Blog #2
Newton’s Law of Inertia: An object in motion stays in motion. Though Newton was probably referring to objects more like soccer balls, trains or motorcycles this same principle also aptly describes the motile state of human nature. History is simply the study of this motion watching leaders and people rise and fall, documenting the fluidity of the human race. This motion can be seen in just about every area of study from art to science and extending into human morality. Sadly, the direction social morality usually takes is a downhill slide as a people become proud and greedy, seeking only personal gain which leads to the eventual destruction of the greater whole. Elder Ezra Taft Benson stated in a 1973 Conference talk “Our greatest national problem is erosion. Not erosion of the soil, but erosion of the national morality.” 1 Though Elder Benson was referring to the United States in his address a parallel can be drawn to the Roman Empire. For the major part of ...
