The Evolution of Christian Morals?
Taking a break from my “turning old” series to think out loud again. Err… If you’d call this out loud. Anyway…
Just about everyone thinks of Christianity when the subject of morality comes up. You get looked down upon for doing immoral things and praised for avoiding immoral things. But… I’ve been thinking lately how messed up Christian morals really are. They change with society… with what is accepted by the masses. It’s almost like the Church gives in to peer pressure.
- It used to be immoral to eat pig. Now you can eat all the bacon you want.
- It used to be immoral to work on a Sunday. That’s OK now, work away 7 days a week.
- It used to be immoral for a woman to have a position of authority over a man. Now it’s immoral to consider that immoral.
- It used to be moral to own a slave. Now it is extremely immoral to own a slave.
- It used to be immoral to use birth control. Now it’s debatable, but more often than not it’s accepted as moral now.
- It used to be immoral to believe the Earth to be round.
- It used to be immoral to believe that the Earth was not the center of the universe.
There are probably more examples of morals drastically changing, but that’s a good enough list for now.
So here’s a new one for you:
- It used to be immoral to be a homosexual.
It’s the next step in the evolution of Christian morals. Several states have taken the lead in making gay marriage legal. Soon all the rest will follow. Soon the masses will all agree that homosexuality is not immoral.
Hard to nail down soon to a more specific time frame though. I bet you though, some day in the future someone is going to be told “You know, the Christian church used to be anti homosexuality.” And they’re going to be all “What, really!? You have to be joking…”