What's wrong with society

As I look at the news and see how the US is turning against Christians, it brings up many thoughts. First off, the book The Illuminati by Larry Burkett is closer than we think. It shows what could easily happen to the US if we continue down this path for even a few more years.

Secondly, my main point, the US is producing a society of cream puffs.

We have kids failing in school, so what do we do? Give them tutoring? No. Give them extra hours at school to work on it? No. FAIL them? No. What do we do? Slowly, oh so slowly, dumb down the system. Give them tests that they have to study for. Essentially prepare them for standardized tests so the school can get funding. Really? How is this education?

Other evidence? How about not offending ANYONE by ANYTHING. If anything you do or say can be construed as offensive in any way, then it cannot be said or done or worn or anything. I have been told, in high school, that I couldn't wear a hoodie again (it was from my brother's military training, the unit he was in. It was called "Death Dealers."), because people in the school might be offended. If I wore that to high school today, I'd probably be thrown out. I was wearing it to support my brother, but it might be offensive.

That being said, Christians are under persecution for the same thing. Our beliefs are viewed as offensive, so we are starting to get shut out and told to shut up. We don't even have to say anything to be offending those weak cream puffs. People are written hate letters for putting up Christmas lights. People are having their Christmas lights torn off their houses because they are celebrating Christmas. Someone refuses to back down from what the BIBLE says and he's thrown off his TV show? AND YET we are told we cannot judge another religion for their extremists who use their religion as an excuse to murder?! We can't go on living our peaceful lives, but we have to show respect for people who destroy other lives because they are "extremists"?!

CHRISTIANS, WAKE UP!! When did Christ ever say that we are to never offend anyone because of Him? When did He say that we were to not discuss a Christian life because we don't want to offend anyone? Have any of you read anywhere in the Bible where Christ stopped speaking, or apologized, for possibly being offensive? If you find that, please let me know. I will recant what I am saying. Christ said we would be persecuted because of Him. And, by the way things are going in this country, that's coming quickly. We have slowly accepted it and allowed it and it's going to overtake us. We have allowed the evil one to tell us that because we are not perfect, we cannot speak out. We have allowed him to creep in and tell us we have to tolerate, so we must not offend. Even many churches have watered down THE MESSAGE as to not offend.

Christ was offensive. He offended all the religious leaders of the day. He didn't just sit back and decide to not say something because someone might be offended by it. If you refuse to be offensive, then maybe you should rethink the life you claim to live. Will Christ see you and say, "I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!"?  (Matthew 7:23)

Our God is a God of love. The reason it's okay to be offensive is because it might bring people Home to God. By being submissive to the powers of the world and refusing to offend we are allowing souls to go to hell. WE are the responsible parties. And, if we just allow this to happen, how are we any better than those who claim this way of life to be wrong?

Luke 13:23-28
Someone asked him, “Lord, are only a few people going to be saved?”

He said to them, “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able to. Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’

“But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’

 “Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’

 “But he will reply, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from. Away from me, all you evildoers!’

 “There will be weeping there, and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves thrown out.

By not being offensive, we are essentially telling God that we don't care. We are telling Christ that His Sacrifice was only good enough for us, but not for anyone it might offend. People, this is a discussion about ETERNAL souls! I don't care if they don't believe their souls will continue, because it will. When I hear someone say that they are an atheist, it saddens me. Not believing in God doesn't make Him go away. Their souls will continue, as will yours. Will you be offensive and live your life boldly, and outwardly for Christ? Or will you shy away and show Christ that His suffering and death are meaningless to you? We will all die. We will all be judged by The Judge. Will we be ashamed because we didn't act? Or will we show that we cared enough? The choice is yours.

It's Been A While

I know that I, Josiah, have a tendency to be offensive, and this will be no different.

I recently read an article about someone who was going to boycott Halloween because of the candy. She had family members who developed type 2 diabetes in their lives and didn’t want her children to be ingesting large amounts of candy due to the holiday. I have a few problems with that theory, and they will be mentioned within this paper.

Boycotting a holiday because of you not wanting your children to ingest a large quantity of candy is ridiculous. Growing up, we would often do something Halloween related and we wouldn’t have the candy daily. The parent is in control in regards to his/her children, so the amount of candy a child ingests is completely up to you, not the child. You can do one piece a day, or every other day, or once a week.

Boycotting due to unhealthy eating should require you to also boycott: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Valentine’s Day, Birthdays, any holiday/event that includes ingesting a large amount of food or any candy/cake.

While we are on the unhealthy eating topic, one should also boycott: Fast food (McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s, etc.), Carbonated beverages (Regular - lots of sugar/high fructose corn syrup; Diet usually has aspartame/Sucralose), Red meat (often has a high amount of fat, and is okay in moderate use…as in once a week or less), Fish (often contains mercury), Any meat that has steroids, dairy (studies have shown calcium deficiencies are actually due to larger consumptions of milk), alcohol (except, perhaps, ONE SMALL glass of red wine a day), processed foods, most frozen foods, anything with preservatives in it, ibuprofen, acetaminophen, OTC drugs as well as prescription drugs,  etc.

To spin off that, let’s continue with other products that should be avoided: Shampoo/Conditioner (as long as they say for external use only they aren’t good for you. Because, no matter what, some of it will be absorbed through your skin), Lotions, hair driers, gels, soap (though benefits outweigh risks on that one), sanitizer, facial cleansers/lotions, shave cream/aftershave, etc.

One thing that needs to also be taken into consideration when talking about type 2 diabetes is lack of exercise. Diet and exercise are effective methods of preventing type 2 diabetes. That being said, one should also boycott: escalators, moving sidewalks, elevators, watching TV without walking on treadmill or stationary bike, driving when the distance is close enough to walk or ride a bike…etc.

This list could easily go on, but it would take me all day to write and would be too boring to read (may be too late for that one). It just irritates me that someone would blame all of their family’s type 2 diabetes on sugar and deprive the possibility of one holiday due to it. My children love halloween, and we monitor how much candy they are allowed to eat. 

There are many factors involved in type 2 diabetes. The two main ones I found? Diet AND exercise. Which means, you need to eat healthy AND make sure you get exercise. Walking to the fridge for a refill doesn’t count. One needs to get their heart rate up for at least 30 minutes daily. If you can’t leave your house, there are plenty of things to do at home to workout. The dreaded jumping jacks, pushups, sit ups/crunches, apps that give you a workout to do, etc.

This may seem that I’m ranting over something that doesn’t matter, but it does. Why in America are we so afraid to offend anyone that we blame anything negative on something that is out of our control? 

I’m fat! 

-Society: It’s not your fault. It’s in your genes; It’s not your fault, it’s McDonald’s for making their food so good that you supersize everything.

My child is fat!

-Society: It’s not the parents’ fault for feeding your children unhealthy food or having them sit in front of the TV all day, it’s sugar. It’s McDonald’s…

I have a beer gut!

-Society: It’s not your fault. It’s in your genes (Yes, researchers found a “fat ab gene” that they blame for the beer gut)

I don’t have rippling muscles - I don’t work out enough (my action). I don’t have a six pack - I don’t exercise my abs daily, just every other day (my action). My triglycerides were high - I didn’t eat enough fresh fruit and veggies (my fault). I don’t do enough cardio (my fault)…

How about people start taking responsibilities for their actions? Why don’t people accept the blame for their choices? Is that really too much to ask?