For thousands of years the Bible has been telling us what history has proven to us if we have only had ears to listen, what happens when a nation of people forget about God. So God let the people go their own way. That's why they do all sorts of evil things. There is a failure to exercise responsibility to a God to whom we not longer feel accountable. There are the wicked behaviors becoming more and more prevalent in society today.
Society goes into decay and finally destroys itself.
These are the certain consequences of forgetting the Almighty but missing landlord. Forty years ago schools had to contend with students who smoked, chewed gum or played hooky. Now our schools contend with dope, shootings, venereal disease and aids. Teachers and administrators blame it on the breakdown in the family. They blame it on money and environment and schools etc.