Pastor Margaret Court writes in The Herald Sun…
“We live in a blessed nation but Australia is on a steep moral decline.
Everywhere you look we are making excuses for a sliding lifestyle and more people are blind to it than ever before.
Our Constitution is based on biblical principles and our nation is great because of it.
We are a country with a moral fabric and families and marriage are at its core.
But increasingly our kids are being taught that anything goes.
As a society we are losing touch with fundamental Christian values, as our leaders lean towards an agenda of political correctness to keep the minorities happy.
We live in a world of moral values. Even those without faith know what is right and what is wrong. We all have a conscience and so many people get trapped in the pattern of saying something is right when deep down they know it isn’t.
It’s that attitude that can harden hearts. People suddenly justify the immoralities around them. We have taken the easy way out. Minorities are now making it harder for the majority. They are increasingly taking everything that is good in society and pushing it to the side.
Looking back, you can see that there has been a steep decline, especially when it comes to the issue of sexuality. There is so much scripture within the Bible that points to what we see happening now. We are losing that sense of discipline.
Let me be clear. I believe that a person’s sexuality is a choice. In the Bible it said that homosexuality is among sins that are works of the flesh. It is not something you are born with. My concern is that we are advocating to young people that it is OK to have these feelings. But I truly believe if you are told you are gay from a young age, soon enough it will start to impact your life and you will live it. If somebody is told they are gay they often start to believe it.
We are living in a society that takes the easy way out. But we have to work at life and make things better. You need to be disciplined. I became the first Australian woman to win Wimbledon because I trained hard and worked towards it.
It’s why I believe so strongly in the sanctity of marriage. It takes hard work. Children need a mother and a father – stability from a male and a female – and I think we are losing sight of this.
We are led by politicians who lie and spread deceit. They no longer stand true to their word and that affects us all, as a nation. Lies just don’t seem to matter much any more.
There is so much deception in the world and it’s getting worse by the minute. The Book of Romans speaks of the people of Earth trading in God; of worshipping life and things within it instead of God who made us. By refusing Him, women no longer know how to be women and men no longer know how to be men. We have lost our way and have been convinced by the secular view that it’s all OK.
It worries me because I fear our next generation will lose all direction and become more blinded than ever before.
I can’t understand, if we are a blessed nation under a biblical Constitution, why there is such a push to change it? We will only start to tear away at the rich fabric and sustained values. Then God will take his hand off our nation and the lights will go out.
That is why I believe we need to protect marriage because it has been God-ordained from the beginning.
God told man to be united with his wife and to multiply on earth.
I had fame and success and a great husband but I always knew something was missing in my life. I used to think there had to be more to it.
I knew He was there but I didn’t know how to make the connection. I didn’t understand how God could be real in my life. But then I accepted Jesus Christ, and believed that He came to Earth as the son of God, to die for our sins.
Even then I didn’t understand the power of the Bible, his word. If I knew then what I knew now I could have won six Wimbledons, not three. The New Testament is the greatest book on psychology. It shows you how to live victoriously. It’s our TV guide to life. It has everything in there for every facet – even how to run a nation.
People think it’s a book of fear but it is not. It’s a book of love and a training manual for life that offers protection from sin. Life is but a wisp. So many turn to God on their deathbeds but if they accepted His love during life they would experience far more blessings. We will pass away, but the scriptures won’t.
We need to turn our minds back to God and I still believe we have the capacity to make that change. Understand that there is a God and that He is real and that He can be part of your life.
A nun at my primary school once gave me the cane and it was one of the best lessons of my life. She could see the potential in me long before I did. She gave me a grounding for the future, for which I remain grateful. I didn’t have an easy childhood but I had good families around me that sowed into my life. That’s what our kids need right now. People who are willing to stand up for them, for our families, in a world where we have become far too scared.”
From http://www.heraldsun.com.au/opinion/priority-is-to-protect-marriage/story-e6frfhqf-1226252853390
Has anyone actually read the Constitution of Australia?
http://australianpolitics.com/constitution-aus/text
I’m wondering what’s so ‘Biblical’ about it. I think we get mixed up with USA’s Founding Fathers (who had some interesting beliefs btw).
Minorities are now making it harder for the majority. They are increasingly taking everything that is good in society and pushing it to the side.
That’s a provocative statement.
