This is in response to Tim Snider”s March 15 letter in which he favors the New Age idea of universal unity and oneness over Christianity. I sympathize with Mr. Snider”s comments and wish that we could all have a “kumbaya” moment, but the unfortunate reality is that we are all born with a fallen nature. Mr. Snider says nothing about this.
Many don”t want to admit that they are born with a fallen nature. They simply accept who they are and even take satisfaction in their lives. They do not want to hear any criticism and they do not want to be disturbed. Occasionally, they have good purposes. Sometimes they have anxious thoughts, but sin does not really seem all that serious to them, so they gloss over it by saying that we are only human. In their universe nothing is real, there are no tangibles, everything is always in flux, reality cannot be defined. So, naturally for them, “what is wrong to one individual may not be wrong to another,” as stated in Shawn Garrett”s letter of March 7. As this type of thinking becomes more prevalent, situation ethics become more prominent. This ever-increasing trend of moral decay has been gaining momentum since the demise of the Great American and European Religious Awakening of 1831-1844.
Even though we”re in a downward spiral and many of us see only doom and gloom, it won”t always be this way. In describing the distant future, an inspired writer wrote these encouraging words:
“The great controversy is ended. Sin and sinners are no more. The entire universe is clean. One pulse of harmony and gladness beats through the vast creation. From Him who created all, flow life and light and gladness, throughout the realms of illimitable space. From the minutest atom to the greatest world, all things, animate and inanimate, in their unshadowed beauty and perfect joy, declare that God is love.”
Bill Kettenhofen, Kelseyville
