Vatican II
it all came to a head when abortion was legalized 73
It probably had to be sometime after Christians decided Paul was bigger than god, and accepted what he said over what Jesus said.
It is a tale as old as time. Even Genesis records nations ignoring the Almighty and falling into ruin. Ancient man tried to warn his descendants to look for these signs: Lack of discipline among the people, and when it gets as far gone as lack of sexual discipline, prepare for the worse.
Religion over the millenia has it's hey day periods and periods of noticeable decline that are more often than not triggered by corrupt clergy/religious groups, begin disallusioned by failed 'prophecies' and promises, etc. We are likely in one of those periods of decline that historically will eventually be turned around by a renewed spirit of revival.
Entirely? Not even close. And, I lived back in the 70's and hippies were a small segment of the population. You may also forget before them were the beatniks in the 50's and 60's. Before them were the Sinatra groupies...
But many of the best scholars interpret that story -- and essentially the same story from other civilizations --- as the Serpent being God
People have always been distracted by idol worshipping of musicians and actors. I just liked the music and rarely listened carefully to the words or cared. The thing is, music does control decisions made by humans. There was a study done in a store that sold German beer and French wine. The study lasted 6 months and they found out that when the German music was playing, the majority of the people bought German beer. And, when French music was played, 80% of the sales were French wine. Imagine if people would listen more to the Tabernacle Choir rather than rap music how the world would be. Less hate, more love, less crime and more charity...
Anyone knows he wasn't comparing them to Jesus Christ. He was actually criticizing people for their idol worshipping.
