It is really hard to not be affected by culture unless you live like a Ted Kaczynski. I don’t really count on the world for much at all, but I do love the internet and books. It is getting easy to be reclusive.
The World has always been a hell-hole for billions, although with God, there is really a lot of joy in life, even in horrid, Boethius times.
The USA was such a Shining City on the Hill, which was an exceptional life for most people who lived here. It would be nice if a Jonathan Edwards stepped up and took the lead, though, but I am not holding my breath on this one. It would be great fun, though! With God, there is always hope!
The Colonies had a greater than normal quotient of serious Christians due to the exodus of many persecuted variants of Christianity from the Old World to the New.
It got arrogant when it assumed it was something that only the church was, the “Shining City On A Hill.” In truth, to call it that at ANY time was to whitewash a sepulcher.
Don’t lament the loss of historical happenstance. Lament what individual Christians are failing to do with God right at this moment.
(”It” meaning the nascent USA)