Lurching toward ruination
At times, that appears to be the state that society is in. And I’m not speaking of society solely in the context of Canadian society; I’m using the term in the decidedly global sense.
John C. Wright, having recovered from his stay in hospital, returns to his blog with a rather disheartening list of things quite plainly wrong with the state of the world. A few excerpts therefrom:
Countryside Restoration Trust chairman and columnist Robin Page said at a rally against the [British] Government’s anti-hunting laws in Gloucestershire in 2002: “If you are a black vegetarian Muslim asylum-seeking one-legged lesbian lorry driver, I want the same rights as you.” Page was arrested, and after four months he received a letter saying no charges would be pressed, but that: “If further evidence comes to our attention whereby your involvement is implicated, we will seek to initiate proceedings.” It took him five years to clear his name.
And:
In September 2006, a 14-year-old schoolgirl, Codie Stott, asked a teacher if she could sit with another group to do a science project as all the girls with her spoke only Urdu. The teacher called the police and a few days later, presumably after officialdom had thought the matter over, she was arrested and taken to a police station, where she was fingerprinted and photographed and placed in a cell for 3 hours.
And who could forget:
A Christian home for retired clergy and religious workers lost a grant because it would not reveal to official snoopers how many of the residents were homosexual. That they had never been asked was taken as evidence of homophobia.
But of course, it’s not just Britain that’s having issues.
In Germany, meanwhile, an
enemy of humanityartist poses human corpses in postures of copulation, called “Copulation Art.”
And:
In Maui, a lesbian couple just married a man, with the polygamous trio defending their desecration of marriage using the same arguments and legal precedent as defend the homosexual desecration of marriage.
These among other examples, I should note. Do read the whole thing.
And for myself, there’s one thing I would add to the list:
A Japanese computer game maker has dismissed a protest by US rights campaigners against the game “RapeLay“, which lets players simulate sexual violence against females.
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Players earn points for acts of sexual violence, including stalking girls on commuter trains, raping virgins and their mothers, and forcing females to get abortions, according to the group’s online statement.
Disgusting.
Still, good reader, you’d be surprised how many times I see internet atheists attempting to hold up Japan as a model of a decent secular society. It’s times like that at which I remember to cite things like the above — Japan may be an essentially functional model of a secular society, but it is by no means a model to be emulated, in no small part due to the way it views women. It is in no measurable way “decent.”
(Indeed, proponents of atheism would do well to avoid making spurious references to Japan in their defence of the secular societal model. I would suggest sticking with something safe, like Sweden, but that’s not really a great example either.)
My wife has lately — well, not so lately, now that I think about it — taken to remarking that we seem to be living in a new kind of Sodom and Gomorrah, an assessment I certainly agree with. It’s perhaps fortunate for us that God had previously promised to refrain from wiping us all out by various means.
Although, to be fair, one must be careful in how one allows such thoughts to form, and in where one allows them to range.
(hat tip)
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I read about a week ago or so that 3/4 of Americans are proud to be living in America. As for countries like Japan the number was like 1/3. So over half the people there dislike living there. I always found the Japanese culture fascinating. It’s actually a language I’d like to learn someday. It’s definately an area that needs Christ. I guess you can lay the blame on poor evangelization over the years. Still, really interesting and I hear beautiful country.
As for the rest, it can get a little overwhelming at times. Although, I’m reminded of a post that you made not too long ago. About how we are the ones that failed. I think it’s time we stop failing. Anywho, this is long enough and a little late on my part. This blog probably wouldn’t have worked so well at Gamespot anyways.
I link to that other post, actually, just prior to offering the hat tip — it came to my mind as well as I was writing this.
It is very easy to feel a sense of despair about the state of the world, to the point that one feels overwhelmed. This is of course not a correct feeling or response, but is also a difficult pitfall to avoid. I know this from experience, being myself rather vulnerable to it.
Interesting factoid about Japan, by the way. If you have a link, I’d be curious to see the source article.
I’m reminded of something Patrick Madrid wrote recently, concerning Japan and the absence of Christ amongst its people.
I understand about feeling overwhelmed at times. Just turning on the news at times and I can’t believe what goes on in the world.
I’ll try to find you that link. I can’t remember exactly where I read it at but I’ll try to dig it up. I thought it was rather interesting myself.
Despite not being Catholic I enjoy reading about it from it’s various apologists. Patrick Madrid is definately one of the better ones. Whom I have a lot of respect and even admiration for.
http://www.american.com/archive/2008/april-04-08/understanding-american-exceptionalism
Hopefully that will work. It’s very interesting. Apparently it was the Pew Research Center that conducted the poll. It mostly talks about America but those numbers are certainly interesting.
Seems to have worked. Thanks for the link.