Monday, March 27, 2006
"Marriage is for White People"
Via Ian comes an article about a horrific emerging trend. I make no assertions about its validity. If the allegations are true, God help us all from the social consequences.
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It's true, man. I tore up the concept on my blog.
I can't say I'm surprised or particularly alarmed. And I imagine that the author of the article is right. In time, I'd guess that the dis-interest in marriage will spread in our culture. It seems like a logical progression- given the core assumptions at work in our culture. What else should we expect?
What concerns me how we Christians continue to busy ourselves trying to "save marriage in America."
Imposing Christian views of family and sexuality on people who do not share Christian views on the nature and purpose of life itself is a fool's errand. We might as well go lobby the apple tress to start sprouting peaches. We'd meet with about as much success.
Besides, our job is to make disciples, not to "fix" America.
So instead of forcing a veneer of Christian morality on this culture, let's focus on building up holiness within the body of Christ and offering Christian discipleship to lost folks one-at-a-time.
I agree with John. It isn't fair to non-christians to make them live that way either. It is just tyranny.
The way for Christians to really change lives for the better is not to preach, preach, preach. It is to live, live, live. And we must hold those who call themselves brothers up to that high standard. Over the course of time the difference will become apparent to everyone.
Living in the Washington-Baltimore corridor, I read both that article and this one on relationships among 20-somethings in the same day. Working at a university, I can vouch that this is indeed the attitude I see among our undergrad and grad students.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/25/AR2006032500839.html
carol
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