WE WONDER

WE WONDER

Is pedophilia wrong? Isn’t it just an alternate lifestyle? Is man-boy-love wrong? Isn’t it just a matter of personal choice? Certainly, homosexuality can’t be wrong for two consenting adults. Men having relationships with adolescent girls, with or without their consent (common in some countries today), isn’t wrong, is it? What about abortion? And myriad other issues? All of these come to light in our society and demand answers. Shouldn’t there be more laws against each of these? Some say, “Yes, but not this one.” Others stand up and say, “No, because they are all matters of personal choice.” We have nations today in which, at least some part of society, accepts the abuse of female children as acceptable. Parts of our own society, here in the states, are beginning to accept all these immoral behaviors as well. Some claim we need more laws. But, isn’t the real problem an intolerant “moral” mainstream society? Shouldn’t the Moral Majority just shut up and sit down?

Questions like these must be answered. But where do we find the answers? What is right and what is wrong? Anything we conclude to be true or false, right or wrong or good or bad must have a basis of truth; something upon which it finds resolution. If you say trees are green, we find it to be true in common observation and we can confirm it in elementary science books. If I say light travels at approximately 186,000 miles per second, I can prove it to you in basic scientific literature. We have a basis of truth from which we can confirm or refute the simpler concepts of nature.

But what is our basis of truth for morality? If I say pedophilia is wrong and you say it is acceptable, who is right? When I was a youth it was commonly accepted that pedophilia and man-boy-love were evil and wicked. Today they are becoming more widely accepted as personal choice. In those days, homosexuals hid in the closet because most people still understood it was a wrong lifestyle. So, what has changed? The basis of truth has changed.

Today we have come to the place in society that anything can become right or wrong simply based upon its public acceptance. Today, when society (as a whole) accepts one behavior or another, the rest of us are expected to be silent, sit down and passively accept the “tolerance” of the current sentiment. Yet, some things seem to be natural. Even the Apostle Paul in one argument called upon nature as a source of truth. In I Corinthians 11:14 we read, “Doth not even nature itself teach you…?” There are some things which nature has set in place. Our genetic code is one example. Throughout the entire list of lifeforms in the animal and human kingdoms we see two sexes. Genetically there are only two. You have this genetic code or the other. Scientifically, without appealing to the Word of God, we see only two sexes. So, why is society so willing to accept the myriad aberrations presented to us today? What is the basis of truth referenced by those who plead the case of such behavior? Public opinion has become the basis of truth.

Public opinion as a source of truth is fleeting, to say the least. 50 years ago, when I was child, all the issues we have mentioned would be seen overwhelmingly as wrong. Just 50 years ago. Then public opinion agreed that all the issues mentioned above were wrong behaviors. Yet today, abortion and homosexuality are being exalted as normal and even encouraged. Others from our list are beginning to accepted by some and may well be seen as normal very soon. Why? Because public opinion varies with the corruption of the public. Remember, some societies in the world today (not in the states, yet) accept violation of women and female children as acceptable.

We must have a more solid “basis of truth” by which we can establish our laws. Morality is not a standard naturally within man (Romans 3:10-12). Left to ourselves we will eventually succumb to all the wickedness above, and more.

The Bible is God’s standard of truth for man. Using it as our guide we would love each other, respect our elders, obey government, reject all forms of sexual perversion, there would be no dishonesty, no coveting or stealing, and families would search diligently for ways to remain together without divorce. Why? Because our “basis of truth” (the Bible) helps us to understand that this is God’s plan. And even with our human frailty, God’s plan is the best path for our families and for our society.   

God’s plan is best when we worship Him and apply His principles. Yet, His principles work to some degree in any society even if they refuse to worship Him. They work best when God is worshipped, and His principles are the “basis of truth” for every decision made in the home and in society.

Still, our nation is bent on the removal of God from society. We wonder what is wrong. We are baffled by the depravity of current society. We have trouble understanding how our nation has become so evil. We wonder… as we push the Bible and its God out of our homes and our government… we wonder.