» Random Thoughts Current Archive [an error occurred while processing this directive]		December 6, 2008 - Proposition 8 (The Gay Marriage Ban in CA) And Pop Culture        Hey all.  I debated whether bringing this up, but being the last link of the "Original 6" (in my family) to pop culture I felt it may be helpful to you all to know the environment we really are in - and the ones your kids are going to be growing up in...very soon.  I know there's a fine line between being in the world and being of it, but I think we should at least try to understand their "argument" so we can respond, as Peter tells us, with "gentleness and respect".  This isn't as much about how we should respond, but more how we should process it, as Believers.        Many people for gay marriage have been pretty upset since Proposition 8 passed in CA during the Nov. 4th election.  A lot in Hollywood have been upset also and the lastest, most popular viral video on the net (basically a net video that I guarantee every kid from the ages of 14-22 has seen) is this one, a “mock” musical featuring a handful of popular actors and actresses.  You may recognize a few or you may not, but know there are a handful - and these are some of the very same performers our youth generation looks up to as favorites.        Anyways, the video is extremely irreverent (not in a crude way, but a spiritual way).  I'm almost surprised, though I shouldn't be, at how nefarious and subtle Satan works through it.  The video, though a mock musical, does have an aura of seemingly logical and reasonable undertones.  “Love, don’t hate”…”The Bible has a lot of archaic teachings”…”Christians are just a bunch of hypocritical, self-righteous, uptight, boring people”.  A lot of the sayings and themes seem really reasonable and often the Bible is seemingly contradictory or outdated, as well as Christians being hypocrites.  And who wants to hate instead of love?  Satan is so brilliant how he casts the covert “secular/relative” worldview in a positive, almost attractive light; and on the flip side how negative a "Biblical/absolute" worldview seems.  He’s even more brilliant in his marginalization of Christ; relegating him to mere kitsch. I guess my hope in posting this is: That’d you’d realize the Internet is basically influencing and raising a generation of latchkey kids not unlike TV did generations previous. That’d you’d realize Satan has not lost a step and that he’s just as clever as ever That instead of judgment and hate (something we as the Church are all too well-known for as this video soberingly proves) we’d have compassion and grace for the lost.  Remember, judgment is the Lord’s. (Not saying we shouldn't stand up for morality...by no means!  But just that our "battle" isn't against these people, or Hollywood, or Democrats, etc.  It's against the prince of this world himself - please don't forget that because souls are in the balance...) And finally not to lose hope...for the ruler of this world has already been conquered and defeated in the heavenly realms by our mighty God, whose glory shall soon be revealed to the faithful!  And that's a good thought... Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." -Luke 23:34        Here is another "mock" video advertisement of a similar nature.  As sarcastic as it is, and despite its somewhat faulty logic, they do bring up a good point - and another reason why non-believers don't pay any attention to what a lot of Christians have to say because they don't walk the talk.  A call to holiness even more.

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