tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-888835702407872285.post6540887366119158501..comments2023-10-17T08:47:54.216-06:00Comments on Directional Bible Ministries: Seven Stages of Cultural ChangeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-888835702407872285.post-49146370828784106862013-04-10T22:26:06.987-06:002013-04-10T22:26:06.987-06:00I find it particularly interesting that during the...I find it particularly interesting that during the end of a nation's cycle, according to Hegel, that those people in the nation turn their focus from advancement and business, as an example, to athletes and pop culture. THe reason this intrigues me is because we see how people become complacent with their lifestyle. The irony of this is that they do not realize what has brought them to this place of prosperity and pleasure in the first place. Those people who fought for freedom, who made business better, who refined the government, who worked hard and gave themselves to make a better nation are what is necessary to keep such an economy. If America is to survive this tough economic situation, many things must happen but I believe that one of those things is that citizens must rise up and put away the thought process that they can milk the government and yet never be required to contribute. America was founded on a Roman political ideology of civil virtue. Civil virtue states that citizens of a nation will serve the states out of both pride and duty to their country. That is no longer the way of thinking - now we think "how can I get the most by doing the least." This is wrong and our thinking needs to change. I do, however, think it is inevitable that the U.S. will face a greater version of decadence until it is brought back into spiritual, economic and social balance.Chad D. Smithnoreply@blogger.com