How Did We Get Here?
How did we get to the point where everything seems to have been turned upside down, in so short a time? I can remember a time when a person running for political office would include, in their campaign pamphlet, a picture of them and their family coming down the steps of a church on a Sunday morning. Nowadays, a Christian faith seems to be anathema to great majority of the voting public.
Holding an opinion in areas of sexuality and morality that most Canadians held not that long ago now earns one the accusation of, "hater."
Now the reality of "assisted dying" is with us. I will not deign to judge the pain or agony, physical or emotional, of one who feels this to be the only option, but what I do fear is the retraction of the right of conscience for physicians who feel they cannot participate. Watch for it.
Just as I'm sure as I can be that that same right of conscience will disappear for any religious leaders who feel they must take a stand on the position of marriage. Watch for this too. That right of conscience, seemingly guaranteed in our constitution, is already being erased in the area of gender identity.
But here, with tongue somewhat in cheek, is what illustrates my thoughts on the forces that may have brought about his upheaval so quickly:
I post this, really, only as a bit of a joke; to give you this rather amusing (in my opinion) illustration that may or may not be far off the truth.
In truth, I feel I must not dwell so much on what is happening in worldly society and concentrate on whatever small role I might play in contributing to God's Kingdom work while I am still here on earth.
So... #tryalpha
Blessings,
John
Holding an opinion in areas of sexuality and morality that most Canadians held not that long ago now earns one the accusation of, "hater."
Now the reality of "assisted dying" is with us. I will not deign to judge the pain or agony, physical or emotional, of one who feels this to be the only option, but what I do fear is the retraction of the right of conscience for physicians who feel they cannot participate. Watch for it.
Just as I'm sure as I can be that that same right of conscience will disappear for any religious leaders who feel they must take a stand on the position of marriage. Watch for this too. That right of conscience, seemingly guaranteed in our constitution, is already being erased in the area of gender identity.
But here, with tongue somewhat in cheek, is what illustrates my thoughts on the forces that may have brought about his upheaval so quickly:
I post this, really, only as a bit of a joke; to give you this rather amusing (in my opinion) illustration that may or may not be far off the truth.
In truth, I feel I must not dwell so much on what is happening in worldly society and concentrate on whatever small role I might play in contributing to God's Kingdom work while I am still here on earth.
So... #tryalpha
Blessings,
John
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