Changes

In the 1950's, the danger of [[Communism]] worked a renewed affirmation of America being a basically Christian nation, though no significant religious revival was evident, and [[liberal ideology]] increased its influence through colleges and universities, as well as the film industry.

In the 1950's, the danger of [[Communism]] worked a renewed affirmation of America being a basically Christian nation, though no significant religious revival was evident, and [[liberal ideology]] increased its influence through colleges and universities, as well as the film industry.

===1960 and beyond===

====1960 and beyond====

The decade of the 1960's would begin the most dramatic moral change in America's history. While  a more developed moral social consciousness helped to effect beneficial and needed changes, such as in the area of civil rights, as regards such non-moral aspects as race and color, this recognition of basic equality was used by liberal moralists to advocate liberty for immorality in word and in deed, most predominately in the area of sensuality. The 1967 "Summer of love" saw hundreds of thousands of teenagers leaving their homes in search for deeper meaning, as well as satisfaction of fleshly lusts, with "turn on, tune in, and drop out," being a favorite phrase. Vast multitudes made their pilgrimage to the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, an area home to many rock icons, and known for its liberalized ideology and culture. The civilization that resulted was a testimony to the practical result of the prolonged practice of this ideology, and when the infrastructure of tradition society, which they both rebelled against and depended upon, could no support them. While the [[liberal media]] tended to celebrate it as a positive attempt at Utopian culture, indolence, homelessness or unsanitary living, and drug use  (and overdoses) abounded, along with marked increases in crime and disease. "By the fall of 1967, Haight-Ashbury was nearly abandoned, trashed, and laden with drugs and homeless people. Most of the kids that descended upon the Haight with such hope and optimism in June returned home sick and out of money by September."<ref>http://deathofthehippiesubculture.blogspot.com/2009/05/and-finally-bit-about-decline-of-hippie.html</ref>   

The decade of the 1960's would begin the most dramatic moral change in America's history. While  a more developed moral social consciousness helped to effect beneficial and needed changes, such as in the area of civil rights, as regards such non-moral aspects as race and color, this recognition of basic equality was used by liberal moralists to advocate liberty for immorality in word and in deed, most predominately in the area of sensuality. The 1967 "Summer of love" saw hundreds of thousands of teenagers leaving their homes in search for deeper meaning, as well as satisfaction of fleshly lusts, with "turn on, tune in, and drop out," being a favorite phrase. Vast multitudes made their pilgrimage to the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco, an area home to many rock icons, and known for its liberalized ideology and culture. The civilization that resulted was a testimony to the practical result of the prolonged practice of this ideology, and when the infrastructure of tradition society, which they both rebelled against and depended upon, could no support them. While the [[liberal media]] tended to celebrate it as a positive attempt at Utopian culture, indolence, homelessness or unsanitary living, and drug use  (and overdoses) abounded, along with marked increases in crime and disease. "By the fall of 1967, Haight-Ashbury was nearly abandoned, trashed, and laden with drugs and homeless people. Most of the kids that descended upon the Haight with such hope and optimism in June returned home sick and out of money by September."<ref>http://deathofthehippiesubculture.blogspot.com/2009/05/and-finally-bit-about-decline-of-hippie.html</ref>   

Religiously, a notable number of young seekers for a better reality became part of what some term a [[Fourth Great Awakening]], out of which evangelical churches such as [[Calvary Chapel]] began and grew to be significance denominations.

Religiously, a notable number of young seekers for a better reality became part of what some term a [[Fourth Great Awakening]], out of which evangelical churches such as [[Calvary Chapel]] began and grew to be significance denominations.

===Responses===  

====Responses====  

Reactions to moral decline in America have been varied. The [[liberal media]] and places of "higher" education (such as [[Harvard University]]) overall treated the 60's sexual revolution as a beneficial change, and a victory for its liberal ethos. Rock stars sang of and exampled - by their lives many by their death - the immorality of the 60's. Legitimate improvements in society were invoked as a means to justify the liberal movement as a whole. As regards faith in God, [[John Lennon]], who later (1971) would promote his godless fantasy with the song ''Imagine'', remarked in 1966 that the [[Beatles]] were more popular than Jesus Christ. In 1965 and 1966 Time magazine reported on the a growing sense that "God was dead",<ref>Time, Theology, Friday, Oct. 22, 1965</ref><ref>Time, Religion,  Apr. 8, 1966</ref> - though 5 years later it would be reporting on the notable [[Jesus Movement]]<ref>Time, Religion: ''The New Rebel Cry: Jesus Is Coming!'', Monday, Jun. 21, 1971</ref><ref>http://voiceofrevolution.askdrbrown.org/2008/10/25/time-magazine-the-jesus-revolution</ref> Attempts to impugn the authority of the [[Bible]] continued to increase, with more recent efforts seeking to impose more specious liberal interpretations of it.<ref>[http://www.robgagnon.net/NewsweekMillerHomosexResp.htm''More than “Mutual Joy”: Lisa Miller of Newsweek against Scripture and Jesus''Dec. 10, 2008] [[Robert Gagnon]]</ref> The term "[[Secular-progressives|progressives]]" began to be more often used to describe liberals, while their own form of historical [[revisionism]] was increasingly seen.  

Reactions to moral decline in America have been varied. The [[liberal media]] and places of "higher" education (such as [[Harvard University]]) overall treated the 60's sexual revolution as a beneficial change, and a victory for its liberal ethos. Rock stars sang of and exampled - by their lives many by their death - the immorality of the 60's. Legitimate improvements in society were invoked as a means to justify the liberal movement as a whole. As regards faith in God, [[John Lennon]], who later (1971) would promote his godless fantasy with the song ''Imagine'', remarked in 1966 that the [[Beatles]] were more popular than Jesus Christ. In 1965 and 1966 Time magazine reported on the a growing sense that "God was dead",<ref>Time, Theology, Friday, Oct. 22, 1965</ref><ref>Time, Religion,  Apr. 8, 1966</ref> - though 5 years later it would be reporting on the notable [[Jesus Movement]]<ref>Time, Religion: ''The New Rebel Cry: Jesus Is Coming!'', Monday, Jun. 21, 1971</ref><ref>http://voiceofrevolution.askdrbrown.org/2008/10/25/time-magazine-the-jesus-revolution</ref> Attempts to impugn the authority of the [[Bible]] continued to increase, with more recent efforts seeking to impose more specious liberal interpretations of it.<ref>[http://www.robgagnon.net/NewsweekMillerHomosexResp.htm''More than “Mutual Joy”: Lisa Miller of Newsweek against Scripture and Jesus''Dec. 10, 2008] [[Robert Gagnon]]</ref> The term "[[Secular-progressives|progressives]]" began to be more often used to describe liberals, while their own form of historical [[revisionism]] was increasingly seen.