Earlier this week, I put up a couple of posts about foul language pervading our world. (See here and here.) Some people disagreed with my position because they wanted to preserve "freedom". Others agreed with me that we have a problem. But it seems that every day I'm confronted with more evidence that our moral compass is spinning out of control.
Want another example? Watch this video, put together by young folks in support of Planned Parenthood. (Note: Planned Parenthood performs the overwhelming majority of abortions in our country. In addition, representatives of Planned Parenthood have been caught on tape explaining to people posing as sex traffickers how to obtain secret abortions, STD testing, and contraception for underage girls... See here and here for more on that.)
At any rate, I once again will sound like a red-necked reactionary fuddy-duddy, but I admit that I find this video disturbing at best.
I wonder what their parents think? And I wonder what potential employers might think? And I wonder if - and when - the pendulum will swing back and we will regain a sense of decency?
Here's a prayer that Paul Harvey shared on his radio program "The Rest of the Story" (along with a hat tip to Deb from BlogFrog).
Heavenly Father, we come before you today to ask Your forgiveness and to seek Your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, "Woe on those who call evil good," but that's exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed our values.
We confess that:
We have ridiculed the absolute truth of Your Word and called it pluralism.
We have worshiped other gods and called it multi-culturalism.
We have endorsed perversion and called it an alternative lifestyle.
We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery.
We have neglected the needy and called it self-preservation.
We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare.
We have killed our unborn children and called it a choice.
We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable.
We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self-esteem.
We have abused power and called it political savvy.
We have coveted our neighbor's possessions and called it ambition.
We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression.
We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment.
Search us, O God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and set us free.
Guide and bless these men and women who have been sent to direct us to the center of Your will.
I ask it in the name of Your Son, the living Savior, Jesus Christ.
Amen.
~ Given by minister Joe Wright at the opening
of the new session of the Kansas Senate Congress.
of the new session of the Kansas Senate Congress.
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I too get tired of the foul language, especially when it is coming from a teen. Some of these young girls swear like a sailor. Not Good!!
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These young people break my heart.
ReplyDeleteThe prayer you shared is beautiful.
God bless you for courageously defending "decency" in this troubled world.
So...what are the moral implications of your using this title for your post, which undoubtedly will bring more hits to your blog? That's an honest question, and I don't have an answer in mind! Maybe you didn't think of it that way, or you did but decided it was a way to get the prurient masses to read your post and rethink things. That could work--I got hundreds of hits on "Swinging for Fitness" which is about swinging ON A SWING at the playground! :-)
ReplyDeleteSome years ago I was sitting in a medical centre with my small children waiting for an appointment, facing a display board covered with posters advertising condoms. The posters were clearly implying that casual sex was not only normal, but desirable as long as "precautions" were taken. For example. one featured a young woman contemplating going to a night club and thinking "I might meet someone - I'd better be prepared" or along those lines. Fortunately my children were below reading age. My big regret is that I didn't pluck up the courage to complain.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for taking a stand, NCSue!
Unfortunately, until the Church (followers of Jesus) becomes "salt and light" to a decaying and dark world again, the moral compass of society will keep spiraling downward. We can't expect a sinful world to change if we timidly hide our light under a bushel ; )
Good post - what is acceptable in today's society is sad.. Isn't it funny that God in His Word warned us of these times.. Stay strong and keep up the posts. I'm your newest follower.
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You show indecency in objecting to this video when you should be cheering these wonderful young people. They are the heros of our future: thoughtful, cheerful, responsible, courageous, and politically active ... what should we say about a deluded parent who would react negatively to finding out that her children are RESPONSIBLY sexually active ? How wrong it is to choose to condemn young people to tragedies through ignorance rather than encouraging their productive happy lives by sharing knowledge. Backwards ideas like your are the reason that teenage pregnancy rates are sadly higher among conservative religious families in the USA. So much for your "pendulum swing back to decency,"
ReplyDeleteThe only hope of decency is for people like you to butt out of other people's sex lives.
Well... there's someone who thinks I'm being indecent by objecting to this video, and that parents should be proud of children who are "responsibly" sexually active... that I'm condemning young people to tragedy and that my point of view is indecent.
ReplyDeleteLeslie, you have every right to your opinion, but I couldn't possibly disagree more.
Really Leslie?
ReplyDeleteI didn't hear any of those "teens" say that they were married!
The only 100% "safe" sex for teens to have is NO sex!!
Sex was designed by God to be expressed between one man and one woman within the boundaries of marriage. ANY other type of sexual activity is wrong, immoral, sinful,unhealthy, and irresponsible.
Talk about peer pressure. Evil. Who's gonna shoot the "I am still a virgin" "I'm saving myself for marriage" "I will not choose contraception to screw with my body" "I am true to myself" ???
ReplyDeleteI know just at my high school not quite a decade ago, we could have made that video. I know a lot of youth still value their innocence and desire to be holy!
I am not shocked or surprised or offended by this video. I am sad that there are so many young people looking for direction and so few adults stepping up to guide them. Rather than criticizing them I would like to get to know them and learn why they think the way they do. They ARE our future. We need to embrace them and come along side of them and help them to define reality. I have posted a lot about healthy sexuality and hope that lots of us are opening up discussions about sexuality with young people who have little more information than what they get from media and planned parenthood. This should not be so. Here's my latest post related to sexuality:
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Hi! I am a new follower of your blog thru GFC on the Sunday Blog Hop! I am deeply sad that our country as come to to this. I am so glad to see someone take a stand. I am new with about 3 months under my belt so I am still learning. I would love a follow back when you get a chance. Thanks!
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OOPS - this comment was from Ashley Sisk but it was inadvertently deleted so I'm reposting it for her.
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My faith is much stronger than it was when I was a college student and I knew very little about sex education at that point in my life. I feel that there needs to be more education around the entire matter rather than just the biblical teaching. And I say that not to go against the bible's teaching but because I know that it's incredibly hard to fight teenage hormones. When I was 18, my mom did not encourage me to get an annual exam...she told me that only those who were sexually active needed an annual exam. She avoided the subject entirely so PP was the only way I knew anything. I just feel that more education should be built around the subject.
Ashley Sisk
Sex Education needs to start in the home. I think it's a tough subject to broach, but do you really want someone else teaching your kids about it? If you start an open/honest/healthy relationship with your child when they are young they will hopefully come to you when the very big things start to happen. I've seen that prayer before on the internet. It's good to see again. Have a great first day of Spring.
ReplyDeleteYou knew there would be backlash for having an opinion. I am proud of you for sticking by what you believe and demonstrating tact in doing so. Good for you for getting your message out!
ReplyDeleteTypes of post such as these will always incite a variety of opinions. The point is that when looking at the comments from Paul Harvey it is most evident that while we all have individual opinions, we also have all justified an opinion or action and called it something else.
ReplyDeleteWe are human and make mistakes but the post and Harvey's words remind us that regardless of how we justify behaviors...our heavenly father reads our heart and knows our motive.
I commend posting controversial subjects. I do the same because at least we still can.
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