We all should learn from the past. To understand where this world is headed, we should to look back into time and compare to see the worsening of society. We in the US can understand our national problems by understanding our disastrous past (such as how the past wars physically and emotional scarred our soldiers, and how the drug culture damaged our minds. But when we are baptized we can learn to overcome the evils of the past. We must commit ourselves to change every aspect of our minds to become like Christ. We must learn from the past and move forward.