The Issue Of Same Sex Marriage And Homosexuality - 1082 Words

A Brief Explanation of Where the Culture Now Stands and What It Means to Christians I wish to share some thoughts with you on the issue of same-sex marriage and homosexuality, though most of what you will read here seems somewhat distant from that topic. From some of the rhetoric I have read, the growth of these practices in our society establishes a sin of special significance, a sin that denotes God’s rejection of America and a proof of judgment against our nation. Granted, scriptural passages support this interpretation. I do believe that America is under God’s judgment, but those who point to the radical sexualization of our culture confuse cause and effect. For example, were one to enter an abandoned house to find a thick layer†¦show more content†¦Those affected by these ideas may not even understand them; nonetheless, these ideas motivate and direct the reasoning of tens of millions of people. Presuppositions always work this way, and these presumptive ideas have been working throughout culture for some time. But such ideas are al most invisible as they do their work, like the air people breath. They are the intellectual background of modern life, quite different from what governed the learning, thinking, and doing, of past generations not so distant from today. These modern presuppositions focus people upon the material, the sensual, and the expedient. As a result, average people very likely embrace a social utilitarian ethic as the natural approach to deciding moral and legal issues. They also have a tendency to reject established authority. These opinions are logically inconsistent and generate social and intellectual tensions. When people create values based upon the material, the sensual, and the expedient, popular opinion and the latest polling results become the justifying foundations for moral claims. One might expect that this would intensify moral skepticism within a society already suspicious of authority. In one sense, it does; traditional moral opinion has come under relentless attack. But popularly supported moral claims today, based as they are on the shifting sands of social preference, take on