some want government to stay out of it, and let free men decide what is acceptable.
/johnny
I am not sure that our society’s slide towrd the abyss can be stopped.
Dead serious. It’s obvious.