The Convenient Society
By reformedhippie. Filed in 2008 Elections, Christianity |
Americans have become accustomed to living in a convenient society. Most pride themselves by living their lives according to a moral standard. And when their desires conflict with the moral standards they set for themselves it is more convenient for them to change the moral standards. Just for the sake of living their life the way they want to.
For instance… generally it used to be that marriage was taken seriously… much more so than today. Forty years ago if you wanted to get a divorce you had to file divorce proceedings and prove that you deserved a divorce. You didn’t get a divorce back in those days just because you wanted one… just because it made life convenient for you. Once you were married you had to stay married unless there was a legitimate reason for not being married.
Since that logic did not fit the lifestyle of a lot of Americans we devised the “no fault” divorce… just fill out the paperwork, pay the court fees and you can be divorced. Period. So now marriage is made convenient… we do not take the time to get to know each other as well as we should. Instead passion rules the day and if our marriage does not work out then we get a divorce and try again later with another partner. Sad.
The same holds true today… we have those who hold that the homosexual lifestyle is ‘normal’ and that we ought to allow gay marriages. We have abortions on demand that are legal in this country. We have those who want to legalize pot. Like I said… if the moral standards do not fit our lifestyle then we just conveniently change the standard.
But the hard question to answer is… where does this line of thinking stop. Where do we finally draw a line in the sand and declare that enough is enough? When do we make a stand?
The crop of candidates for President this year are not helping either. Obama wants same-sex marriages. Oh I know that he says he believes that marriage should be between a man and a woman… but he is favor of calling them unions, civil partnerships or whatever you want to call it. Whatever name you attach to it the result is the same… two people living together as a husband and wife under the same roof. And no matter what name you attach to this it is still wrong. In fact Obama came out this weekend at Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio in favor of gay marriage…
“I don’t think it should be called marriage, but I think that it is a legal right that they should have that is recognized by the state… If people find that controversial then I would just refer them to the Sermon on the Mount, which I think is, in my mind, for my faith, more central than an obscure passage in Romans.”
Well the Sermon on the Mount does not speak to question. It has nothing to do with it. And the passage in Romans is not obscure. The Book of Romans is just as fundamental a part of Christianity as the rest of the Bible is.
Obama also re-stated his pro-abortion abortion stance this weekend…
“I think that the bottom line is that in the end, I think women, in consultation with their pastors, and their doctors, and their family, are in a better position to make these decisions than some bureaucrat in Washington. That’s my view… Again, I respect people who may disagree, but I certainly don’t think it makes me less Christian. Okay.”
Go ahead and have sex. Don’t worry about the consequences. And if the lady becomes pregnant she can just abort the child. Wrong. Again it is adjusting the moral standards to fit people’s desires to do what they want, when they want it. Abortion encourages promiscuity by eliminating the consequences of people’s actions. It devalues human life and interferes with God’s plan of procreating. It has also been proven of late that abortion brings shame, heartache and deep regret to the mothers of those unborn children. No… abortion is wrong and anyone who believes otherwise needs to reevaluate their Christian walk.
When we have high profile politicians making statements like these it weakens our moral standards and gives opponents of morality justification to do as they please.
You can go on and on with theological discussions to justify virtually any position that you want to take. But the bottom line is this… do you want to take the chance that you are right by supporting homosexuality and/or abortion come judgment day? Think about it. What if you are wrong! Think of the consequences.
Monday, March 3rd 2008 at 9:01 pm |
Very good article. The argument about relaxing standards for the sake of convenience is (unfortunately) accurate.
I try to be optimistic. There are other people out there who believe in morality and responsibility for one’s actions. It’s too bad more of them don’t run for political office. All 3 of the front-runner Presidential candidates have weaknesses in this area, but none is as morally bankrupt as Obama.