Have You Ever Wondered?
The following is a rewrite of an e-mail that I sent to my "Family & Friends" addressees on Sunday, January 20, 2008:
Have you ever wondered, as I, why prior to 1930 most Christians subscribed that the following actions were immoral and today many don't; i.e., 1. Contraception, 2. Elective abortions, 3. Pre-marital sexual intercourse, 4. Non-traditional marriage, and 5. Homosexual relations? Today many Christians tolerate these actions; some embrace them. Does morality change based upon society's whims?
I also wonder how many people see how the above relate to each other and how they fit into the philosophy of the "culture of death"? For those following the trend we see on the horizon as acceptable life choices, Euthanasia and Infanticide. These choices are already being advocated among some in academia/the scientific community.
For those of us of the Catholic Faith who have listened to our Holy Fathers and our Church over the decades know that attention has been brought to all these positions. I'm sure most people, whether Catholic or not, know that our recent pope, Pope John Paul II, repeatedly encouraged that we Christians are to be "people of hope", "a people of life"; i.e., be counter cultural and be willing to stand up to the "culture of death".
Have you ever wondered, as I, why prior to 1930 most Christians subscribed that the following actions were immoral and today many don't; i.e., 1. Contraception, 2. Elective abortions, 3. Pre-marital sexual intercourse, 4. Non-traditional marriage, and 5. Homosexual relations? Today many Christians tolerate these actions; some embrace them. Does morality change based upon society's whims?
I also wonder how many people see how the above relate to each other and how they fit into the philosophy of the "culture of death"? For those following the trend we see on the horizon as acceptable life choices, Euthanasia and Infanticide. These choices are already being advocated among some in academia/the scientific community.
For those of us of the Catholic Faith who have listened to our Holy Fathers and our Church over the decades know that attention has been brought to all these positions. I'm sure most people, whether Catholic or not, know that our recent pope, Pope John Paul II, repeatedly encouraged that we Christians are to be "people of hope", "a people of life"; i.e., be counter cultural and be willing to stand up to the "culture of death".
Labels: Culture of Life
posted by Paul Amrhein | 9:12 PM
1 Comments:
About why people nowadays think extramarital sex acceptable whereas before 1930 they did not,
have you read Culture of Honour by Richard Nisbett and Dov Cohen and pages 49 to 51 and 204 to 210 of "Power in Eden by Bruce Lerro?
I hope you do not take them as offensive to Catholicism because what they should show is that economic changes. the decline in the value of the sole natural resource of most of Eurasia, North America and New Zealand - soils of geologically remarkable fertility - leaves them extremely resource-poor.
In a free market this encourages a rapid technological development that makes putting down family roots very hard at best. When the working class demands the wealthy be taxed to relieve their poverty, big government makes family formation even harder. In pre-World War I "monarchical" Europe, women were the socially ultraconservative guardians of the old order against a radical working male populace, but after World War I women were radically defeminised and consequently the chief guard against changing sexual morals disappeared.
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