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The world has changed more in the last hundred years than in all past historical eras combined,

and there can little doubt that our American society has moved away from traditional religious worship and practices in this most recent time period. The average age of those who regularly attend church services has increased and the younger generation often shows a lack of respect or open disdain for all things religious. There is skepticism about God and religion that is prevalent everywhere, and recent sex abuse scandals involving clergy of Christian churches does not bode well for a recovery of a God-centered morality. In addition, continuing religious wars throughout the world do little to improve these negative attitudes and increase respect for and adherence to the Ten Commandments. All in all, it can be said that we live in an age when many people have no fear of retribution by God for moral decisions they make and that the majority in our culture choose their morality based on a life without God. Philosophers of recent times give little or no credence to God as the determinent of personal values and morality or as an influence on people. The loss of God has affected values and morality

The negative effects of the loss of God are just as crucial to understand in discussing God and morality. These have often been overlooked by those who welcome all things new and better at whatever cost. The fact that society has lost the perception of harmony and unity created by divine guidance means that it can be argued that there are no universal morals left in the world. The acceptability of certain acts that were considered immoral before bothers many of us, and the term liberalization is often used in society when we really mean that we are without common norms of behavior or values. And the loss of God has given men the ability to make misplaced interpretations of morality and argue almost any position or value from the point that if it is moral to that person then that is all that matters. The traditional God of the Christian faith may have uncreative, dictatorial, and inflexible morals but at least they do exist and are there for interpretation. It could also be argued that the nature of man is such that he may not be responsible or smart enough to do without Gods guidance; some believe that societys morals are deteriorating because of this loss. These are vital concerns and they make sense to those who see an amoral and lawless world enveloping humankind in the 21st century.

Where do I stand on the issue of morality in a Godless society? First of all, I do believe that lower moral standards and looser values exist today than a hundred years ago, but that they are not the result of the l

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