Amen.....God will not be mocked.
IMO the Civil War was a judgment on this nation for countenancing slavery. What will be the judgment for these things?
This all shows who or what our nation is. None of this would be if the Lord were really this nation's God. When I was young it was difficult to imagine how we could be anything other than a God fearing nation. I mean even Hollywood tipped its hat to the "Man upstairs". Then in the 60's things like dropping church attendance and businesses opening up on Sunday were the first hints I had of growing irreligion. And it all snuck up on us - we forgot who we are.
Today no one thinks twice about business as usual on Sunday. It's just another day even if it is the weekend for some. We go out to eat, shop, work, play ... And for the most part, those who still go to church go for an hour, maybe two, in the morning. The idea that the day would be different, set aside for the Lord gets in the way of all the other things that are more important.
Jesus when He began the Lord's Supper said "This do ... in remembrance of me" (paraphrased). How true it is that we are a forgetful people. He knows who we are and what we need. And what we need is to give Him the preeminence in all things - especially to "show forth" His Gospel on Sundays by remembering Him as He asked us to. I am convinced that if the Church were to make that declaration - of Him crucified and died, and buried, and risen, and returning again - across all denominational lines - that would put us in remembrance of the Lord in a way that would transform our nation. Maybe even a revival.
American exceptionalism is not just a secular thing.