Traditional Christian leaders have often shown the multiple wounds of Western societies, where the family was dethroned and humiliated by irresponsible legislation. Traditional family has been the foundation of healthy societies, without which the whole civilization will collapse. Despite this, family as the primary institution of human society is constantly under attack by governments and now “churches” that have anti-human ideology.
In the West, the traditional family is attacked by fornication – cohabitation outside marriages, divorce, hedonistic massive secularization and permissive legislation, while in the East, the family is attacked in her monogamous nature, equal dignity of the spouses, and promoting a family based on consumerism.
The homosexual “marriage” that threatens the social foundation of the United States and other Western countries is another scourge to the future of humanity.
Since 2005, eight governments have legalized same-sex partnerships, raising this sinful anomaly to the dignity of marriage. Changes in the law have made divorce a very convenient alternative but with disastrous consequences for children and parents alike. For Christian morality, divorce is a lost cause, most countries allowing it with the exception of Vatican and the Philippines.
Abortion, contraception, fornication, pornography industry and so on… constitute a true threat to the traditional Christian family.
The effect of this reality is frightening: in 20 years the sociologists estimate that natality will be reduced to zero, the immorality will cause a rapid aging of the population – especially children, while homosexual partners will be entitled to adoption.
Several Christian leaders have warned that society will face extinction sooner than expected due to the massive pandemic of “disrupted erotic behavior” coupled by a culture of death.
We remember Christ’s words referring to the End of the world “abomination and desolation will stand in the holy place”.
A well renowned Greek theologian several years ago said that “all these outline the transformation of our world in a huge city of Sodom /Gomorrah”. Does anyone anticipate its end?
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January 12, 2013 at 5:58 PM
dcnfrfinbarr
Government like to see themselves as the basic unit of their societies. This is faulty but an inherent flaw of most governments.
January 12, 2013 at 6:32 PM
Orthodox Collective
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February 7, 2013 at 2:14 AM
Matthew Chiglinsky
I consider myself an atheist, but I reach the same conclusion that the rampant torrent of materialism and sexual promiscuity may be a sign of the end of civilization. It’s not superstition, just observation and logic.
Homosexuality in particular makes me curious. I’ve heard some say that a civilization cannot withstand widespread homosexuality, which makes it sound as if the acceptance of homosexuality is the cause of the end.
I think it may be the other way around. The end of civilization may be the cause of the acceptance of homosexuality. People have become so materially wealthy and just plain lazy and lacking in challenge and purpose that they can’t find anything better to do with themselves than gorge on pleasure, and so when they look at homosexuality they begin to see it as no different from the corrupt pleasure-seeking heterosexuality they’ve been conducting for so long.
http://agalltyr.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/gay-marriage-is-bad-for-society-and-so-are-condoms-and-porn/
The pattern of Sodom and Gomorrah does appear to have repeated.
February 9, 2013 at 11:22 AM
orthodoxword
Homosexuality is one of the many passions (sins) “modern” and “ancient” man is/was battling throughout centuries, when he draws away from Him and/or denies God.
“For He has delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from sliding” (Psalm 114:8)
“Without Me (says the Lord), you can do nothing (good)!”
Man without the Lord is like a leaf carried by the wind. And you might not know where the wind will blow you one day…