Rod Dreher’s post
on the inconsistencies of “Lifestyle Liberalism” is a must-read. It is
hitting at some pretty fundamental issues, and it does so from a number
of different angles. First, it’s wrestling with how to raise kids
(especially sons) in an age in which pornography is so pervasive and
available. Second, it exposes the moral listlessness of liberalism,
which in the wake of the sexual revolution has destroyed all boundaries
around sexual behavior. Third, it exposes the fact that there are so few
institutions left standing today that will support parents in resisting
the sexual lasciviousness of our culture.
I would make some observations on this last point. But first, take a look at Dreher’s conclusion:
The kinds of institutions and customs
that parents used to be able to count on to push back against corrupting
things like pornography have either evaporated or become so enervated
that parents are left by themselves to try to hold the line. Your kids’
school is not going to help you, and may not be able to even if it
wanted to.
Your church, lacking an awareness of
the seriousness of the cultural situation, and perhaps having lost
confidence in its message, is probably not going to help you. Your
community is probably not going to help you either, because people
either choose not to see what’s happening, or understandably feel so
powerless against technology and the deeper cultural forces it carries
with it that they tell themselves it’s not as bad as all that.
It’s just you. What now? Continue at Denny Burk
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