MORAL BREAKDOWN
(See also Crime; Immorality [Sexual]; Juvenile Delinquency; Pornography; Violence)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
after World War I: g 4/07 4-5
after World War II: g 4/07 6; g95 9/8 8-11
avoiding: w97 7/15 8-19; w89 10/1 15-20; w88 6/15 15-20
building spiritual immunity: g90 11/22 13-16
proper attitude: w90 4/15 17, 21
babies abandoned: g 1/07 15; w98 12/1 32
business: g 3/13 3; g 1/12 3-5; g93 8/8 4; g92 1/22 4; g90 9/8 29
catalog of books on how to commit crimes: g91 12/22 29
children: g00 4/8 8; w97 10/15 32; g95 4/22 6; g92 2/8 28; g92 9/22 3-5; g91 9/22 4-5; g89 4/22 4; g86 6/8 29
effect of entertainment violence: g89 4/22 4-5
toys: g94 9/8 3-6
churches victimized by crime: g95 7/22 28; g92 11/8 29
clergy: g89 3/22 30
comments by—
author who combats fraud: g04 7/22 11
Britain’s prime minister: w90 11/1 3-4
historians: w01 6/1 5
TV commentator: g88 10/8 12
U.S. senator: ip-1 5
conduct in workplace: g03 9/22 28-29
consequences: g90 6/8 8
contributing factors: g 7/07 4; g93 8/8 5-7
atheism: g90 11/22 14
Bible rejected: w04 4/1 10; g93 8/8 5
comment by Bible scholar: w86 5/1 30
evolution theory: g 4/07 5; g98 6/22 4, 7; g93 8/8 5; w89 4/15 21; w86 7/15 6
inherited sin: w90 11/1 4-5
lack of parental training: g97 11/8 29
materialism: g94 12/8 4-6
moral relativism: w01 11/1 3
Satan and demons: w01 6/1 5-6; w90 11/1 6-7
war: g 4/07 4-6
corruption: w00 5/1 3-4; g96 7/8 19; w95 6/1 3-4; w93 12/15 12
decency declining: mrt article 113
discussion: g 4/07 3-10; g 7/07 4-5; g00 4/8 3-11; g99 12/8 10-12; w97 7/15 11-12; g95 9/8 8-11; g93 8/8 3-7; g92 1/22 3-10
dishonesty: sh 342; w88 2/15 3; w86 11/15 10-11
disrespect for authority: w00 8/1 3
disrespect for law: g 5/08 30
disrespect for law enforcement: g89 4/22 6
disrespect for life: g24.1 7
entertainment: w06 1/1 27; g97 5/22 4-7; g97 6/8 6
evolution theory belied by: g95 8/8 6-9
family: w04 8/15 3-4; w01 6/1 3-4; w99 1/1 3; w98 4/1 3-5; w97 6/15 20-22; g97 2/8 28; fy 7-9; g96 1/22 28-29; g96 2/8 28; g95 4/22 5-6; w92 10/15 3-7; g91 9/22 3-5; g90 9/8 5
battered wives: mrt article 16; g88 11/22 2-8
children turn to drugs: g98 12/8 28
neglectful fathers: w99 1/1 4
hatred: mrt article 97; g01 8/8 3-7; w00 8/15 3-5; g98 10/22 3-4; g97 9/8 3-8
integrity: w97 5/1 3
Internet: g 3/07 6-7
Israel (ancient): it-2 164; rr 59-61; w97 7/15 8-9
lack of moral belief: g97 1/22 4
lawlessness: mrt article 114
life cheapened: w05 2/1 3-4; g00 7/8 3-4
mass shootings: g24.1 7
moral pollution: w95 10/15 7; g93 1/22 11; w90 7/1 5-6; g90 5/8 9, 11; g89 1/22 3-11
motion pictures: g91 1/22 5-6; g90 2/22 29; w89 11/1 11
murder: g 6/13 3; g92 6/8 28
over-tolerance: g97 1/22 4, 6-7
“past all moral sense” (Eph 4:19): w93 3/1 12-13
people dead for years discovered at home: g01 2/22 29; g86 12/22 29
pornography: w13 8/1 3, 5; g 12/12 28; g 10/10 13; g03 7/22 4-5; g01 12/8 28-29; yp 208-209; g86 12/22 3-11
prevalence: w00 11/1 3-4; g98 1/8 6; w97 4/1 9-10; g93 8/8 3; w89 10/1 15-16
rebellion:
comment by judge on increase: g87 11/22 30
religion: w13 7/1 6; sh 342; g89 1/8 8-9; tp 27-29
Roman Empire: w97 7/15 9-10
Satanism: g94 9/22 3-9, 12; w89 9/15 30; g89 10/22 2-10; g87 1/8 29
schools: g95 12/22 3-4; g92 9/22 29; g88 9/8 4
science fraud: g 12/12 28; g91 11/22 12-15; g90 1/22 2-7
sexual harassment: g05 8/8 5-6; g96 5/22 3-6
sexual immorality: w19.05 21-22; g 4/07 6-7; w03 4/15 4; g00 4/8 5-6; w97 7/15 11-12; g97 6/8 3-10; kl 123; w93 2/15 12-13; g92 6/22 3; w89 4/15 9; w89 11/1 11
AIDS epidemic no real impediment: g90 6/8 3-5; w89 10/1 31
attitude of public: g93 8/8 3-4
