God's judgment.

I'm not a man of faith in so many words but a lot of Christian concepts resonate strongly in my mind.

We've bought the ACLU line and done our best to thrown God out of our schools and the public square. The recent sex-in-the-classroom stories just couldn't have happened in earlier less secular times. Now Christians can legitimately ask us how we like what we have now that we've abandoned God.

Jeff W. on Lawrence Auster's site raises the point that that we have violated too many of God's laws to warrant any expectation of God's protection. We may not like His justice. If that's a bit too "spiritual" for you, consider that some set of moral principles has to be followed for civil society to succeed. Is nihilism an option?

Whether you are or are not a Christian, it's clear that Christian morality underlies every aspect of our culture. One way or another, anyone who endeavors to lead a moral life here is going to be attempting that with at least one eye on Christian principles. They suffuse our culture. Pyramid power just doesn't cut it.

Kathlene M., also a commenter at Mr. Auster's site, runs through a few of the Ten Commandments that we are doing our best to ignore. Whether you think the Commandments are from God or are just a pretty good list of guiding life principles, it's clear that we've strayed far from the principled, moral life contemplated for people who choose to obey those commandments or reasonable secular substitute.

Take theft. Today, huge numbers of Westerners live their lives as thieves in that they demand and take money extracted by force from others. They believe, immorally, that what would be armed robbery on the street if performed by a private person is quite moral so long as there is a majority vote in a legislature to authorize the same transaction if the private person is instead a tax collector. This is the two-wolves-and-a-sheep-voting-on-what's-for-lunch situation. Theft that's run through the legislature is still theft. (This applies to taxes collected for purposes that are over and above those necessary to fund the legitimate functions of government. In other words, this applies to most taxes.)

The covetousness of socialism, race reparations garbage, and tax the rich rhetoric is clear.

Actually paying attention to the Ten Commandments is for suckers and rubes according to some but it is a bit disquieting to see a straightforward discussion of how we look in light of those divine principles that secularists like to think of as passe. New national motto: Laissez les bon temps rouler?

If life with the ridiculous, laughable, pathetic God of creation is so horrific and unbearable, what do you think it's going to be like without God?

I'm just sayin', is all.

"The sin that dooms America." By Lawrence Auster, View from the Right, 1/27/11.