Some may claim that they do not see the point that I make as being accurate or true.  They will suggest that what I have just said cannot possibly be justified, nor do the facts bare out a single ounce of truth to support my claim.  Many will say that making such statements places me squarely in the realm of dogmatic, religious, or just plain stupid or insane.

There is no doubt that, over the last sixty years, of Canadian history, there have been dramatic changes in the landscape of our society.  Some would argue that, that is all that we have seen - change.  Some would say that little or nothing has happened in the way of demoralizing our society, but rather that our society has become a more open, accepting, compassionate and forward thinking society, no longer bound by archaic systems of thought which relegated certain minorities to the fringe of society rather than feeling integral and important to society.

I will agree, in small part, with this.  It is true that there have been some good things that have happened in our society over the last 60 years. Not everything has "gone to hell in a hand basket."  Over the next few blog entries, I would however like to address some very unhealthy and in fact scary trends that are sinking our society in the direction of that very hot place not called Arizona; feminism, the sexual revolution, liberalism, moral relativism, and trends that grew out of these.

Before I get started, I must say that, as Christians, we are called to love the sinner but to hate sin (all sin), in our own lives and in the lives of others.  We are also called to be salt and light in this world, not to idly sit back and watch it rot.  Jesus said what man hides his light under a bushel, and if the salt loses its flavor of what value is it? (none).  With this in mind I pray to God that He will help us all to be loving compassionate Christ followers that demonstrate the love of Jesus for all people no matter what their persuasion or background, and that He will help us to love them so much that we would be willing to tell them the truth before it is too late.

Going forward I will briefly overview the slippery slope that confronts us. I will attempt to highlight some of the problems, causes, and some models from the Bible that address each area of concern.  I will try to boil each topic down to its core aspects of concern, rather than attempting to provide an abundance of detail.

Feminism

Feminism is not the women's movement it started out to be.  It is a new and different beast.  The women's movement today is full of bitterness and malice toward men and is as bad for society as the defeated foe it attempts to fight, namely chauvinism. The feminist movement is not friend to woman, to man, to children, nor to society.  It is a sort of hyper individualistic, self serving, independent, spoiled child mentality that both fails to recognize the beauty of a strong, mature, and healthy woman, and her importance in relation to her husband in rearing the next generation of healthy contributing citizens, and encourages a belligerent, callous, indifference to the needs, desires, and well being of others.

It is not surprising in this fast food, yuppie focused, prosperity driven society that encourages wealth over family, that family values are so undervalued.  It is also not surprising that with Canadian citizen birthrates at ridiculously low levels, that children are less and less considered an asset and more and more considered a burden.

Biblically, children are arrows in our quiver.  They are assets to our families and to our future.  They are an investment in what could be.  They are a way of encouraging our hopes and dreams for society to come true. They are a legacy of our fortitude, and symbols of our courage.

Feminism considers a husband and children something that some women might want as add-on in their bag of acquisitions after career, ambition, status, "self-fulfillment", independence, worldly experience, travel encounters, and whatever other self-focused goals may surface. Feminism states that men are not, or should not be, part of decision making processes which naturally come as a result of being sexually involved with one another.  Feminism exalts the individual over the group.  Feminism aims to blur sexual identities and encourage alternative sexual behaviors.  In short, feminism looks to undermine the order that God created, the beauty and balance and safety which we commonly refer to as the traditional family, and even encourages the destruction of human life as an option or choice based on preference.

God's picture of a woman is completely different than this.  A strong, healthy, Biblical woman, or what some women are calling a real woman, recognizes her importance in God's order, establishes herself as a noble aspect of society bringing dignity and honor and strength, stability, and virtue into her home and encouraging those qualities in her children.  She is a helper to her husband and a nurturer of family, friends, and strangers alike.  It truly takes a woman of strength and character to rise to the role and honor of woman and wife.

(Proverbs 31:10-31   A truly good wife is the most precious treasure a man can find!  (11)  Her husband depends on her, and she never lets him down.  (12)  She is good to him every day of her life,  (13)  and with her own hands she gladly makes clothes.  (14)  She is like a sailing ship that brings food from across the sea.  (15)  She gets up before daylight to prepare food for her family and for her servants.  (16)  She knows how to buy land and how to plant a vineyard,  (17)  and she always works hard.  (18)  She knows when to buy or sell, and she stays busy until late at night.  (19)  She spins her own cloth,  (20)  and she helps the poor and the needy.  (21)  Her family has warm clothing, and so she doesn't worry when it snows.  (22)  She does her own sewing, and everything she wears is beautiful.  (23)  Her husband is a well-known and respected leader in the city.  (24)  She makes clothes to sell to the shop owners.  (25)  She is strong and graceful, as well as cheerful about the future.  (26)  Her words are sensible, and her advice is thoughtful.  (27)  She takes good care of her family and is never lazy.  (28)  Her children praise her, and with great pride her husband says,  (29)  "There are many good women, but you are the best!"  (30)  Charm can be deceiving, and beauty fades away, but a woman who honors the LORD deserves to be praised.  (31)  Show her respect-- praise her in public for what she has done.)

As stated before feminism is no friend of the family nor of a man in his role as a Godly husband.  Feminism looks to dispose of men from the family if possible or silence them and emasculate them at the very least.  Interesting that this is the opposite of what powerful women have repeatedly said they are attracted to, strong men of honesty, integrity and fortitude that will love them and appreciate them that will honor them and elevate them, that will set their sites on noble things and strive to make a difference, men of character and valor, that will stand by them and protect them.

Sadly, men are to blame for the mess of feminism in the sense that they are the source, not that they are to blame for the selfishness and stupidity that is carried out by women under the guise of feminism but rather that they are not, in so many cases, being the men that God called them to be to their wives daughters and sons.  Godly men are to be to their wives as Christ is to the church.

Period.

Stop right there and think about this for a moment.  A Godly man is to be to his wife what Christ is to the church, loving (Ephesians 5:25-31   Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself up for it;  (26)  that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,  (27)  that he might present the church to himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.  (28)  Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He that loves his own wife loves himself:  (29)  for no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as Christ also the church;  (30)  because we are members of his body.  (31)  For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh.) (1 Corinthians 13:4-8   Love has patience, is kind; love is not envious; love is not vain, is not puffed up;  (5)  does not behave indecently, does not pursue its own things, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil;  (6)  does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices in the truth.  (7)  Love quietly covers all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.  (8)  Love never fails.)

In my next blog entries I will discuss some of the repercussions of the feminist movement on society, on the the traditional family, on children, on sexual identity, and on society at large, and this will set the stage to discuss the sexual revolution, liberalism, moral relativism and the slippery slope on which we slide.

Related Links:

[The Feminist Movement - Yesterday's Woman vs Today's Feminist] 

[Wikipedia - Feminist Movement] 

[Real Women - Position Papers] 

[How Civilizations Fall]

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