Letter to the Editor: Christianity on the decline

​By Seth Hustad

It’s been 100 years since the roaring 1920’s.  A time of loose morals, freedom, corruption, rampant debauchery, economic highs and lows, a pandemic, and as always Europe was a mess.

It doesn’t sound too different now does it?  We just got out of our pandemic.  We also have lots of loose morals, and a freedom to be whatever we want.

Politics are crooked and most politicians better represent their wallet’s interest than the people they serve.  A raise in extremely polarizing political parties. 

The world is teeming with debaucherous activities.  Our economy has been so volatile the last few years and inflation is running rampant.

  And Europe is in political turmoil over refugees, a war in Ukraine, etc.  The only real difference is the world is more interconnected than it had been in the 1920’s.  When most countries were isolationist. 

History repeats itself, and with this cycle repeating over and over again, and a divisional rift in America that seems to grow ever wider between political parties, states, communities, churches, families, friends, and neighbors. 

I don’t say this to discourage y’all, make you think life is meaningless, that the world is ending, or our country is falling apart.  I say this to bring awareness to our current societal trends. 

In 1972 Americans that identified themselves as Christians was 90%.  Then in 2020 only 64% affiliated as Christian.  And they theorize in 2070 that percentage could at best lower to 50%, and at worst 35% (Pew Reacher Center). 

There was a similar dip in the turn of the 20th century, and into the 1920’s, but not as severe.

With all of this I’m saying that with society leaving God behind it brings more despair, hopelessness, and meaninglessness.  People are trying to find meaning outside of God, and there isn’t any. 

If we were all created by chance we don’t have a meaning for existence, so we try to create one in our sports, clubs, school, work, family, or friends.  And we try to create some identity outside of God.

Only through God do we have meaning that can’t ever go away. He gives us our identity and meaning as his children and he always loves us. 

And so to conclude, this is what I believe to be true, that God’s only son died for us to save us from our sins and eternal separation from God. 

If you disagree don’t just discount this article.  Look into it more on your own. 

I hope this can bring some hope into this world that seems so hopeless sometimes.  Thank you for reading.