Moral relativism (as one of my favorite Nigerian professors acknowledged existed in much of Africa) leads to chaos--no trust--which destroys the economy. Bribes and mafia-like groups control the money and there is little equity among the masses--except equal doses of misery. Prosperity can never happen for the whole culture because it is Darwin's atheistic vision of survival of the fittest--animal instincts are never curbed. Children are never safe and if they do survive they indulge in the immorality that they witnessed and learned. A never ending cycle.
In raising my children, who I unconditionally loved, I never hesitated in correcting (and by that, judging) their behavior. I think judgments are an essential aspect of all human activity and being non-judgmental in most social situations is really what is destroying our nation.
I noticed the change in the Church...in the sixties. The willingness to not condemn the deadly sins of the Bible because you may hurt someone's feelings. They did this in spite of knowing the carnage and destruction of loved ones (particularly children) left in the wake of these sins. I feel the Church, unlike most churches in the 1700's and during the Great Awakening...really took a negative turn and reneged on their sole purpose, to preach the way to eternal salvation.
I like what you wrote. It occurred to me to ask as I read:
1. You said you have children...how many?
2. How many boys? How many girls?
3. You mentioned the church changed in the sixties. I assume you are talking about the Catholic Church, are you a
Catholic?
4. If you are a Catholic and had less than eight children, there is a good chance you practiced some kind of birth control or you had your reproductive organs removed by doctor’s decision, which was it or did you have more than eight children? If so, are any gay? Did they tell you or do you just suspect? Are any single? Why?
5. If you are Catholic and practiced birth control, you are outside the communion of the church and its teachings. According to our doctrine, you are in the same situation as the homosexual who is Catholic.
6. Faced with this, only you can tell us if you have sinned in the eyes of the church. If you have, then in the eyes of the Church you have more important things to worry about than homosexuals. Our church would counsel YOU to concentrate on your own sins and pray for intercession and forgiveness so that one day you may be allowed to re-enter full communion with your faith...or if truth be known, the Church does have grounds to ask you to leave for possibly preventing the birth of a soul which to us is on a par with abortion.
Tough love...for ALL of us.
Cheers,
J