What Has Happened To Our Culture?

As I was listening to my mp3 player this morning while I walked, I was listening to some old TV songs and it made me think about this topic, and how in each of the recent decades, the TV shows have reflected the heart of America.

In the 50's and 60's we had such classics as "Father Knows Best", "Dobie Gillis" My Three Sons', "Leave It To Beaver", "Gilligan's Island" and "The Andy Griffith Show". Times back then were simple and "getting into trouble at school" consisted of talking in class and running in the halls.

Then in the 70's and 80's we had "Happy Days'", "Laverne & Shirley", "Newhart", "The A Team", "Mission Impossible", "Dallas" and "The Cosby Show". Times were beginning to change, and the drug scene was developing in schools but there was still a sense of "who's in charge and who is not'!

In the 90's we had "Beavis And Butt-Head", "Married With Children", "The Simpsons", "Roseanne", "South Park" and "The Supranos and we began a time of moral breakdown during which children began killing children, drugs and sex are common if not required, it has become not even safe to send your children to public schools!

And what about today's TV programs?? We have "The Family Guy", "American Dad", "Desperate Housewives", "Dark Angel", "Scrubs", "Two And a Half Men", and "CSI--everywhere"! Not only are the schools not safe anymore, it's not safe in many of America's streets because of the development of 'street gangs', which are mostly our young people left alone to their own vices, trying to fit in and the guy who, has grown up without love and has become mad at the world and wants to kill anyone who moves!

Add to that, the 'music' that has came with each passing decade and we no longer sing of "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" but our society wants us to even ban the word Christmas for a much more acceptable term that is 'tolerant of all religions', the words 'winter holiday'.

All this reflects the true hearts of Americans today. It's a sad time to be sure and we are truly living in the "last days"!

Come quickly, Lord Jesus!!