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To: ebb tide

Political correctness is a very strong force in our culture.

So we see pressures to rename Boy Scouts to be just scouts, without any references to it being an organization for boys. After all, they muust be “inclusive”. That is more important than the reason for being of that organization .

Reminds me a bit of when the Campus Crusade for Christ changed their name to “cru”. That organization felt cimpelled to change because, #1, having the word “crusade” in their name can offend Moslems, and #2, any reference to Christ is offensive to a whole slew of assorted liberal types. So they felt the need to downplay the goals of trying to lead college students to Christ.


10 posted on 05/08/2024 8:50:03 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Dilbert San Diego
Reminds me a bit of when the Campus Crusade for Christ changed their name to “cru”. That organization felt cimpelled to change because, #1, having the word “crusade” in their name can offend Moslems, and #2, any reference to Christ is offensive to a whole slew of assorted liberal types. So they felt the need to downplay the goals of trying to lead college students to Christ.

Reminds me of the church of the Laodiceans in Revelation 3:15-16 (Geneva Bible): "I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou werest cold or hot. Therefore because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, it will come to pass, that I shall spew thee out of my mouth."

And how did dropping "crusade" work out for them? My business often takes me to college campuses and I'm taking some college courses myself through the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), but I have never seen any evidence of a group called CRU on any campus.

41 posted on 05/08/2024 10:10:13 AM PDT by Fiji Hill
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