I really think this is a worst case scenario.

If the church fires in Alabama had been the work of a hate group the country would very readily condemn them and the group —“ and have a fairly good understanding of their motives.

In this case people will just shake their heads and say —“ what went wrong. Hey, they’re from good families, just like mine.

Well, I’d say a lot went wrong and it most likely started in their families. Let’s consider these points:

• Did they have an upbringing that had faith in God as a central tenant?
• Were they ever taught anything about judgment, accountability, personal and family honor?
• Did they ever work for anything, or was everything handed to them?
• Did they have good role models or good ‘ole boy role models?

It is no joke. Our country, and indeed the world, has to come to grips with the fact that solid families that have an adherence to basic values like God, family, citizenship, education, cultural history, etc. produce good solid citizens for the future. Those ‘families’ that swim in the anti-cultural morass, that go along to get along, and that fail to identify and criticize wrong, will just produce more jokesters.

Unfortunately for all of us, most will not see the reality of the problem, and those future jokesters will wreak havoc on our communities.