Our culture is based on distractions, poor memory, and a demand for immediate gratification. People are afraid of death and so do not want to think about God. The question is: why have we been trained to see life this way?
Our culture is one of extremes and great divisions. There are powerful spiritual forces at play, but the primary drivers are our own desires which vary from person to person. The devil uses different methods in different cultures too. In our culture, we fear death, because we only value beauty and strength. These are both only physical qualities not relevant after death.
Instead of keeping us from worshipping God through fear or threat of pain, our society uses peer pressure to make those who are spiritually aware to feel abnormal. Instead of getting us to worship other gods directly, we end up worshipping ourselves.
Just like in the Garden of Eden, we think we are missing out on something, by staying within the limits God has placed on us. The moment we leave Church, we start forgetting the spiritual truths we have just learned or were reminded of.
Our society is very lonely because of the great divisions in our culture. Men and women, poor and rich, and young and old all are demanding our attention and resources. We think only our needs matter, as we are isolated from other points of view. Without us being aware of it, the devil has a huge amount of very specific information on all of us, which he then uses to divide and destroy us spiritually.
Our society is so enamored with being strong and beautiful that we do not even realize it. People today have poor self knowledge and memories largely because they are constantly barraged by so much information on everything.
People try to make use of this free information, but the information is from random individuals with too much time on their hands. This same information is also highly influenced by groups desiring to radicalize us to accept anti-Christian values.
We get so lost in all the other voices that we never hear God’s voice. The devil shouts nonstop, but God only quietly whispers and waits politely at the door. You can have too much of a good thing. That is how addictions work.
People who want to be wise today should learn and do less and think and be silent more. If we can not get lost in all the junk, we may find more peace with God.