I mean who are the ‘minority’?
Are we talking Aborigines, Asians, Africans, refugees, homosexuals, Christians (we are a minority folks), Muslims, Jews, people who write left handed, blue-eyed?
Let’s try that sentence again substituting some words.
Homosexuals are now making it harder for the majority. They are increasingly taking everything that is good in society and pushing it to the side.
or this
Aborigines are now making it harder for the majority. They are increasingly taking everything that is good in society and pushing it to the side.
or this
Jews are now making it harder for the majority. They are increasingly taking everything that is good in society and pushing it to the side.
or this
Blue-eyed people are now making it harder for the majority. They are increasingly taking everything that is good in society and pushing it to the side.
or this
Christians are now making it harder for the majority. They are increasingly taking everything that is good in society and pushing it to the side.
If anyone is interested in why Australia is like it is can I recommend Advance Australia Where by John Smith, the God’s Squad guy. It really is an essential book on Australian history and society and how the church can impact it. My copy’s a bit old. I hope John updates it but I heard he hasn’t been well.
I’ll take a stab in the dark and say it isn’t blue-eyed people.
And I’d also say that a lot of people would agree with her privately.
Perhaps you could give an example of how minorities are making it harder for everyone else and spoiling everything good about it.
eg How has two gays getting married ruined marriage? Is my marriage to my wife not as good?
That rhetoric has been around since colonisation. Just used for different people. It’s an unfounded generalisation designed to appeal to people’s fears and bias.
btw I know many atheists who would say that of Christians.
Good on Mr Groupsects for posting her comments in their entirety btw.
I share Margaret concern for a declining morality, though I also do not get the bit about “Our Constitution is based on biblical principles and our nation is great because of it”.
From the constitution:
“Australian Constitution – Section 127 – This section was repealed by Referendum in 1967
In reckoning the numbers of the people of the Commonwealth, or of a State or other part of the Commonwealth, aboriginal natives shall not be counted”.
This sounds more like they believed in Darwinian evolution and believed that aborigines were less than human.
You’re dead right, Lionfish. I dare say Margaret has never read our Constitution and is mixed up with the USA’s.
There aren’t any bold inspiring statements in our constitution.
Bones, I was simply saying that many people would agree with the general statement
“Minorities are now making it harder for the majority. They are increasingly taking everything that is good in society and pushing it to the side.”
But there’d be many who’d agree with that in lots of countries. (Not saying I agree with it).
But, Bones, you think the number of people in Australia calling themselves “Christian” is less than 50%?
That’s an interesting question? My Mum (God bless her soul) was asked if she was a Christian. She said “No, I’m Anglican”.
In 2007, 64% of the population claimed at least nominal adherence to the Christian faith, although less than a quarter of those attended church weekly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Australia
Yep, I suppose you’re right. Stupid me was using my own definition of Christian – following Christ, born again, relationship with God.
Well Bones, My dad, many years ago, said he didn’t believe there was an afterlife and if there was he didn’t want to be a spirit praising God.
BUT if anyone ever hinted or implied that he was not a Baptist/Christian then they had better duck.
Back then it was more like nationality, Australian’s were Christians except for the small minority that were not. So even if you did not personally follow Christ you were still Christian. Thinking of the middle east or Asia and I find myself stereotyping each country to a particular religion. Yet census information for each country show that it is not necessarily the case. Take Israel for example, only a percentage of the country are actually of the Jewish faith. Or Egypt, Or India …..
Margaret still does not get it. Sexual orientation is not a choice. I did not choose to be a lesbian as much as she did not choose to be straight. Also it is not gays and lesbians that has screwed up marriage, it is the heterosexuals themselves. Many of them have had many marriages. Children are effected by the divorce of their parents than they would be if gays and lesbians marry. Children do best in stable homes, whether gay/lesbian or straight.
In same sex relationships why do gays then take a husband/wife or male/female role.
Why does it gravitate to this position. Anne Heche was obviously the wife and Ellen Degeneres the man in their past relationship then Anne had enough because she wrote publically she didn’t want to be controlled.
So why did gay Ellen take the husband male role why not just 2 females.
It depends on the relationship. Ellen was never married to Anne Heche. She is married to Portia De Rossi. Melissa Etheridge had a relationship with Anne Heche. It could be the only type of relationship they know.