Moral erosion continues all across America. I have a theory as to why, and my theory can be summed up using one word – CONVICTION! Too many people have too little conviction about right and wrong and absolute truth. In their book, The Day America Told the Truth, authors James Patterson and Peter Kim report that 74% of Americans will steal from those who “won’t miss it” and 64% will lie for convenience as long as “no one gets hurt.” They also state that 84% of Americans would break the rules of their religion and 81% have violated a law they felt to be “inappropriate.” Only 30% say they would be willing to die for their religious “convictions” or for God. Most Americans (93%) say they alone decide what is right or wrong on moral issues, basing their decisions on their own experiences or whims. The percentage of people who say they make moral judgments based on what God or Scripture tells them is only a mere 16%. I don’t know what these statistics say to you, but they tell me that the mi...