The Israelites wanted food with a sharper and more distinctive flavor than the manna that God supplied. They desired something more stimulating than the pastry like taste of manna. They sought the equivalent of cayenne powder or hot sauce along with the subtle sauces and herbs added to meals. Taste becomes perverted quickly when people add far too much salt to food before even tasting it. The people became unwilling to remain content with what God supplied because their tastes were perverted. Israel's physical taste buds were perverted. The world possesses a tremendous ability to pervert spiritual taste buds through sights sounds colors amusements and entertainments. These elements function like any spice and require control lest they take over.

Americans try to outdo the ancient Romans for spectacle and perversion due to the hubris that comes from money, power, and boredom. The most popular television shows and movies make fun of others' misfortunes through utter exploitation of the unfortunate. This practice exposes an attitude of contempt and pride as a product of individualism taken to an extreme. Homosexuals hold a disproportionate share of positions of power in government, education, and entertainment because the majority has capitulated to their demands. Young girls and women expose themselves in public by leaving virtually nothing to the imagination. This public undressing stems from an over-emphasis on self-esteem at the expense of teaching propriety, standards, and self-discipline. Young men refuse to grow up and take on the responsibilities of adulthood by living for parties, sports, women, drugs, and good times. This avoidance of maturity has its source in a failure to instill discipline and proper ambition in boys. More than a million mothers agree to let a doctor kill their unborn babies from a diminished respect for life and a hyper-selfishness akin to extreme narcissism. These issues arise from forsaking the universally applicable principles of God's Word. If you know these things, happy are you if you do them.