Troy Miller argues here that America’s real crisis is Biblical illiteracy. I think his argument has some merit.

“The nation finds itself preoccupied with familiar concerns: political polarization, civic deterioration, institutional distrust, and cultural fragmentation. These are serious realities, but they are not ultimate ones. They are symptoms of a deeper disorder—biblical illiteracy . . . Our country lacks the theological vocabulary and discernment necessary to sustain the republic . . . the central problem confronting both church and culture is not merely moral rebellion against biblical truth, but widespread unfamiliarity with it . . . This is new territory. In decades past, most Americans at least knew what they were rejecting. A society that has lost the categories necessary to understand truth has entered a truly precarious condition . . . The erosion of biblical literacy carries consequences well beyond the church. When a people lose familiarity with the biblical world of meaning, they do not merely lose theological competence. They lose the conceptual architecture that once made moral reasoning intelligible . . . We are not simply witnessing cultural change. We are witnessing moral and theological disintegration.”

There is no question that this country was founded on the Judeo-Christian worldview. Of course this did not mean that everyone knew Scripture – but their worldview was built on the foundation of Scripture. When we lose Biblical literacy, we ultimately throw out the Judeo-Christian worldview and subsequently forfeit the ability to morally reason. We end up down the rabbit-hole in Wonderland where anarchy and chaos prevail and where everyone does what is right in his own eyes (Judges 21:25).