For the skeptics among us, I believe that a particularly effective method for confirming God’s existence is to try and imagine a world without Him (- leaving out for the sake of argument the very existence of creation itself). In other words, how healthy would any society be without a majority of people at least attempting to live by a moral code – at a minimum – the “Golden Rule?” ~
 

 
As morality crumbles around us it’s becoming easier every day to envision a world without Him – and it’s not a pretty place. In a recent article at The Stream Denis Prager takes at look at how things are working out in the “Godless West”. He begins by listing some recent disturbing trends in social mores ~

These are all inevitable consequences of the death of belief in God and Judeo-Christian values, and of the Bible as society’s primary moral reference work.

 
The West has been in moral decline since World War I, the calamity that led to World War II and the death of national identity and Christianity in most of Europe. There has always been one exception: the United States. But now that is ending. The seeds of America’s decline have been sown since the beginning of the 20th century, and they came to fruition with the post-World War II generation, the baby boomers […]
 
We have gone from President Abraham Lincoln reading the Bible every day to Alaska Airlines feeling forced to stop passing out prayer cards with meals. In a hundred years, we’ve gone from near-total biblical literacy to near-total biblical illiteracy. One wonders whether half of America’s college seniors could correctly identify Cain and Abel, or whether more than 1 in 10 Americans could cite the Ten Commandments.

Contrary to what many may believe, God’s rules for his creation aren’t meant to be punitive. Think of them as guardrails on a mountain switchback. Without them we’ll eventually slip, and tumble into the abyss.

The prices that we Americans and Europeans are paying for creating the first godless societies in recorded history amount to civilizational suicide. Boys and girls are not to be referred to as boys and girls; Western elites dismiss national identity as protofascism; the belief that moral truth exists has been destroyed and replaced by feelings and opinions; fewer people are marrying; and more people live alone than at any time in American history.

Prager ends with this ~

There is no way to prove that God exists. But what is provable is what happens when societies stop believing in God: They commit suicide.

 
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Related:
How Dutch legalizing of prostitution, drugs, & euthanasia is working out ~

The Netherlands, that once-Calvinist land, has gone farther than just about any other country in legalizing “victimless crimes,” such as prostitution, drug use, and euthanasia. Now that country is facing the unintended consequences, including an upsurge in organized crime, social squalor, and a deluge of sex tourists, drug tourists, and death tourists (who only buy a one-way ticket).

 
Religion Boosts US Economy More Than Apple, Amazon, and Google Combined ~ The value of faith. Not just good for us – God is good for the economy as well.