Jamaica is being judged to be an undisciplined State, resulting from years of decline in morality that must be urgently addressed if the nation is to uphold its position as a God-fearing country.

Addressing the National Workers’ Week and Labour Day Thanksgiving Church Service at the St John’s Methodist Church in Montego Bay, St James, on Sunday, Bishop Dr Roy Notice, the chairman of the Jamaica Umbrella Group of Churches, cited several recent reports of school fights and aggressive behaviour among children, along with violence in the wider society, as evidence of Jamaica becoming desensitised to lawless behaviour over time.

“Jamaica needs discipline, because we are battling deep indiscipline in this society. We see it in school fights, a kind of unfathomable aggression among not only children, but on the streets and in our relationships with each other. We see the disrespect shown to teachers, the reckless behaviour on the roads, impatience in traffic, refusal to wait, refusal to yield, refusal to obey laws, unless a man dressed in blue (police officer) is watching,” said Notice.