Oh Kent, I wouldn't quite go that far.
The family is not dead and I know of no family that is; mine is flourishing.
My son and his girlfriend just graduated from highschool. This school believes in prayer every day and community work to help the needy.
Technology has not destroyed the world and neither is it destroying it; rather it is the lack of parental supervision / control on kids who really need it. Which kid doesn't.
Mostly the cause for the degradation of society is the people and their greed, more, more, more. Whatever it takes. Their have been so many advances in technology for the good of the world. Kind of like the old adage, guns don't kill people, people kill people.
However, you do make a valid point. Social reengineering is having a detrimental effect on how we see ourselves. How come almost 1/3 rd of shows on TV feature gays, this is totally disproportionate to reality. How come 90% of TV stars are gorgeous and have more "say" than anyone else. Why too, are we always told that x% this and y% that believe....when no one asked me or anyone I know. Why is this happeneing, because we the people let it.
This has always been a big concern of mine. Are we to sit back silently and shake our heads, mumbling....Christ, please come quick. What does the following truly mean?
Eph 6:14
Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness; Does it mean stand with our eyes closed? Or does it mean stand for the truth, and not let others take it away or bury it.
Eph 6:15
And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace; Eph 6:16
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. Eph 6:17
And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God: Surely, upon quenching these fiery darts, we can sow seeds of truth. We cannot make them grow, for God alone does that. I have always struggled with this. How strong is my faith if I ignore? If I say and do nothing, am I therefore the same as the unfaithful servant who buried what was given him? All good questions.
Yet, Kent, do you really believe that soceity is behaving outside of God's will / control?
Rom 9:19
Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? Rom 9:20
Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed [it], Why hast thou made me thus? Rom 9:21
Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour? Rom 9:22
[What] if God, willing to shew [his] wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: All of what is happening in this world is for our instruction and benefit. Do not think for a moment that all is as we are told. For I know of know one who has given up on the family. God is working all to his will.
I hope this does not offend
Your brother in Christ,
Darren