Following up on yesterday's summary of the implications of signing the Manhattan Declaration, here is one more hope I have for what may come of this movement.
If Christians in our time become willing to actually act on their convictions about the sanctity of life, the meaning of marriage, and religious liberty, maybe they will also take one more logical step.
It is no secret to anyone who knows me that I am passionate about the discipling of the next generation of Christian young people. And yet one of the frustrations I face constantly in the work I do is the indifference, if not outright hostility, of most Christian leaders (and parents) toward putting a stop to the single greatest factor that contributes to the very attitudes which are in opposition to the principles in the Manhattan Declaration.
Why is it necessary for Christians to take such a pointed stand against these unBiblical notions? Where do Americans first learn to hate human life, traditional marriage, and the public expression of Christian faith?
Maybe in the same place where they learn that humans are just highly evolved animals.
Maybe in the same place that they learn that survival of the fittest is an immutable law of nature (which we can help along through euthanasia and the elimination of unwanted "fetal products".)
Maybe in the same place that they are encouraged to read books like Heather Has Two Mommies.
Maybe in the same place that they learn that there is no academic value to faith, and no historical validity to the claim that we have a Christian heritage in ths country.
As long as Americans continue to feed their children a steady diet of unGodly education, the idea and attitudes which contradict the Manhattan Declaration will continue to flourish. But even more alarming than the fact that we sit passively by while nearly ninety per cent of American children are nurtured in these anti-Biblical notions, is the profoundly irresposible behavior of Christians who continue to sacrifice their children to the Molech which teaches them to hate life, hate marriage as God defines it, and hate an outspoken Christian wordlview.
In other words, I believe it is hypocritical for Christians to sign the Manhattan Declaration if they are still supporting secular education for Christian children. And I am tired of being "nice" about it. It's not as though we don't have good Christian schools in this community. It's not as though homeschooling takes a degree in rocket science.
I signed the Manhattan Declaration because it agrees with the worldview that I have been teaching (in Christian schools) for thirty-five years. And I intend to hold other Christians who sign the Manhattan Declaration accountable for the implications outlined above.
No more Mr. Nice Guy for me.
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