Nothing Is Really New, Just Revivals Of The Old

 

“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.