By Larry Peterson
How did the precepts of ethics and morality, based on the Ten
Commandments and the "Golden Rule", become a pariah to so many? How
did these principles ever become inverted?
Why have they seemingly been tossed by many into the dumpster of the
outdated and irrelevant?
There is one critical aspect that drives this onslaught and I
think we do not pay close enough attention to it. Those that are flailing away
at our religious heritage and freedoms are not committing these attacks on
their own. They have a brilliant, diabolical, hate-consumed leader inspiring
them onward.
Their leader's name is Satan and he is the Master of deceit and
deception. Satan's biggest and most hated enemy after Jesus Christ is the
church that Jesus founded, the Catholic Church. Satan’s hatred for the true
Church of Christ is unimaginable. That is because it still spits in his evil
eye and says NO!
Over the centuries it has withstood his evil onslaughts even when
they came from within. It also rejects today’s “liberation theology”, the perverse
philosophy that suggests “Jesus wants you to be happy so just enjoy yourself.”
The fact is, Jesus wants us to be happy with him in heaven. This is the testing
grounds where we can earn the
“right’ to join Him there—not decide
what that “right” is.
The Church has teachings
that have been in place for two thousand years. But secularists maintain that the
Church has "nerve and audacity" to use the words, SIN and MORALITY. In today's self-indulged, secular
world it seems anyone who might suggest that a particular behavior is
"immoral" or "sinful" is branded and vilified as
intolerant, hateful, racist and even uncaring.
How pompous and pride filled
this is. Only the new age secularists would have the audacity to suggest that
their inverted "virtue" is GOOD and the concept of self-denial is SINFUL.
My favorite comic book character was, Superman. Occasionally,
Superman would get stuck in an alternative universe called "Bizarro
World". It was a place where everything was backwards. Up was down, hello
meant good-bye and yes meant no. Even the planet, Htrae, (Earth backwards), was
shaped like a cube. It is the same with the folly of inverted secular virtue. I
call this world "Secularro".
On Secularro killing is "Good" and if you stand against
it you are bad. For instance, take abortion, infanticide, euthanasia and
partial-birth abortion. The church says NO! On Secularro the Church is
now bad. Fornication and people "hooking up"
for one-night stands is heralded as "Good". The church says NO!
On Secularro the church is told to mind its own business. Divorced and
remarried Catholics want to receive the Holy Eucharist. The church, as it
always has done, says NO!
On Secularro, the church is deemed intolerant and insensitive and
is out of touch with the modern world and needs to get into the 21st century.
Homosexuals demand to be married in the Church. The Church says NO!
Marriage is between a man and a woman ONLY. Satan screams from his evil
world to his followers, Say “YES! YES! YES!" Holy Mother Church says “NO!”
In the alternative universe, the Catholic Church is evil.
On Secularro the inverted unwittingly listen to Satan’s message and
pound on the dogmatic doors of the Catholic Church demanding that they be
opened to personal wants and desires. Unlike Bizarro World where things are
just 'crazy' on Secularro, things are mean and vindictive. Secularro is ruled
by hate. Satan is Hate.
There are other Christian denominations that have succumbed to
outside pressures and reworked their "teachings" to accommodate the
demands from Secularro. They have been praised as "progressive" and
"in touch" with the needs of the citizens of Secularro. The reality
is, they have failed their followers. But the Catholic Church has not caved
into the demands and pressures and it never will. Therefore, Satan hates all
things Catholic and always will.
The Catholic Church still teaches that there are Seven
Deadly Sins. They are pride, greed, lust, anger,
gluttony, envy and sloth aka laziness. Note
the key word in describing these sins is the word "deadly". The
Church teaches that these sins can destroy the soul of anyone who might indulge
these human appetites. The church also offers forgiveness for falling prey to
these sins. This forgiveness is available 24/7.
On Secularro, the church is mocked and laughed at for suggesting
these actions offend God. These acts are acceptable because an individual
committing one of these sins is just being human and God made us that way and
wants us to be "happy". So--sin away. Just remember, if you subscribe
to that concept the victory in the fight for your soul goes to Satan.
It is time to start looking hard at the Bible. And we might start by
going to St. Paul's Letter to the Ephesians. Chapter 6: 16-17.
In all circumstances, hold faith as a
shield,
To quench all the flaming arrows of the
evil one.
And take the helmet of salvation and the
sword of the spirit,
which is the word of God.
©Larry Peterson 2016 All Rights Reserved
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