Culture Making Us Callous, Unflappable:
“Be fruitful and multiply.” God spoke these words to Adam and Eve before the fall and in doing so unleashed a force of nature that men cannot harness.
Now the Episcopalian Church has elected a gay bishop. I’m not surprised. Are you? As a culture we have become callous, unflappable. Nothing a religious cleric or organization can do or say will even raise an eyebrow anymore. Yes, God loves the homosexual but hates homosexuality. He calls it sin.
Another teaching that is crystal clear is this. False piety, false humility, and false wisdom, or what the Bible calls the appearance of wisdom, will land more souls in hell than sins of the flesh ever will.
To stray from the ancient path in the name of enlightenment would be comical if the consequences weren’t so damning. We are technologically advanced in comparison to our first century ancestors to be sure; they wouldn’t know how to make toast.
However, we deceive ourselves thinking we are spiritually more insightful than they. Look around, friends. We live in a sexual nuthouse. To think they were inhibited or their libidos less inflamed than ours is foolish.
Primitive Christianity is the narrow path that only a few find. Since the first false teacher stumbled over his ego, men have pleaded, “Don’t leave the path!”
You can put a monkey in a tuxedo, but it doesn’t make it James Bond. When men reach the zenith of their religious delusion let them visit the Liberace museum and borrow some of his duds, complete with sequined cape and feather boa. Now that might be a televangelist worth tuning in to.
PRINTED IN THE TOLEDO BLADE: September 5, 2005