Catholic youths: w12 3/1 5
child abuse: g99 9/8 29; g93 10/8 3-13; g92 9/22 3-4
child abuse by clergy: g 3/11 29; g95 4/22 6; g94 3/8 28; g93 4/8 31; g91 8/22 29; w89 4/15 8; g89 1/22 8-11
child exploitation: g05 8/22 8; g03 2/8 3-10; g99 4/8 3; ct 166; g98 4/8 5; w97 7/15 11-12; g97 4/8 11-15; g97 10/22 28
clergy: g93 8/8 7; w90 12/15 21; w89 4/15 8-9; g89 1/22 7-11; g87 6/22 31
homosexuality: g95 2/22 12, 14; w89 4/15 22; g86 3/22 13-16
illegitimate births: g03 6/8 4; g03 11/22 28-29; g02 5/8 28; g92 9/8 29; g92 12/8 30; yp 184-185; g88 11/8 30
law against sex with children declared unconstitutional (Canada): g86 1/8 29
legal prescription of contraceptives without consulting parents (Britain): w86 4/15 21
living together unmarried: g 2/13 3; g92 1/8 26-27; g92 9/8 28; g92 12/8 30
“new morality”: w89 9/1 31; w86 5/1 5
prostitution ruled not immoral (Germany): g01 8/8 28
public computer networks: g95 11/8 29; g87 1/22 29
results: w90 4/1 14-15; gm 169-170
universities: g 4/12 23; g 2/09 30
youths: g 9/09 4-5; g 3/06 26; g05 4/8 4; g02 5/8 29; w99 9/1 10; g98 4/8 29; g98 12/8 29; w89 11/1 11; yp 181-182, 184-185, 198
sign of last days: ijwbq article 185; mrt article 114; w14 1/15 29-30; g 4/07 8-9; rs 237; w88 6/15 17
sports: g91 8/22 5-9; g89 11/8 2-13
hockey: g86 2/22 14
soccer: g86 3/8 19-22; g86 11/8 16-17
tax evasion: w88 2/15 3
television: g 10/06 4-6; w01 11/1 5; g97 5/22 5-6; g96 8/8 29
thrill sports: g97 5/22 28
universities: g92 7/22 14
pornography in class: g94 7/22 31
values: g 11/13 6-7; w04 4/1 9-11; g03 6/8 3-9; g99 12/8 11; g95 5/22 28; g89 3/22 2-9
vandalism: w99 6/15 3-7
violence: wp16.4 10; g89 4/22 2-11; w87 5/15 10
effect of entertainment violence: g 3/12 7; g90 3/22 29; g89 4/22 4-5; g88 5/8 19; g86 2/22 30
effect of televised news violence: g88 5/8 21; g86 2/22 30
“extreme fighting” exhibitions: g96 6/8 28
willingness to compromise standards: g 1/13 3; g 3/13 3; g92 1/22 4; g90 9/8 29
Witness response: jv 103-104, 174-175
women: g96 8/8 28; w87 8/15 6-7; w86 11/15 10
gangs: g96 10/22 31
youths: w14 1/15 30; g00 4/8 8; w97 10/15 32; w97 12/1 3-5
abuse of parents: g92 10/8 29
business ethics: g90 9/8 29
cheating in school: g 8/12 26
comments by criminologist: w88 4/15 21
crime: g86 5/22 30-31
legal prescription of contraceptives without consulting parents: w86 4/15 21
marijuana use: yp 274-279; g86 1/22 16-18
percent of major crimes: w88 3/15 20
pregnancies: yp 184-185; w88 4/15 3-4; w86 6/15 14; g86 2/8 31; g86 5/22 31
rape: g90 3/8 29
sexual immorality: g 9/09 4-5; w94 4/15 16-17; g94 5/8 28; g93 8/22 17-18; g90 9/8 6-7; w89 11/1 11; yp 181-182, 184-185, 198
violence: g 2/07 19; g95 11/8 28; g89 7/22 28
Quotations
consequences, when individuals and society ignore moral law, are frightening: w87 10/15 4
contempt for law contrasts sharply with outlook of a century ago: g90 8/8 9
drugs pose as destructive a threat as plagues in earlier ages: g90 9/8 4
everything is gray: w99 10/1 28; g89 3/22 8; g87 11/22 30
man has driven God out of his life and therefore lacks a moral center: g89 3/22 7
moral crisis of serious dimensions: g 4/07 3
no definable moral center in America anymore: g89 3/22 7
record of moral failures is almost immeasurable: g89 3/22 8
right and wrong reduced to personal taste, emotional preference or cultural choice: w01 1/15 4; w97 7/15 11
self-fulfillment takes precedence over all other values: g89 3/22 5
slippage in ethics has inspired a culture of fraud: g04 7/22 11
something is fundamentally amiss with society: g89 3/22 6
world has gone to pieces in a moral sense: w88 10/15 5