Thursday, July 21, 2005
Good Question
A commenter on this post posed an excellent question:
Ask yourself, what is the common thread between the two phenomena noted in the question? The is only one real answer -- both seek to behave outside the realm of common expectation -- centuries old expectation -- for human societal interaction. They are both acts of utter defiance towards the wisdom of virtually all of human civilization, and if you are so inclined, defiance towards the diety that originated that wisdom.
They both seek to redefine in a very fundamental fashion what is and what is not good behavior. It it terribly important to remember that the story of the Garden of Eden never talks about an apple -- it talks about "the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil." Think about that for a minute -- the bottom line on sin is when we decide what is right and wrong -- not God. Phenomena like that posed in the question are proof that the Apostle Paul had it so right when he said, "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
So my question for each of us, is where are you deciding what is right and wrong instead of listening to what God says about it? Pyromaniac had a devestating post yesterday giving the answer to that question for some. But I think you need to ask yourself the question -- then stop doing whatever answer you come up with.
Okay, so riddle me this. Why do homosexuals want to marry while heterosexuals don't?There is a real short answer to that question that will no doubt be poo-pooed as simplistic and close-mined and insufficiently psychologically insightful, but tough. It's how I understand the world and I was the one asked the question -- so here it is:
SIN
Ask yourself, what is the common thread between the two phenomena noted in the question? The is only one real answer -- both seek to behave outside the realm of common expectation -- centuries old expectation -- for human societal interaction. They are both acts of utter defiance towards the wisdom of virtually all of human civilization, and if you are so inclined, defiance towards the diety that originated that wisdom.
They both seek to redefine in a very fundamental fashion what is and what is not good behavior. It it terribly important to remember that the story of the Garden of Eden never talks about an apple -- it talks about "the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil." Think about that for a minute -- the bottom line on sin is when we decide what is right and wrong -- not God. Phenomena like that posed in the question are proof that the Apostle Paul had it so right when he said, "all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God."
So my question for each of us, is where are you deciding what is right and wrong instead of listening to what God says about it? Pyromaniac had a devestating post yesterday giving the answer to that question for some. But I think you need to ask yourself the question -- then stop doing whatever answer you come up with.
