Jonathots Daily Blog
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“It’s just the culture. You can’t change it.”
This is a quotation from Don Sterling during one of his recent conversations with his girlfriend about his beliefs and contentions concerning racial and ethnic issues. And even though his words and ideas were so egregious that they raised a national “stir over Sterling,” the heart of his principles exists as a cancer in our society and permeates the thinking of most Americans.
Because we have been raised with the foolish notion that “popular” means “right,” we are constantly sucked in by lies and deception, drawing us away from our better nature into seasons of temporary insanity and regression.
- Not everything in life is up for votes.
- Not everything in life is debatable.
- Not everything in life can be a button on Facebook, which you punch if you “like” and when you realize you’ve accumulated enough of these approvals, you can proceed with confidence.
It is a POPULIE: “It’s just the way it is.”
Yet sometimes, we have to say, “It’s the culture, and not only is it wrong, but we’re going to change it.”
Politics discourages this, because to maintain a platform on which to base political leanings, you often find yourself defending arcane ideas and ridiculous notions.
Religion enjoys this prospect of not being able to change matters because it takes the responsibility for “storming the gates of hell” away from the local congregation and also allows for the anemic proclamation of the “soon return of Christ” because the world is in such a mess.
And entertainment loves to hide behind the populist notion that society has moved into some sort of new acceptance of an obtuse idea which has been rejected by time so they can flaunt it and call it “reality.”
Here’s something I want you to remember:
It isn’t a way if it doesn’t tell the truth that brings life.
And every true way believes that we are together.
Truth holds us together and life brings us together.
If you’re not arguing for these points, you’re jumping on a band wagon that’s playing so loudly that you may not notice that you’re heading for the edge of a cliff.
I do not care if social, spiritual, moral or even political issues have gained a following. I only care if they are a way that tells the truth that brings life.
If they aren’t, I will refuse to believe “it’s just the culture and the way it is.”
As people line up to give a gut punch to Don Sterling for his outlandish remarks, we need to realize that we all are in danger of falling victim to the quotation that fell from his lips. “It’s just the culture. You can’t change it.”
Well, I will tell you this: if we can’t change it, it will change us–and that particular transformation will not be life-giving, but rather, suck the possibility of true humanity and joy from our lives.
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