“The thing that hath
been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be
done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it
may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was
before us.” (Ecclesiastes 1:9-10)
“The counsel of the LORD
standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations.” (Psalm 33:11)
Perhaps modernism should
be called something else, as modernists (whether secular or religious) never
manage to introduce anything that is genuinely new. The Nineteenth and
Twentieth Centuries provided many examples of ancient paganism being introduced
as something new by changing titles and dressing: If a fruit looks, smells, and
tastes like an apple it does not become an orange no matter how dogmatically
you call it an orange.
The theory of evolution
did not originate with modern science, it has been part of pagan religions and
occultism for thousands of years.
The New Age Movement is
merely a revival of ancient paganism.
Humanism is a revival of
the pagan concept of the godhood of man.
Socialism is often
applied as communism or fascism; the difference between communism and fascism
being that communism is a theory or system of ownership of all property by the
state, and fascism allows private ownership of property while the state
maintains control of property. Socialism makes man (corporate man, the state)
the measure of all things and the standard of truth and is merely a modern
version of ancient paganism.
Feminism is not new. The
historic and prophetic books of the Old Testament mention this form of paganism
corrupting God's people.
Abortion is the sacrifice
of a living child to the god of self, and who is the god of self, the god of
the flesh? The Devil. Abortion, and the pro-choice movement, is a form of Devil
worship. (Psalm 106:37-38) Incidentally, murder is always a “choice.”
For a long time liberals
have referred to immoral trends (e.g., acceptance of promiscuity, illicit
cohabitation, open marriage, homosexuality, etc.) as the "new
morality." The irony is that whenever anthropologists study primitive
pagan people who have been isolated from society and Christian influence for
centuries they usually find that the so-called new morality has already been
their culture for centuries. The "new morality" is merely a revival
of ancient pagan philosophy and licentiousness. The Old Testament moral laws
were initially addressed to Israelites who came out of Egypt, a wicked and
sex-crazed society, and were headed to another land inhabited by a wicked and
sex-crazed society, and we also read of times in the Old Testament when
widespread licentiousness was a problem in Israel and Judah. Most New Testament
books were initially written to first century Christians living in a sex-crazed
society. Let's not pretend that widespread licentiousness is somehow unique to
the time and the society in which we live or a "sign of the times".
More examples could be
given, but these should suffice for now.
It is ironic when
liberals refer to conservatives as old-fashioned.
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