I’m an unreasonable man

The trends in society are staggering. My,  how far we’ve fallen since I’ve first been cognizant of the world around me. 

Here in the Denver area, there are more medical marijuana dispensaries than there are Starbucks. And we have a lot of Starbucks. 

I read about the military gay pride parade in San Diego that drew more than 200 members of our military who  proudly wear the uniform and yet are now open in their homosexuality.

We have amazing  connectedness with smart phones, Facebook, Twitter and other technology, yet we are forced to bowl alone, with little more than distant “friends” sending us “likes” or “status updates” and somehow that is supposed to fill the holes in our souls.

Despite our advances in science, medicine, and technology, it seems as a culture, we’ve slipped — and fallen.

I swallow hard when I realize that gay marriage will be the norm in my children’s lifetime. Their generation have abandoned the church in droves. The vows between husband and wife are increasingly rare — and then easily dismissed. Marijuana and other casual drugs are seeing increased acceptance

What in the world is going on? 

I read this quote from George Bernard Shaw. “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world,” he said. “The unreasonable man persists in adapting the world to himself.”

I’m not sure I fit in either of Shaw’s absolutes. At first blush, I think I’m reasonable, but I’m uncomfortable simply adapting to the world. After all, this world is not my home. 

Actually, I’m probably unreasonable, but not for Shaw’s reason. There’s no way I want the world to adapt to me. I’ve been around those kind of people and the universe circles around them in a dizzying display of selfishness. Shamelessly, they expect everyone to see their point of view and serve their needs. 

But I am unreasonable, because I clutch to absolutes like God, love, and faith and never abandoning them no matter what the consequences. I won’t go with the flow if it violates what has been planted in me, the Holy Seed that cannot be uprooted.

What’s the world coming to? No good. We’re told that things will continue to regress until we implode.

And I will stubbornly refuse to just be reasonable for all the wrong reasons.

What do you think? Are you considered unreasonable? Care to comment?

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