The Problem with Privitization
I can remember when I was young and I used to go with my brother and play with all the kids in the neighborhood. My parents knew most of the people who lived around us and there was a real sense of community. However today I don't really have that sense anymore and rarely see it (I couldn't even name one of my current neighbors). People would rather stay at home with their families and watch TV than go over to their neighbors house to visit.
While in and of itself this shows a decline of our society, I think reveals a much larger problem. When there is a lack of community, there is a lack of friendship, a lack of responsibility, and a lack of shared morality. Even in most Churches there is a lack of fellowship. Sure we shake hands on Sunday and talk for a few minutes, maybe we even have a few good friends there, and maybe we even are a part of a small group, but do we really have a good fellowship our neighbors? Christians are supposed to love their neighbors, but how can we do that if we don't know our neighbors? If we don't know our neighbors how can we share Christ with them?
American society has become much more secular and pluralistic. We are told "It's great if you are a Christian, but it's also great if your not" and "You can believe whatever you want, just don't tell me what to believe". Religion is now supposed to be a private thing. If this is the case my morals are just as good as your morals and so on and so on, just so long as nobody tells somebody else that they are wrong or bad. America has become the Seinfeld society living by the "not that there's anything wrong with that" rule. Christians need to go out and love their neighbor, because there is something wrong with America.
While in and of itself this shows a decline of our society, I think reveals a much larger problem. When there is a lack of community, there is a lack of friendship, a lack of responsibility, and a lack of shared morality. Even in most Churches there is a lack of fellowship. Sure we shake hands on Sunday and talk for a few minutes, maybe we even have a few good friends there, and maybe we even are a part of a small group, but do we really have a good fellowship our neighbors? Christians are supposed to love their neighbors, but how can we do that if we don't know our neighbors? If we don't know our neighbors how can we share Christ with them?
American society has become much more secular and pluralistic. We are told "It's great if you are a Christian, but it's also great if your not" and "You can believe whatever you want, just don't tell me what to believe". Religion is now supposed to be a private thing. If this is the case my morals are just as good as your morals and so on and so on, just so long as nobody tells somebody else that they are wrong or bad. America has become the Seinfeld society living by the "not that there's anything wrong with that" rule. Christians need to go out and love their neighbor, because there is something wrong with America.
