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MORAL CRISIS
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destroy the way of your paths"
(lsaiah 3: 12).
Leadership today encompasses
far more than politics. It includes
those in the fields of relígíon and
education. And perhaps the most
influential segment of society is the
opinion-molding industry- the
news and entertainment media.
Not long ago, a survey was taken
of Jeading journalists, broadcasters
and news executives in the United
States. Accordíng to the
poli,
the
"media elite" are strong supporters
of sexual permissiveness, 90 percent
agreeing that abortion should be
legal, 54 percent believing that adul–
tery is not wrong. More than three
fourths of those interviewed believed
that homosexuality is not wr9ng.
Shortly afterward, a like survey
was taken of top televísíon entertain–
ment executives and producers. Sim–
ilar percentages, generally even
more liberal, were obtained. Re–
ported the Associated Press on Feb–
ruary 15, 1983, concerning this sec–
ond survey: "Top Hollywood cre–
ators of the entertainment fare on
television are predominantly secular
in outlook, politically liberal and
shun religion, a new study finds. lt
also finds that they seek to reform
society toward their views....
" 'Their value oríentation is fun–
damentally different from that of
the general public,' says the report
published in
Public Opinion,
a
magazine of the American Enter–
prise l nstitute for Public Policy
Research in Washington . 'On such
issues as abortion, homosexual
rights and extramarítal sex their
views diverge sharply from tradi–
tional values.' "
"Progress"?
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enjoy thi s treat with your best
clothes on. Why? Because inside
each of these juice sacks are small–
er sub-sacks, the thin membranes
of which envelop and protect small
portions of the delicious liquid sun–
shine. And the sacks themselves are
all edible!
Watermelon packaging is equal–
ly designed to be spill proof. The
content is mostly liquid, yet you
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Since President Reagan's Jand–
slide victory this past November,
certain segments of America have
expressed a hope that fundamental
changes in the nation's dírections
were at last under way. Columnist
M. S tanton Evans is not so sure.
"Tbe power of the media and aca–
demic elites," he says, "the
entrenched influence of economic
and ideological interest groups, the
very structure of the government
system itself, are all arrayed on the
other side, intent on stopping
change and well-equipped to do
so."
Lack of Right Knowledge
How far
down
America has come
since its bumJ:>le beginnings, sínce
the days when a man or woman was
not even considered educated
unless he or she had read tbe Bible,
and could display a fair degree of
competence in understanding it.
Today, as President Reagan
enters bis second term, it is not
considered any mark of ignorance
to be unable to recite more than
two or three of the Ten Command–
ments.
Our English-speaking nations
indeed are being destroyed-from
within-"for lack of knowledge"
(Hos. 4:6). Not physical, material
knowledge, but God's revealed
knowledge on the right way to
live.
In the book
The Story of Amer–
ica,
published by the Reader's Di–
gest Association ( 1975), the edi tors
wrote in the foreword entitled
"Why It Happened Here":
"Puritan historian Edward
Johnson wrote in the 1650s that the
Lord had 'sifted a whole Nation to
plant bis choice grain' in America's
rich soil. Two centuries later this
can slice a watermelon in half and
lose no more than a few drops of
juice. Try that with a liquid-filled
plastic bott le!
And how about an ear of corn?
The !ayer upon !ayer of overlapping
husks may seem excessive. Yet
they are not. They serve to keep the
kernels fresh, clean and cool under
the hot summer sun.
Then there is the coconut. After
the milk it contains is drunk and
the meat is removed, the shell has
utilitarian or artistic value, as has
strain was still being played. Novel–
ist Herman Melville believed that
'we Americans are the peculiar
chosen people, the Israel of our
time'...."
It was easy for the forefathers of
today's Amer icans to become
believers, noted the
Reader's Di–
gest
editors. "One had only to look
around for full evidence of the
Lord's bounty. Here was sorne of
the best agricultura} soil on the face
of the g lobe. Vast forests spread
out for hundreds of miles, filled
with deer, beaver, and wild–
fowl. ... There were mountains of
coal and iron ore, reservoirs of oil,
and rich veins of gold and silver.
This was truly a chosen land for a
chosen people."
Americans have lost sight of
these roots. And its religious lead–
ers have never understood the
deeper
roots of the American
people- that indeed, tbey were not
only "the Israel of our time" but, in
the main, the descendants of the
ancient lost House of Israel.
These immigrants to North
America were destined, in this end
time of human civilization, because
of the obedience of the patriarch
Abraham, the grandfather of
Israel, to become the greatest sin–
gle nation in world history. Very
few have understood the depth of
these roots, and why America
flourished and why she is on the
way down to oblivion unless there
is a drastic course correction.
For the true understanding of
the heritage-and destiny-of the
United States, Britain and the
developed English-speaking world,
wríte for the book
The United
States and Britain in Prophecy.
lt
will open your eyes to today's world
condi tions as nothing else.
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the Jarge fibrous husk that once
surrounded it. Or they can be dis–
carded, eventually returning to the
earth without leaving a trace. Who
can improve on that?
Other examples of unique pack–
aging include the pomegranate, the
grape, garlic, the artichoke, the
eggplant and the egg itself. The
more deeply one analyzes it, the
more inescapable is the conclusion
that in food packaging, as in any
other field you can name, God had
a better idea!
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The PLAIN TRUTH