A Few Questions
October 24, 2007
Why is the story of CEO’s getting together to study the Bible newsworthy? Would CEO’s gathering to discuss Peter Singer’s thoughts on euthanasia and infanticide be equally as newsworthy?
Why does the JK Rowlings revelation that Dumbledore, fictional Headmaster of Hogwarts was gay, more talked about than Female Genital Mutilation or the ongoing slaughter in Darfur? Why aren’t we outraged that Osama bin Laden has called for war against those who would help the Darfurese?
Why does Richard Dawkins vitriolic deconstruction of religion and faith become the cocktail chatter of the ‘glitterati,’ while the complex moral tales of Noah, Jonah, and Job are disregarded?
Why is the sexualization of children so readily accepted? Why, as Rollo May asked, has the commercialization of sex and pornography to been allowed to influence our society and culture, in a way that has made us believe that love and sex are not necessarily directly related? Why do fashion choices for kids include clothing that are entirely inappropriate for children?
When did the concept of modesty, in behavior, dress and lifestyle become so anachronistic? Why do we see couples viciously argue in public or in front of their children, as if they had no self control whatsoever?
If modern society really sheds a past that was so restraining and cumbersome, why do we still crave romance, marriage and intimacy? Why have we come to equate intimacy with the physical manifestations of sexuality?
Why do we say we ‘need our space’ and at the same demand the ‘right’ to know someone else’s most private thoughts? Do we treat those closest to us nicely because they deserve to be treated that way by virtue of the relationship, or do we go the extra mile because that elevates us and our relationship?
More questions, later.
October 24, 2007 at 10:03 am
Short answer: because people will give up almost anything–their own minds, their own experiences, the values of their civilizations– to bein the in crowd.
October 24, 2007 at 3:29 pm
Here’s a story from London that in a way groups three of the above paragraphs
“They are devoted foster parents with an unblemished record of caring for almost 30 vulnerable children.
But Vincent and Pauline Matherick will this week have their latest foster son taken away because they have refused to sign new sexual equality regulations.
To do so, they claim, would force them to promote homosexuality and go against their Christian faith.”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=489285&in_page_id=1770
In this case we are not considering the blathering of individuals but a government at work.
October 25, 2007 at 1:47 pm
Why do we say we ‘need our space’ and at the same demand the ‘right’ to know someone else’s most private thoughts?
Simple:
“What’s Yours is Mine
and what’s Mine is MINE!”
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