I am reading “Nearer My God-An Autobiography of Faith” by William F. Buckley Jr. It was published in 1997. Buckley is not only discerning but almost prophetic in some things he says about our country’s educational system. Buckley wrote: Although there are secondary schools that attempt to keep Christianity prominently in sight, this much is absolutely plain, there is today another God, and it is multiculturalism…But something more merely than cultural cosmopolitanism seems to be happening, it is on the order of a substitute for religion.”
Remember-this is written in 1997. Buckley saw the coming of Diversity and Multiculturalism as Gods of this present age. Today diversity and multiculturalism have taken on the garments of religion and woe be to those who question whether these values should be the standards of our time. Both teach that there is no truth any more other than diversity and the acceptance of all cultural standards as truth. If you question these standards, you are to wear a dunce cap, be proclaimed a bigot and be exiled to the corner of the market place in order to be ridiculed.
Diversity and multiculturalism, after taking command of our educational and cultural system, not surprisingly. has spread to the area of sexuality. Any type of sexual behavior is now not only tolerated, but it is approved, confirmed and lauded. Being intelligent and open-minded now means being tolerant of all types of sexual shenanigans.
The mental acceptance that all cultures are right and that we must be tolerant of all regardless of belief (unless they are Nazis of course) have led both to the erosion of education and the treatment of Christianity as being equivalent to something below what a witch doctor believes.
Modern multiculturalism demands a certain myopia. For instance, Islam must always be respected yet when it comes to conservative Islam’s treatment of women, the liberal must avert his or her eyes lest they suddenly be found to be intolerant of another religion. And of course, the epithets tossed toward the intolerant not only included the words “bigot” but the even more feared word”racist.” Of course, the problem is that the category of those who are racists or bigots is a constantly expanding definition as evidence by the growing list maintained by the Southern Poverty Law Center. If you don’t accept all of the LGBT agenda, there is a place on the list for you as a bigot, racist and hater.
At any rate, Buckley, unfortunately is no longer with us. He was both an outspoken Catholic and a conservative. At the same time, he had a keen eye to the absurdities of present day liberalism and was almost “prophetic” in some of the things he wrote. Buckley was a true modern day Christian intellectual. It is a pity there are not more like him.
Please follow and like us:
