Note: This was authored by Don E. Wildmon, then President of the American Family Association, back in the year 2000. It displays how America's moral decay did not happen overnight. Every one of these statements is true even almost 13 years after they were written.
That's What Christians Do NowBy Don E. Wildmon
First it was in dingy
theaters. Then convenience stores. Then grocery stores. Then on television. Now it is in the homes of millions via the
Internet. It is called pornography.
They called it
no-fault. Why should we blame anyone
when something so tragic happens? Haven’t they already suffered enough? Half of the marriages in America end this way. The children suffered. The family broke down. It’s called divorce.
At one time it was a
perversion. We kept it secret. We secured help and hope for those who
practiced it. Now it is praised. We have parades celebrating it, and elected
officials give it their blessing. Now it
is endowed with special privileges and protected by special laws. Even some Christian leaders and denominations
praise it. It is called homosexuality.
It used to be an
embarrassment. A shame. Now a third of all births are to mothers who
aren’t married. Two-thirds of all
African-American children are born into a home without a father. The state usually pays the tab. That is why we pay our taxes, so that
government can take the place of parents. After all government bureaucrats know much better how to raise children
than parents do. It is called illegitimacy.
At one time it was
wrong. But then the state decided to
legalize it, promote it, and tax it. It
has ripped apart families and destroyed lives. But just look at all the money the state has raised. No longer do we have to teach our children to
study and work hard. Now we teach them
they can get something for nothing. We
spend millions encouraging people to join the fun and excitement. Just look at the big sums people are
winning. They will never have to work
again! It’s called gambling.
Not long ago, Christians
were the good guys. But now any positive
image of Christians in movies or on TV is gone. We are now depicted as the bad guys—greedy, narrow-minded
hypocrites. The teacher can’t have a
Bible on her desk, but can have Playboy. We don’t have Christmas and Easter
holidays—just “winter” and “spring” break. We can’t pray in school, but can use foul language. It’s called being tolerant.
Yes, all these things came
to pass within 30 years. Where were
the Christians? Why, they were in
church. All these things are for someone
else to deal with. Times have
changed. Involvement has been replaced
with apathy.
I "liked" this so it would post on my FB page. Christians must stop going with the flow!
ReplyDeleteThe Roman Catholic Church hasn't always been in agreement about whether abortion is murder. Some it's saints say it's ok, as long as it is before the first felt movement of the fetus.
ReplyDeleteThe Reform Jewish leadership issued a statement in 1967 "We commend those states which have enacted humane legislation in this area and we appeal to other states to do likewise and permit abortions under such circumstances as threatened disease or deformity of the embryo or fetus, threats to the physical and mental health of the mother, rape and incest and the social, economic and psychological factors that might warrant therapeutic termination of pregnancy."
United Methodist Church 1972 "We support the removal of abortion from the criminal code, placing it instead under laws relating to other procedures of standard medical practice"
Southern Baptist Convention 1971 "...we call upon Southern Baptists to work for legislation that will allow the possibility of abortion under such conditions as rape, incest, clear evidence of severe fetal deformity, and carefully ascertained evidence of the likelihood of damage to the emotional, mental, and physical health of the mother."
Please explain why pornography is wrong? The "problems" that come from porn originate from an inability to communicate with a partner, rather from the porn itself. The same with homosexuality, single mothers, gambling, and an equal and tolerant understanding that not all students or teachers are Christian.
On abortion, that may be what the mainstream church leadership says, but that's not what the Bible says. Consider the following:
Delete‘Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee’ (Jeremiah 1:5)
‘For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast covered me in my mother’s womb’ (Psalm 139:13)
‘As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit, nor how the bones do grow in the womb of her that is with child: even so thou knowest not the works of God whom maketh all’ (Ecclesiastes 11:5)
The Bible also as a few words about following leaders of the church, rather than God:
'The apostles were brought in and made to appear before the Sanhedrin to be questioned by the high priest. “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us guilty of this man’s blood.” Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings!' (Acts 5:27-29)
I personally understand these to mean that, a.) God knew us as human beings before birth, and b.) God would rather us obey Him than the leaders in the church.
"Please explain why pornography is wrong?"
I'd be happy to! First of all, I'm going to break this down into two parts, doing it, and consuming it. First I'll talk about doing it.
'Flee from sexual immorality. All other sins a person commits are outside the body, but whoever sins sexually, sins against their own body. Do you not know that your bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; you were bought at a price. Therefore honor God with your bodies.' (1 Corinthians 6:18-20)
These clearly show that God is very displeased with the uncleanliness of sexual sins! Now I'll talk a little about consuming it.
'With eyes full of adultery, they never stop sinning; they seduce the unstable; they are experts in greed—an accursed brood!' (2 Peter 2:14)
Note that this specifically says "eyes". If God (through Peter) calls them an "accursed brood", they are obviously not doing the right thing! Since having eyes full of adultery has lead them to never stop sinning, seduce the unstable, and to be experts in greed, we can conclude that having "eyes full of adultery" is clearly wrong! God himself (through Peter's writings) calls them an "accursed brood".
In 1 Timothy 4:12, Paul tells Timothy to be an "example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity." How can a Christian be a example in purity if they have eyes full of adultery?
It is for these reasons that I stand stridently resolved that both abortion and pornography are both Biblically and morally wrong.
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