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Immorality as a Social Problem
Vol. 23, No. 3 — Mar 2021
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Immoral practices are prevalent in the United States today and represent a social problem. We begin by defining “immorality.” Webster defines it as a quality inconsistent with purity and good morals. Also, wickedness or unchastity are synonymous with immorality. A leading senator sternly warned, “When people are allowed to trample upon the rights of others it will eventually follow that the rights of everyone will be rendered meaningless.” Crime, disrespect for laws, civil strife, the growing idea of something for nothing, courts that fail to protect innocent citizens are things, says Georgia’s Democratic Senator Herman Talmadge, that “can eat the heart out of America” (U.S. News and World Report, June 27, 1966). A far greater moral problem in the United States today than the above mentioned is the growing trend toward widespread illicit sexual practices. Perhaps, never in the history of mankind has there been a more overpowering need for all people of all nations to heed the exhortation of the prophet Isaiah. Come now, and let us reason together, saith the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land: But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it. (Isaiah 1:18-20) A recent national magazine portrayed the life and philosophy of a 22-year-old co-ed from the