I read Mark Steyn’s article, It's the Demography, Stupid, (linked via title bar) in the Wall Street Journal, one that I saved to my own files because it was written so well. Mark Steyn was going on about the so called “war on terror” and had taken it in a different direction.
“That's what the war's about: our lack of civilizational confidence. As a famous Arnold Toynbee quote puts it: "Civilizations die from suicide, not murder"--as can be seen throughout much of "the Western world" right now. The progressive agenda--lavish social welfare, abortion, secularism, multiculturalism--is collectively the real suicide bomb.” (emphasis added)
Our society is dying. The high ideals which are born of Christian beliefs and upon which our country was founded have been under constant attack for quite some time. Our willingness to accept debased entertainment, call it tolerance if you like, has brought us to the point where our own children question the basic concepts of right and wrong as if they had the upper hand. We have gone past tolerance of such immorality, into acceptance of deviant activity as common place and even past that; having reached a point where many in our society feel authorized to pursue lascivious activity based on how Hollywood perceives right and wrong.
This is alarming as I see my grown children sitting in front of the television when they come over; taking no regard for the content of the shows as they flip through the channels, stopping to take in a “good movie”. “Have you seen this one, Dad? It’s really Kool!”, as the degenerate film plays out in all its perversion. I can only see the harm that is being inflicted on my children, my grandchildren and those who have fallen for the sugar coated poison that has been made available so easily to them. My heart sank as I read the line in my comment section as I realized that at least one of my children believes that I am somehow “in denial” , that I don’t understand that everyone is doing it, even those who claim to be Christians. Well, to be sure, everyone is not doing “it”. I suspect, that some rationalization is taking place in order for such a thought to come to the surface.
Mark Steyn started off his piece with a word of caution that I will borrow at this time, “Most people reading this have strong stomachs, so let me lay it out as baldly as I can.”. Those few folks who stop by to read my rantings should know that by now.
There are a few “key” films which have literally blown away the old standard; that being a level which not even the film makers or the actors would go beneath in order to put a film together, to do so would bring disaster to careers and worse than that, a box office flop. One that comes to mind readily would be ThePhiladelphia Story, about a young lawyer who lost his job because he had AIDS. There were some excellent actors and a well written script that brought many accolades to the film. Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington performed at their best to lend acceptability to a doctrine of tolerance toward homosexuality as if by having a top notch actor’s stamp of approval on such a deviant life style some how transformed homosexual activity into an everyday acceptable behavior which we can all now partake of or at least tolerate and not be judgmental about. I’m sorry but; as much as I admire the acting abilities of Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington, I do not rely on their acting or their views to determine how our society should now accept such a morally debased act, one that flagrantly stands in defiance of God’s laws and ignores the Christian teachings which have kept us out of the gutter.
Look at the marvelous accomplishments our entertainment industry has made as they have taken us from shocked to unfazed. In Gone With the Wind, the line, “Frankly my dear, I don’t give a damn!”, spoken by Clark Gable, caused everyone wonder how it made it past the censors. Ron and Laura Petri slept in twin beds to keep the idea of sexuality out of television, something which seemed a little odd even to kids watching the show. Now, with the slightest hormonal attraction, the entertainment industry has altered the standards presented in Christian teachings to tolerate prenuptial sex as a common everyday occurrence. “I like the way you look, let’s have sex; by the way, what’s your name?”
How about going down a list of shows that are on the television sometime during the week to compare the level of morality with that taught in the Christian teachings? Desperate Housewives, The OC, The Book of Daniel. I can’t wait to hear about the plot line’s as the network hits the hot key to get everyone to tune in for yet another dose of this crap, “Next week on the Book of Daniel, watch as Daniel tries to discover the secrets of Sodom and Gomorrah, finds his wife sleeping with the organist’s daughter and son Joey sells crack to a crooked undercover homosexual cop.” Then the hype for the next episode, “Next week Daniel asks Jesus if there was any spit swapped with Lazarus in the cave, or was John really His lover.” How far will such a travesty go? Could we be in trouble, “Right here in River City”, as they roll in the new billiard table past little Johnnie who has a copy of Dead Eye Dick in his back pocket?
Let’s not forget another new comer, “InJustice”. I’ve been watching the college bowl games and had to endure an overload of hype for InJustice this past week. It’s not enough to cast doubt on the sanity of anyone who ascribes to the teachings of Jesus Christ; now that religion has been safely done away with as reasonable they need to do away with the belief that our justice system works to protect the citizenry. We are led to believe that behind half the doors of the District Attorney’s offices are totally corrupted prosecutors looking to incarcerate anyone who crosses their paths. “You’re going to prison for life, you’re guilty because I fixed the evidence, just like I always do and get away with.” Most cops are all portrayed as crooked or too stupid to figure it out and so is it any wonder that there is a lack of respect shown toward police officers and the courts in general? There are only a few really “sharp as tacks” cops who are doing all the real work to make up for all the lazy and stupid cops sitting around at the local donut shop; if not for them the bad guys would win every time. Hollywood keeps re-inventing the Keystone Cops and it keeps paying the bills.
Mark Steyn and Arnold Toynbee were correct, "Civilizations die from suicide, not murder". We continue to support Hollywood’s perversion of truth by handing over our money at the box office, by watching filth and garbage on a daily basis and wonder why there are problems in our society. We support the sponsors of this trash by purchasing the products advertised during these shows, even by simply watching them. Nobody is putting a gun to our heads; we are as Lemmings jumping off a cliff into the sea.
I tend to shout a bit, “WAKE UP!!!!” Life is not a practice session and we are what we make of ourselves, what we ingest and become familiar with, good or bad, becomes part of us. Choose good people to be around; those who are smarter than you may help us to learn, those who are more spiritually in tune will help us past times of weakness. Listen to those who love and care about your eternal soul.
While I’m thinking about it, here’s a tip of the hat to Ross Kaminsky over at Rossputin for posting on Mark Steyn's article earlier.
http://rossputin.com/blog/index.php
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