A friend forwarded me a news article from one of the curated news sources he subscribes to. The topic was a take-off from President Donald Trump’s remark, “The whole world, unfortunately, has become somewhat of a casino.” The authors enlarged on how they took that statement with one of their own: “Once forbidden vices – weed, gambling and porn – are no longer confined to back alleys or the desert … They’re ubiquitous, digital and spreading at a pace that has outstripped social and regulatory guardrails. Governments didn’t turn a blind eye to most of this. They encouraged it. We’re scaling sin in real time.” 

Mind you, this didn’t come from a religious organization. Nor was it a stump speech by a conservative decrying the ethical and moral slippage of society. It came from Axios, a modern American news website known for concise and straightforward reporting. The last line in their introduction – we’re scaling sin in real time – set my writing mind on fire. 

The simple but monumentally important question is: How do ethical norms drift so far out of their lane that what was once forbidden or at least considered wrong, unwise and shameful is now labeled acceptable and even........

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