Why is there no fear of God before people's eyes?

Les explains that Scripture itself says there is no fear of God before their eyes. The reason is that people have no comprehension of who God is, nor do they understand the power He can employ. They ignore Him and push Him out of their thinking. Les connects this to Paul in Romans 8, where such people are described as enmity against God and total rebels. Consequently, they are not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. This is hard to swallow, but it means exactly what it says. Les applies it to the Christian community's desire to legislate morality—to stop murder, teenage pregnancies, and drug addiction—and says you cannot do it. The drug war illustrates the point: drugs will never be stopped until people stop wanting to use them; when people stop using drugs, the whole drug business would fall apart, but it is not going to happen. The surrounding context also notes war's misery and the lack of peace until Christ returns.