Article June 15, 1963 Issue

Signs of the Times

J. Edgar Hoover

Christianity Today

J. Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation in Christianity Today Washington, District of Columbia

The sickness of secularism permeates large areas of our society. The Ten Commandments are ignored; the teachings of Christ dismissed. To many people, the word principle—fixed, immutable, unchanging—is simply a word and nothing else. Scores of pseudosophisticates today ... apparently are unable to comprehend man as a spiritual creature. They have no moral guidelines by which they may steer their own course of action. As a consequence, they are unable to supply effective guidelines for their children....

Human beings need rules to live by, and self-rule is possible only as self-discipline is practiced. ... Cynicism, apathy and self-indulgence weaken the foundations of freedom....

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