Whether we want to admit it or not, we all follow a creed of some kind.
Millions of folks follow the Ten Commandments from the Old Testament of the Bible. For those too refined for that, they often follow a worship of self, as summed up by the Ten Suggestions of the Culture of Death.
In my latest post, I presented the first half of the Ten Suggestions. Another name a reader suggested for these is the Ten Commandments of Tolerance. Below is the concluding portion.
6. THOU SHALL USE ‘PROTECTION’ TO NO AVAIL
Original: “You shall not commit adultery” (Ex 20:14).
Sexual license is the altar the Culture of Death burns incense at. You add your pinch of ash every time you partake in the promiscuous lifestyle.
But rather than recognize the ruin such a hard regimen has on your psychological, emotional, and physical (not to mention, spiritual) well-being, you trick yourself.
You know multiple sexual partners means an increased risk of contracting diseases. But this is a necessary hazard as even you cannot dodge the Law of Natural Consequences.
So while you attempt to protect yourself from physical danger, you pretend this too shields you from all else. A long line of broken relationships be damned.
Your inability to trust others or to commit to a lifelong relationship weren’t what you expected. So you just perpetuate the cycle, one one-night stand at a time.
7. THOU SHALL USE OTHERS FOR THY PLEASURE
Original: “You shall not steal” (Ex 20:15).
God may have supposedly told His followers not to take things that do not belong to them. But you pity them.
In your worship of self, everyone else exists to please you. This includes children, too.
Thus, if you engage in the mad science of in vitro fertilization, this only fit in your convoluted rationale.
Children are commodities. They are accessories. They serve a purpose. They are things for your consumption. This is what the Culture of Death has convinced you to be true.
You don’t see young human beings. No, you see children as object for adult gratification.
You avoided having them for so long that now you physically can’t conceive. Everyone ought to understand that the desire to have a baby that you could never completely ignore now needs to be satisfied before you’re dead and buried.
So you agree to have several of your own children conceived by a third party in a petri dish. You also pay to have them implanted into your womb. Several of them may die along the way.
But this need not bother your conscience. The desire for children is the only requirement in the Culture of Death for determining how many of them and which ones live or die. And that’s good enough for you.
Children’s rights? You’ve never heard of them.
Sexual license is the altar the Culture of Death burns incense at. You add your pinch of ash every time you partake in the promiscuous lifestyle.
8. THOU SHALL LIE TO THYSELF ABOUT WHEN HUMAN LIFE BEGINS
Original: “You shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor” (Ex 20:16).
The unborn inside a human mother may have come from human parents. To anyone rational, this proves the unborn’s humanity. But not to you.
You can put your head in the sand, like all your buddies who can’t be bothered with the truth.
The unborn inside a human mother may be growing, thus proving they are alive. But that still is not be enough to cause you to disapprove of abortion.
The unborn—just like you or me—may have every genetic difference given at the moment of conception. The unborn may be a unique human being from that very instant. But so what?
If that unborn baby stands between someone and the cheap, unfulfilling sex they desire, then the unborn baby needs to go. This is your rationale, is it not?
9. THOU SHALL LAUGH IN THE FACE OF FIDELITY
Original: “You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife” (Ex 20:17).
Only old prunes and unenlightened Neanderthals need to believe in the good of marital fidelity. And since you’re too smart to fall for it, you see the wisdom in embracing a divorce culture.
You, yourself, may have been affected by a divorce. If not, you surely know people who have. Virtually all of them view it as a painful experience. The aftershock for the children often lasts a lifetime.
Yet, you still support couples’ rights to split up. The train wreck may be seen ahead of time, but you’re not slowing down. Misery loves company, right?
10. THOU SHALL EXPECT THY NEIGHBOR TO EXIST TO PLEASE THOU
Original: “You shall not covet… anything that is your neighbor’s” (Ex 20:17).
You need to thank the Culture of Death! Now you have access to a portable porn theater in your pocket. You can view it anytime, anywhere.
Viewing that filth may make you feel guilty. It may cause some performance issues. It will likely even cause you to view the opposite gender as sexual instruments for your viewing pleasure.
And what hedonist wouldn’t like that?
YOUR TURN
Perhaps there’s a lie or two mentioned above you have fallen for, presently or in the past?
Please, share your thoughts on the second half of the Culture of Death’s Mere Ten Suggestions to replace the Ten Commandments.
Should any of them be reworded?
