Surprisingly, the answer is the church---primarily through sins
of ommission. Here is what Dr. Kennedy said in D. James Kennedy and Jerry
Newcombe, How Would Jesus Vote? A Christian Perspective on the Issues:
The Case of Dr. Frankenstein’s Monster
We all are aware of the alarming
statistics surrounding our nation.
·Epidemic crime.
·Plummeting educational achievement.
·Pornography infiltrating our homes, even those of some pastors.
·The breakdown of the family.
·Widespread acceptance of immorality.
Clearly, our society is
in a great need of a true Third Awakening. I believe it is our only real
hope.
What happened along the
way from Plymouth Rock to the present? Who is responsible? Is it the atheists?
The humanists? Is it the secularists, the Communists, the cultists, the
New Agers, or the Hedonists? Is it the ACLU or N.O.W. or the People for
the American Way?
Well, let me tell you a
story. You remember it, I am sure. Just imagine, if you will, that final
scene in Mary Shelley’s Dr. Frankenstein when the monster has gone berserk
and has wreaked havoc upon the townspeople. He’s left scores of people
dead and now he’s coming after his maker. He’s destroyed his home and the
whole thing is now ablaze and setting the sky alight
Imagine that just then,
a friend of Dr. Frankenstein arrives from a distant city and sees the carnage
and the chaos going on, and asks, "Dr. Frankenstein, what has happened
here?"
"A monster, a monster!"
says the doctor.
The friend is confused.
"What are you talking about?"
"A monster did this. It
was terrible! He went berserk, killing people and destroying my home!"
"A monster? Where in the
world did it come from?"
Silence.
"Dr. Frankenstein? Where
did the monster come from?"
The doctor’s face falls.
"I…I created it. I made it myself."
In case you do not see the
application, my friend, we have to acknowledge that a great deal of the
blame for the state of the nation must rest upon us. It must be placed
at the doorstep of the church. We have failed to obey the Great Commission
in this country. We have failed to obey our cultural mandate to be involved
in every sphere of social activity. We have retreated from politics, from
social involvement, from the media and higher education. Now chaos has
broken loose, and we look at the scene before us with horror.
We may not have created
this monster with our own hands, but we allowed it to grow and take power.
With the power of the government and the colleges, the courts, the legislatures,
and the media it has wreaked this disaster—this carnage in America today.
Christians have failed to fulfill their responsibilities as citizens in
this country, and we have allowed this great blessing of a godly nation
to slip through our hands.
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