America Needs God

From: Gary L. Bauer

America Needs God

For those legitimately looking for an explanation of what "inspired" Jared Loughner, instead of seeking to score cheap political points, here are some ideas that you are unlikely to hear our secular elitists talking about.

We live in a culture that is increasingly hostile to God. We teach our children that their very existence is a cosmic accident that crawled out of primal sludge and "evolved." We once taught them that they were made in the image of our Creator and that each life had dignity and worth based on that fact. Friends say Loughner did not have much use for God or religion. There appears to be an occult shrine in his back yard. Had anyone ever shared with him the words of God, who said, "I set before you life and death, blessings and curses, therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live."

Did any school that Loughner attended even teach him that America was built on the idea that liberty comes from God or that only a virtuous people could remain free? Did he know that he would stand before that God someday and be judged? Did any classroom he was in have a copy of the Ten Commandments?

Did the popular culture and its creed -- "if it feels good do it" -- lead him into his apparent heavy drug use? Can we raise generation after generation of young Americans and teach them that little, innocent unborn babies can be destroyed at a whim and not expect some of those youth to conclude that life is cheap and disposable?

For at least 30 years, Americans who have raised these questions have been attacked relentlessly by the secular left. They have been called intolerant bigots, religious extremists, racists and worse. But now, as our media elites talk about civility and stopping the hate, wouldn't it be a good idea to invite God back into our public life, our families, our institutions and our discourse? Can America survive if we fail to do so?