Posted on 02/13/2015 2:09:31 AM PST by SoFloFreeper
Yeah, that is point of the article. < /eyeroll>
Therefore God also gave them up to uncleanness, in the lusts of their hearts, to dishonor their bodies among themselves, who exchanged the truth of God for the lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever. Amen.
For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due.
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.
(Romans 1: 24-32)
We are seeing this passage fulfilled before our very eyes. What sort of society do we imagine we will inherit and live in?
Are you an atheist? I’m asking because Christianity answers your question about human beings devolving.
We believe man is born in sin (self destruction) and must learn morals and ethics and struggle with themselves to live out a good and ethical life. There is no assumption that man is naturally good nor born good. Just the opposite is true. Ethics and morals are learned through an ethical and moral family, public culture and leadership.
This is why we have a “culture war.” Liberals don’t accept the premise that man is fallen and they do not believe that the taboos and ethical limitations set by Western culture are necessary. In fact, they see Western culture as oppressive of “freedom” and now we are seeing what their sort of freedom leads to. It is the freedom to do evil without the voice of judgment between right and wrong. “Do as thou wilt” is the foundation of Satanism’s belief structure. No social void will be left unfilled.
I taught my sons to be ethical and moral, discerning, compassionate and empathic. What came natural to them was immediate gratification and “me”. They were often presented with just about the opposite of what I taught them in school and from their peers. Being the tyrant I am - I over-ruled all that.
WTF...????
No it’s not. She uses a wrong conception of the term to make a point.
No it’s not. She uses a wrong conception of the term to make a point.
At what point might humanity slip down the "evolutionary ladder", so to speak, and find itself wallowing in the bilge of its basest desires? It seems as if that is the direction to which many aspire in this current day. God help us if we descend that far...
I agree!
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