America's Biblical Roots - A Blessing and a Warning

The Ignorant Fisherman ^ | 10/6/2010 | Mark Musser

[Olympiad Fisherman]

It has been common place over the years for many to compare the eventual fall of America witth the fall of Rome. All civilizations rise and fall, and there are, of course, many parallels between them when they do fall. Some even use the fall of Athenian democracy as another parallel. Plato complained in the Republic that democracy inherently leads to amateurism, anarchy, mob rule and eventually despotism. However, the fact of the matter is, that while the fall of any empire and country can be studied and used as a historical warning to what may happen in the future, what is surprising is how few seem to really appreciate that the best example to compare the fall of America with is the fall of Israel in the Old Testament. This is the best comparison precisely because the founding fathers extolled the Exodus generation and many Old Testament values that often ran counter to the Greco-Roman society of the ancient world ...

[Bean Counter]

[Olympiad Fisherman]

Thanks - that summarizes the new government theology pretty well! Christian hope has been reduced to “I hope so” with the government leading the charge into idolatry. Is this the hope and change people were voting for?

[Jedidah]

Excellent.

This column needs to be read far and wide.

[StonyBurk]

Excellent post. IMO one reason many compare the decline of the
USA with that of Rome is probably Edward gibbon whose Decline
and Fall of the Roman Empire was published in the early years and much debated. But as far as the comparison of the Fall of the USA with ancient Israel that too has merit as we were established a Christian nation and our having grown fat mirrors the decline of Israel down to the high places on every street and our whoring after the fine things of other nations.

[Olympiad Fisherman]

That is always the problem, isn’t it?