Funny how they cite the Roman Empire as an example – most historians don’t put a lot of emphasis on “moral decay” either way, but the classic history by Gibbon points the finger the other way; the rise of radical religious sects may have encouraged citizens to ignore civic duties in favor of aiming for Heaven. There’s also the hard-to-measure effect of some of Paul’s writings (notably 1 Corinthians 7) on population growth – after all, it’s hard to maintain a massive military and empire if the birthrate has dropped.

Finally, there’s the issue of doctrinal obsession causing political strife – particularly in the later era, where a split between Constantinople and the Egyptian/Syrain Christians made it harder to effectively respond to Saracen incursions. Not that people like WND would have ANY ideas about how excessive focus on “moral issues” might cause an inability to focus on real issues in politics…

Benedick

7:31 pm • Friday • November 26, 2010

@al2o3cr: Also the whole burning of Rome issue that was then blamed on Nero.

PedonatorUSA

11:04 pm • Friday • November 26, 2010

Homosexuality is advancing?

Yay!

Benedick

12:03 pm • Saturday • November 27, 2010

Oh dear God! The gays have destroyed rap!!!!

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