More Insanity That Seeks to become the Normal

The people of New Hampshire have spoken and their message was that the political establishment - on both sides of the aisle - have not found favor with the American people.  Donald Trump was the runaway winner on the Republican side, while Bernie Sanders left Hillary Clinton wondering just what happened giving the former Secretary of State and former First Lady one of biggest defeats of her political career.  Now it is off to South Carolina and Nevada.  It will be interesting to see if the momentum that Mr. Trump and Senator Sanders have can be maintained.  This race is going to get even more interesting. 


Just this morning I received an article that caused my blood to boil with the insanity that is known as "political correctness."  This article was written by Bob Unruh and is titled, "Major U.S. city now banishes 'Founding Fathers.'"  The article can be found at: www.wnd.com/2016/02/major-u-s-city-now-banishes-founding-fathers.  The article begins, "The city of San Diego is being charged with taking political correctness to 'a whole new extreme' by banishing the phrase 'Founding Fathers' from the vocabulary of city employees.  'This brings to a new level, without question,' said Brad Dacus, the chief of Pacific Justice Institute, which raised questions about the issue with the city and is challenging its censorship.  'When you can't utter the phrase "Founding Fathers" without possibly losing your job and your work for government, that is a sad day for free speech,' he told WND.


"'Many Americans, including city employees, will no doubt be surprised to learn that the city considers them biased for merely mentioning ordinary words and phrases like 'the common man,' 'mankind,' 'manmade' and 'man up,' to name a few of the manual's parade of horribles,' McReynolds (PJI Senior Staff Attorney) wrote.  'Even more concerning is the manual's promotion of style over substance, to the point that employees are encouraged to omit or alter relevant research, based on subjective interpretations as to whether it includes biased or non-inclusive language.'  He continued, 'Most alarming, though, is the guidelines directive, on page 76, that city employees should refrain from mentioning those to whom we owe our most fundamental freedoms, the Founding Fathers.  The manual's inane attempt to recast the fathers as simply the 'Founders' reaches a level of political correctness, censorship and insensitivity toward time-honored American values that is indefensible.'"


Friends, it seems to me that this whole concept of "gender correctness" has become our nation's latest in a string of idols that is to be worshiped at all costs.  We have gender confusion that is now celebrated.  Many of our corporations have numerous options when it comes to selecting "gender" on an application.  And so we cannot use the term "Founding Fathers" for those who sacrificed so much so that this nation might be created in a way that no nation in the history of the world had been created before.  Friends, as I have read and studied that period of our history - and, as I have referenced before, I highly recommend the writings by historian Joseph Ellis who covers that period exceedingly well - there is only one conclusion to be drawn: those Founders of our nation were men.  Those who attended the Continental Congress in Philadelphia in 1775-1776 were men.  Those who later formed the Constitutional Convention, also meeting in Philadelphia, in 1787, were also men.  Yes, they were our "Founding Fathers."  Now I realize that many of them had faithful wives back home who also sacrificed so that their husbands could become those "Founding Fathers."  And I do not diminish their roles at all.  But our "Founding Fathers" were men. 


Have we become so fearful of gender identity that we are now seeking to change the very language we use.  What word will we now use in place of "manmade?"  Will it be "human produced?"  How about that phrase "the common man?"  Will it now become "the common person?"  Will the words "man" and "woman" eventually be eliminated from our common speech because we find those words offensive?  There is already a movement toward eliminating those words "boy" and "girl" from our speech because some find those terms offensive. 


And, it is not only in governmental offices where this is occurring.  I have to admit that I have a strong "pet peeve" with the compilers of today's hymnbooks for use within the Church.  I remember growing up learning dozens of hymns as a child.  Now, that was before all this "gender nonsense" began to take root.  So, I am singing along today a hymn that I have memorized and suddenly I find the words have been changed: "men" has been replaced with "humans", etc.  let me give an example: In the Christmas song, "It Came upon the Midnight Clear," the words in the first verse include - "Peace on the earth, good will to men from heav'n's most gracious King."  Well now that reads - "Peace on the earth, good will to all from heav'n's most gracious King."  (Yes, I know that I am probably being picky).  It seems to be that, as I read the Gospels, Jesus was not adverse to using the terms "men" and "women." 


Friends, I believe this "gender confusion" is just another sign that we are getting much closer to the coming of the Lord Jesus.  So I just keep singing the hymns the way I learned them.  I just keep using the language that I grew up with - our nation's first leaders I know as "Founding Fathers."  And I just continue praying for the coming of Jesus. 


I also want to reference one other article that will cause you to say, "Really!  They want to do what?"  The article was written by Rob Stein and can be found at the following website: www.krwg.org/post/babies-genes-three-people-could-be-ethical-panel-says.  The article begins with this question: "Would it be ethical for scientists to try to create babies that have genetic material from three different people?  An influential panel of experts has concluded the answer could be yes.  The 12-member panel, assembled by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, released a 164-page report Wednesday outlining a plan for how scientists could ethically pursue the controversial research."  The article gets rather technical, but the bottom-line is that scientists have been given the "go-ahead" to experiment.  It seems we keep getting closer and closer to the edge of this "creation slope."  I keep wondering when God will say, "Enough is enough!"  But I am grateful to know that He is in control, aren't you?