that comes down to having a fervor of belief. the whopping majority of christians today are insecure in their faith and in their specific denomination's doctrine and thus don't wish to act out against forms of deviancy for fear that they may be wrong to do so. the problem with lack of church discipline is unbelief. this wasn't the case in the past when life was tougher and the average person would have had their prayers for more base needs met. if a medieval peasant prayed in good faith "give us this day our daily bread" and rain came, this reinforced god's providence and thereby his existence in their minds. nowadays we have it so good, the feeling of need for god though just as crucial now as ever, escapes the western conscience more-so than it use to. at times when belief in god's providence and the need for reform in the church were at an all-time high eg. during the time of the puritans, all forms of deviancy were harshly, strictly put down. "nevertheless when the son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?" -luke 18:8 it will likely take crisis of some form to purify and stoke faith in the hearts of men in the west again. i believe that process is already underway as we speak. soli deo gloria.
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