It’s amazing to realize how our society has changed. Thirty years ago, I might have easily spoken to children or young adults without any sense of fear. Now, I go out of my way to not be around them. Several years ago, I was dressing out in the locker room of my gym when a young boy came in and started changing his clothes on the same bench. Avoiding eye contact, I hastily stuffed my clothing into a bag and left by the longer route which took me away from him rather than past him. I felt relief when I was out of the room. Dear God, what’s happened to our culture.
In the UK a few years back, I was visiting a friend at Christmas, and while at a restaurant, a group of young kids came in and began to sing Christmas carols for the crowd, that included a number of their parents.
As they sang, I naturally whipped out my camera to take a few pictures - I’m a tourist, after all. My friend stopped me - “don’t take any pictures, you don’t know those children, you’re not related, and if someone makes a fuss you’ll be in trouble.”
I was shocked. Just for taking a picture? But, this is now part of our world too.
This is what happens to a Christian nation when they start worshipping Baal. So to speak.
We've given ourselves over completely to Satan (via his earthly servants) and he's having his way with us. America is finished. There's no way we can fix this mess.
It's like a parent who lavishes love and adoration upon her precious darling. Darling grows up and is selfish, narcissistic, spoiled and corrupt. The parent then seeks a way to correct her mistake. It can't be done.
My father and his wife used to babysit for a neighbor’s young daughter when the mother was busy and couldn’t find a babysitter. They did it for free to be good neighbors. After all the accusations that have been going around, now my father won’t be in a room alone with the girl and they are not as willing to babysit. Is he going overboard? Maybe. But as you said, culture is going crazy and who knows what might happen?
I get it