Evolution & ASBOs
Posted by spdar on September 18, 2008
Originally Posted on 18th March 2008
Fix the cause not the symptoms
As always it seems that the government is looking for a “fix” for the symptoms rather than looking to see is there a “Route Cause”. They take a cursory look at the parents and either blame them for everything, threaten to send them to prison or fine them for not taking control of their kids, or they slap an ASBO on the kid and hope that telling them they can’t go there or do that will stop them.
Lets ask WHY
A better questions would be to ask Why do the young people feel as bored as they do, or why do they seem so lacking in drive, why are they so aimless, not care about anything, why such a lack of purpose, vision or drive?
We are the cause – This and previous generations
Have you ever considered that it is OUR FAULT? This generation and the prior ones for simply brain washing them into believing that life has no meaning or value? There is no point to their existence. The fact that they are here at all is, we tell them, because of a freak chance, the result of some cosmic accident millions of years ago. Their existence is chance and after surviving in this world it ends and they return to oblivion, the same nothingness that they came from.
No morals without a moral absolute
Given that world view why are we surprised that they have no respect for authority, no idea of right and wrong, no common decency or morals. Morals can not exist without a moral absolute and we tell them there are no absolutes. That would be wrong (assuming we can say it is absolutely wrong rather than just wrong for them). Instead we say well truth is relative, what is right for you might not be right for me. And yet when they say that this behaviour which is wrong for you (anti-social even) is not wrong for them, after its all relative anyway! This goes to show that they were in fact listening at school, they did take it in, and took it to heart.
Can we expect more?
If you believe that this life is all there is and then there is nothing, why are we expecting them to do anything than live for the fun of the moment. This moment after all might be their last moment! If we tell them that survival of the fittest, natural selection is what caused us to be here then why would they not all be sleeping together, getting pregnant, expanding the race to evolve and live equally pointless lives … especially if that process is fun!
You reap what you sow
I believe that the moral decline we are seeing, the lack of respect demonstrated for the law, authority of any kind, the family etc is a direct result of the teaching as FACT the theory of evolution. Whilst, I believe that the biblical account of creation is true and scientifically justifiable I do recognise that not everyone holds to this truth as truth and may argue that the biblical account is a THEORY also. I would therefore suggest that both CREATION & EVOLUTION are taught together as plausible theories, or even “intelligent design” if the whole bible account is just so unpalatable for people to swallow in one go. This said I do believe that the current wave of ASBO Fever and the sharp rise in Anti-social behaviour is directly related to the fact that we have told these kids “This is it – This life is it!”
More to Life Than This!
I believe that there is more to life than this. I don’t hold to the fact that I am a freak of some cosmic mutation of chance. I refuse to believe that my life counts for nothing, that my decisions matter not one dot, that if I am “good” (however that might be defined), or moral that the result is the same regardless. If is suffer for a good cause it matters not in the scheme of eternity. I refuse to believe that the wonders we see on this planet and in our solar system are random fluke. That it intricacies of the human eye is the result of some mutant cell deciding to crawl out of some soup, grow legs and become human. There must be more to life than this … deep down we all ask the questions why am i here, where am I going, what is the point? Deep down we all know there must be more to life than this … and I have discovered there is!
There is purpose and eternal life
I believe that there is a purpose to my life and yours. That god created the universe and he created you. He knows you, he knows all about you … yea even that! And he loves you. He wants you to love him too, that’s why all those years again Jesus came, walked the earth and got involved hands on. Just like today we believed we knew best. Ignored him and killed him, but he rose again, beat death and lives today. This act took the punishment you deserved so you might be able to know God. You may have heard that a thousand times before … but have you really considered it. Because if its true, and i believe it is, then it has eternal significance for you, this generation and those kids getting ASBOs, because if its true there is a point to our lives, our decisions and actions do matter and there is a bigger picture than here and now
Your call
If these thoughts have provoked you to think about eternity, your future, the purpose of your life and actions then I would urge you to find a good church where you can go and ask some straight questions. I am part of a family of churches called NewFrontiers. Why not Click here to see if there is one near you. They will be really happy to answer any questions you might have and you look to enquire more about Jesus.
