Liberal children...

Last week, I read an essay by Ken Connor on Townhall, titled "Is Liberal Christianity Worth Saving?"

My quick, glib answer is no. 

On further thought, my answer is...no.  No, it really isn't worth saving.  It isn't even really the Christianity that was built upon Christ's recorded words.  It isn't the Christianity that helped to build the foundations of a Western Civilization that was able to outlast the fall of the Roman empire. 

What it is, is a bunch of spoiled children telling each other (and themselves) that God doesn't really exist, and that if there is a god, it is our own desires and inclinations, so we can really do what we feel like doing, because really, there is no right and wrong.

That's not Christianity.  Christianity is Love.  Part of love is teaching accountability.  I love my children enough to teach them that bad behavior carries consequences.  Right now, those consequences are pretty light--the imp shoving his sister earns a time out for the first offense, a swat on the rear for a second, and a full-on spank for any subsequent, with time outs added after the third.  As an adult, shoving someone is assault, and earns jail time. 

The liberal Left has been moving to reduce or completely cancel out accountability for over a hundred years: welfare programs with ever-increasing payouts for women who have child after child out of wedlock; Social Security touts itself as a retirement program, removing consequences for people of not saving money; the Community Reinvestment Act, which created the subprime market for those who couldn't be bothered to try the traditional route of paying their bills, holding a job, and saving money to buy a home...the list goes on. 

With the removal of consequences for stupid behavior, we see more stupid behavior.  With the removal of consequences for irresponsibility, we see more irresponsibility.  With the removal of consequences for bad behavior, we see more bad behavior.

Unfortunately, they can't exactly remove the consequences set by God for His children.    All they can remove is the warning.