It
has been my observation that for evil to progress it must deceive. It
has to be able to appear to be what it is not in order to advance in our
culture and in our own individual lives. Few of us, if any, choose evil
because it is evil. We choose evil after having been seduced by charming
words and images or persuaded by the lying desires of our own sinful
nature. From the forbidden fruit of Genesis to the Antichrist of
Revelation, man chooses evil time and again simply because he has been
deceived into believing it is somehow good. And man is only deceived
when he turns from the wisdom of God to his own finite knowledge and
understanding of the world around him.
“Woe
unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for
light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for
bitter!” (Isaiah 5:20)
Nowhere
is this more evident than in the daily use of children to advance adult
agendas. By nature our world views children as life’s purest
expression of innocence. It is with this erroneous notion that evil
successfully employs children to accomplish its ends. A more recent
example of this is atheist Michael Newdow’s disgraceful use of his own
daughter to attempt the removal of the words “under God” from the
Pledge of Allegiance. After essentially making her his Exhibit A and
hiding the fact that she was not only a willing participant in reciting
the Pledge at school but was a professing Christian to boot, he responds
to critics who question his lies and deceit by hypocritically stating
he’d rather “keep his daughter out of it”. How absurd! Please
understand, it is not my intention to argue the validity of the
controversial 1954 “under God” addition to the Pledge of Allegiance
in this commentary as so many already have but rather to demonstrate the
way children are shamelessly exploited by cowardly adults on a daily
basis to advance their own personal appetites and agendas.
How
often have we heard from the lips of lofty liberals that virtually
everything they do is “for the children?” It’s safe to say
that we heard it often enough from the Clinton administration for it to
become not only a cultural cliché but also a favorite punch line among
conservative talk show hosts. It is certainly no secret that those who
promote such things as socialism, humanism, paganism, feminism,
terrorism, homosexuality, pedophilia, abortion, pornography and the
occult regularly employ children as tools, toys, experiments, props,
punishment, bribes, blackmail, symbols, soldiers, shields, sacrifices,
beggars, laborers and mascots for use in each of their respective causes
in a covert attempt to legitimize sin, gratify self and manipulate
public opinion through raw emotion, sexual desire, “family values”,
comedy, music, entertainment, false religion, social engineering,
journalistic propaganda and junk science.
Who
are these children? They’re interns, alter boys, boy scouts, girl
scouts, public school students, step-daughters, runaways, pageant girls,
gang members, drug dealers, illegal aliens, crack babies, child stars,
child prostitutes and child support recipients with names like O’Hare,
McCorvey, Gonzales, Koresch, Smith and
Culkin. And let’s not forget the 40 million unborn children with no
names at all who’ve been brutally snuffed out for the cause of
“women’s rights”.
As
we “grown-ups” go through life heralding our various passions and
causes I think we would do well to remember the less than tolerant words
of Jesus Christ concerning the misuse and abuse of children.
“And
whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it
is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he
were cast into the sea.” (Mark 9:42)
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Paul
Proctor, a rural resident of the Volunteer state and seasoned
veteran of the country music industry, retired from showbiz in
the late 1990's to dedicate himself to addressing important
social issues from a distinctly biblical perspective. As a
freelance writer and regular columnist for News With Views, he
extols the wisdom and truths of scripture through commentary and
insight on cultural trends and current events. His articles
appear regularly on a variety of news and opinion sites across
the internet and in print. Paul may be reached at watchman@usa.com.
By
Paul Proctor