Friday, September 02, 2011

The Church's Moment in the Unraveling of the West

The Church's Moment in the Unraveling of the West

Michael Craven comments in Crosswalk
http://www.crosswalk.com/
Sept. 1, 2011

I do not think it too strong or sensational to say that we are witnessing the collapse of Western civilization. Across the Western world, the fruits of apostasy and secularism are manifesting themselves in overwhelmingly destructive ways.

In my lifetime I have seen the rapid demise of the family. For the first time in American history, nonmarried households now outnumber married households (52 percent vs. 48 percent respectively). Today, only one-fifth of American households represent "traditional families-married couples with children" (New York Times, "Married Couples Are No Longer a Majority, Census Finds," May 28, 2011). Out-of-wedlock birthrates in the US have reached 40 percent following a similar trend throughout Western European countries, some of which are as high as 66 percent (New York Times).

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