Society’s downward spiral can be halted – if the church leads the way

Apr 18, 2018 by

by Dr Campbell Campbell-Jack, The Conservative Woman:

Shakespeare writes in Julius Caesar: ‘There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune’. Progressives have taken advantage of the flowing tide. Wherever possible they relentlessly press ahead to dismantle the Western culture built on Christianity. At times they seem unstoppable. Like Tony Blair, they feel the hand of history on their shoulders.

Superficially they may have a point. Once an action has been advanced in the name of a sexual minority, and it is usually a sexual minority given the progressives’ obsession with sex, can it be undone?

‘History is on our side’ is the oft-repeated quasi-Marxist claim of progressives. Unfortunately for them, there is no irreversible tide of history. History does not take sides, it is a record or interpretation of what has happened, not a prediction of what will happen.

Progressives believe society has a built-in ratchet effect. In one of his numerous parting statements, President Obama said that he didn’t think the legal and social achievements of sexual minorities during his administration would be reversible: ‘American society has changed and the attitudes of young people have changed.’

Is it possible to row back? Perhaps the ratchet effect is the best we can hope for. Progressives move society further in their direction, social conservatives take action and stop their advance; then progressives gain power and make another irreversible change. And so on, ever downwards.

If a delaying action is the best we can expect, there is very little to hope for.

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