I recently was sitting in a local bookstore when I overheard this phrase from the mouth of a teenager walking past me with her boyfriend: "I would rather go to hell! It sounds like more fun..."
Wow! What a depressing statement! This just proves to us that the hellfire and damnation idea won't fly any more; people would rather go to hell than heaven! We live in a world that often values the opposite of what we value. I believe our world is backwards now. Up has become down and down has become up, and we live a a world of confusion invented by the Cheshire Cat.
Think of it this way: What was once right has now become wrong, while what was once wrong has now been accepted as right.
- Sex before marriage used tobe shameful; now "kids will be kids." As Bristol Palin reminded us, "You can't expect teens to not have sex! They are gonna do it..."
- Christianity and Christians were seen in respect. Even if people didn't agree with us they at least respected our moral code. Now we are seen as hateful, intolerant, and evil.
- Liberals can push for their agenda, but when conservatives do the same thing it is seen as hate-mongering.
- When I was young we had a moment of silence each day in school. You could pray, think, zone out, whatever, but it was there. Now it is "unconstitutional," and a violation of First Amendment rights.
- According to our society, there is no such thing as absolute truth. (Well, don't ask a scientist or accountant...) Truth is relative. For the first time in Western history and thought, nothing can be determined or believed to be true. It is all subjective
Welcome to the Rabbit Hole.
5 comments:
Sounds like a great foundation for people to get fed up with this postmodernism, and to eventually kindle another spiritual awakening.
The world is pretty backwards. I was thinking about some of these same things yesterday.
Not sure anyone can look at current events and say that liberals can push an agenda without being called every name in the book.
Cary-
I wasn't talking about political liberals as much as societal liberals. But in any event, the idea is not that people cannot have their say. Instead, I find it intriguing that conservatives are called hateful and spiteful because the disagree with the "norms" of society.
I am ok with freedom of speech, freedom to believe what you choose, freedom to live your life. But I think those freedoms need to also be extended to those who disagree with you.
Does that make any sense?
Totally agree. But I think the standards need to be consistent all across the spectrum. Conservatives (political or social) have been just as virulent in their attacks of all things "liberal" for a long time. Our freedom to have divergent viewpoints needs to be respected by all, and sometimes that means trying to understand each other rather than attacking - this applies to everyone.
It's true that those who find themselves on the conservative end often feel attacked, but the same is true from those on the left, and we need to recognize that.
Didn't mean to distract from your post - it's a good one.
Haha, no worries. I agree that we have to be open to dialogue. Not sure we like what that means sometimes.
It is true, both sides have been disparaging. It is interesting; in the book Reason for God, Timothy Keller starts by arguing that both sides get louder because they think the other side is getting louder and receiving too much attention. Thus, both liberals and fundamentalists are gaining momentum and neither side likes that the other is gaining momentum.
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