You are absolutely right on many points; “The Church is in trouble, because culture has changed.” Our culture is consistently being populated by young minds that think and research on their own. They are independent, critical thinkers who view the Church as one of the “symptoms” of society’s problems. Wasn’t it the Church that decided to venture into Africa and satuarate the “barbarians” with the gospel? (Even though this “barbarians” had been civilized for centuries with evidence of schools, libraries, medical procedures, and architectural stuctures that still stand today).

Isn’t it the Church that has been responsible for the psychological and sexual abuse of children for generations?

This is a new day, a new culture, and many individuals are developing a new level of consciousness. You mentioned that there has been a “sharp decline in morality, accountability, decency, and reason in America” which can also be said about the Church. Many are waking up to the fact that throughout history, America has been a big bully and a big liar! When you look at America’s history of deceit, oppression, wars (reasons for wars), distorted economic and political structures, it bears similance to the Church.

The solution is for America, as well as the Church, to ‘fess up! The symptoms you mentioned are due to negative infestations. The healing for both will begin with Truth; without Truth the symptons will continue to spread and continue to infect.