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Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Sunday, June 30, 2013
A Cultural Death Wish?
See, I set before you life and prosperity, death and destruction. Now choose life. Joshua 30:15, 19
Never before have these words seemed
so appropriate for today’s western culture. The further away we slip from the Source
of life, the greater our slide towards a culture of death. Euthanasia, assisted
suicide, and abortion are the obvious harbingers of a culture devolving to its
death wish.
Medical
ethicists are currently promoting the idea of post-birth abortion. A baby
should not be considered a person until about the age of two, giving latitude
beyond abortion to dispose of defective or unwanted humans early in life.
Now the
greatest western nation in the hemisphere, following others, has legitimized
gay marriage. This is a contradiction in terms: marriage exists for procreation.
Other unions, however close, and however named, will never be a marriage. Gay relationships
are intrinsically barren, a further nail in the coffin of life.
Courting
death in all these ways creates nations that depend, like gay marriage, on adoption.
People parented by other countries are imported to avoid a declining population.
Chances are those will also eventually succumb to the siren call of a culture risking
death.
The western
world has gained in prosperity, stability, influence, and comfort by its historical
reverence for God and recognition of Him as the source of life. This weekend may
experience the hottest temperature the world has ever experienced in California’s
Death Valley
As a footnote
to last week’s blog, is it a coincidence that it follows the US supreme court
decision to advance gay marriage? May be it is, but as we continue to challenge
His counsel, we will only add to the dysfunction of the planet’s systems that
maintain life on our precious earth.
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