In John Oswalt’s book, “The Bible Among the Myths,” he writes that “a common feature of myths is a specific disinterest in what we know as history…” This truth is being borne out as we see recent events as described by Al Mohler in his blog (April 12, 2016). In two of his stories he describes the actions of progressives to erase references to Christian history.
The first is in Los Angeles where the city council has removed the cross symbol from the city seal believing it to be a tacit endorsement of things Christian as well as excluding other (viable) worldviews such as Islam, Secularism etc. Never mind that the city of Los Angeles (‘the angels?’ oh, uh, that name better go too!) began as a Christian mission. History doesn’t matter to (self-described) progressives – they’re not concerned with history – only now. What matters now is the gospel of pluralism with all it’s religious trappings.
The second example comes from Oxford where the students of theology are no longer required to study Christianity (for the first time in 800 years!). Oh, they can study Buddhism and feminist approaches to religion and theology, but Christianity is out. Forget that Christianity is integral and responsible for the culture of the west.
Both of these are wonderful illustrations that George Orwell had it right in his book 1984. In the book he tells about the Ministry of Truth, described by Wikipedia as:
“The Ministry of Truth is the propaganda ministry. As with the other Ministries in the novel, the Ministry of Truth is a misnomer and in reality serves the opposite of its purported namesake: it is responsible for any necessary falsification of historical events. In another sense, and in keeping with the concept of doublethink, the ministry is aptly named, in that it creates/manufactures “truth” in the Newspeak sense of the word. The book describes a willful fooling of posterity using doctored historical archives to show a government-approved version of events. As well as administering truth, the ministry spreads a new language amongst the populace called Newspeak, in which, for example, “truth” is understood to mean statements like 2+2=5 when the situation warrants.”
Or a man can be a woman. Or a human can be an animal. Or a white a black. Or an old man a young woman. (All actual claims in the last year).
All this reminds me of Romans 1 where Paul writes in verse 21 “…although they knew God, they did not glorify Him as God, nor were thankful, but became futile in their thoughts, and their foolish hearts were darkened.” No glory to the One Who created them, and no thanks to the One who provided this wonderful creation. The result? Futility.
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