Valerie J. Steimle
Over 2 years ago I wrote this for my Heart Thoughts from the Heart column which was food for thought. It still is as our times have not improved. Hold on to your convictions.......
From the United Kingdom,
we hear some very disturbing news: Christianity is “almost vanquished in the UK.” This
report seemed believable but as I read the story, I was astonished to find an
attack of Christianity in Great Britain.
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In Times past in Britain, especially in England and Wales, Christianity was used as a
“backdrop” to people’s lives and moral decisions where as in the present time
the rise of secularism and other non-Christian beliefs has caused basic
Christian principles to be ignored by its people.
As it was reported by members of several churches in Britain, their society has
been demoralized with people seeking transient happiness in alcohol, drugs and
pornography as well as a rise in new age and occult practices replacing Christ
as something in which young people could trust. This rise in secularism has led
their liberal society to be hostile to Christian morals and values in which religious beliefs are viewed as “a private
eccentricity.” It was also reported that there are serious tensions between
Christians and secularists in which atheists are becoming more vocal and
aggressive in society.
This is a scary thought for the United States
as the UK
seems to think that our country is next to feel the effects of this
demoralizing attack. That is not possible if we keep our beliefs and churches
in the forefront of our lives. We should ask ourselves what is considered too
“eccentric” in a society when we try to safeguard what we know to be the
backdrop to our moral decisions.
Is the basis for the Ten Commandments and a
Christian lifestyle wrong in a society? I say it is not. How are we to govern
ourselves to be peaceful and upstanding citizens if we don’t have any belief or
faith in what we know to be right? Certainly our Constitution
should not charge us with every minute detail of our life. That would be
detrimental to our freedoms. Governments are formed to govern with laws in
secular decisions. Our belief system in God should govern our lives in
moral decisions. If we destroy Christianity from our country, what would be the
result in our moral decisions to treat others as we would like to be treated?
As the first Amendment of the Constitution has
stated, Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof…. We still have our right to
worship however we may, and with our Christian/Judeo belief, should never
experience what Britain
has over the past five years.
Our country has always stood for the Christian values
of our Forefathers and I hope for our sake, we stand by our moral principles,
never to be overcome by secularism.
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