Posted on 09/16/2016 5:17:24 AM PDT by Petrosius
Christianity defends the weak against the strong.
Most people get married and stay married for life. Even the marriages that end in divorce usually don't involve infidelity. It is in our nature to be monogamous. Establishing a permanent relationship based on total trust and honesty is the only way to achieve happiness and satisfaction. Traditional Judeo-Christian morality is an excellent reinforcement of our instinctive natures.
Progressives are regressive ...
That statement hit me right between the eyes, too. Excellent talking point
which I plan to use in debates with “progressive” friends.
Metaxas is a gem, and this Mathew Reuger book he recommends sounds worthwhile.
PING!
Judaism and Christianity have lasted for thousands of years for good reasons. Wiccans, Aztecs and Druids? No so much...
As I understand it, men are actually naturally polygynous, while women are serially monogamous. However, what we call God’s plan for sexuality is obviously less cruel than us simply succumbing to our own genes.
If I didn’t know better, I’d think that “Progressism” was an ancient conspiracy to return mankind back to slavery and idolatry.
Word.
Yes, the book looks very good.
“Progressives” can make a “victim” out of the most unexpected people. For example, a man in his 40s who wants to strip in the ladies’ dressing room is a “victim,” while the little girls who’d like to dress in the same room are not.
Besides being oppressive for its victims, the “new” morality (which, as the author points out, is neither new nor moral) focuses attention entirely on the carnal. Whatever can be present in the act of sex beyond mere libido is cast aside. And that makes the act between humans qualitatively the same as the rut between two animals.
A society so obsessed with bestial pleasures is not one likely to ennoble its future.
Excellent post, and one that can’t be repeated itself. People need to be reminded that Christian sexual ethics were considered both revolutionary and liberating when introduced into pagan societies. The left believes that abortion and birth control remove all negative consequences from promiscuity. The left is wrong.
Great post!
I had a goose and a gander that called the pond above the pasture home. One morning I went out and only the gander remained, and there was a trail of feathers heading out to the treeline. The gander didn’t know what to do with himself, honking and honking in distress as he looked everywhere for his mate. This went on for weeks. After he finally seemed to accept that she was gone, he took to following the horses around the pasture, seemingly for lack of any other friends. He ventured with those horses far away from the safety of the pond. One day I noticed he had a horrible limp. Figured he must have accidentally gotten stepped on. It wasn’t long after that he dissapeared too, another trail of feathers heading to the treeline. It really was sad to see how distraught he was over losing his life mate.
I know that's the conventional wisdom, but I'm not sure I believe that. Most (too lazy to look up, I think around 75%) men never cheat on their wives. I don't believe it's because they are all such devout church-goers.
You don't have to try to make me feel good. That's my wife's job (and she does it well).
I agree. Simply from a species-survival perspective, it's clear that one man/one woman is most successful for child survival and flourishing, as well as for genetic dispersion.
That’s a sad story. We have several bird pairs in our garden: Bill and Mrs. Bill, the cardinals; Tom and Mrs. Tom, the mockingbirds ...
Even less than bestial, because the animals are reproducing.
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