Sunday, April 4, 2021
Lost Boys by Cindy McGarvie
Thursday, April 1, 2021
Three things that will end the west by Martyn Iles
Three things that will end the West in my lifetime... (But for the mercy of God)...
**(1) IDENTITY POLITICS**
The simmering resentment created by the conviction that I am oppressed, and society is forever against me. A divisive, envious, resentful cancer that sets woman against man, black against white, gay against straight, etc, and offers no possibility of reconciliation.
A house divided cannot stand. A people set against their own society will not retain a peaceful attitude to it.
**(2) THERAPEUTIC TOTALITARIANISM**
Total invasion of every sphere - family, faith, business, etc - in the name of promoting safety and wellbeing.
For example:
The confiscation of gender dysphoric children for their 'safety.' (It's happening).
Conversion therapy laws banning Christian views on LGBTQ to 'prevent harm.' (Also happening).
'Hate speech' laws to coerce and control words for the same reason. (Been happening for a while).
Cancel culture, to ruin the livelihoods and reputations of all who 'harm' others in their views, actions, or speech. (Getting worse).
Excessive COVID-19 restrictions in a 'give us your rights in exchange for your safety' type bargains... (That ship has sailed).
Stated objective: wellbeing. Means: whatever it takes. Result: totalitarianism by a means other than communism.
**(3) SELF-LOVE**
The belief that what proceeds from the heart and the self is good.; that it ought to shape my goals in life, my daily preoccupations, and my sense of identity. The justification for moral decadence.
External criticism is dismissed as "judging" and "hating." Truth which challenges me is rejected.
It's the belief that what's "right for me" is right, because I am lovable, good, worthy, etc.
It's the belief that I can define morality - ie God is the sort of person I'd like Him to be, my sexuality is whatever my passions decide it is, my gender is whatever I want to make it, and my life is designed by me according to my wants and my objectives.
It's the belief that makes me think of myself in such a way that I am immunised against God's command that I repent of my sinful ways and submit my whole being to His Lordship.
The idolatry of the self is the ultimate idolatry (Rom 1:25).
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Identity politics says no to unity and shared identity.
Therapeutic totalitarianism says no to freedom.
Self-love says no to God.