And they have built the high places of Topheth, which is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire, which I did not command, nor did it come into my mind.
(Jeremiah 7:31 ESV)


America took another step toward Gomorrah with the recent decision to legalize over the counter sales of "Plan B".  We should not err by believing that the recipients will be limited to those 18 and older.  Instead, those who prey on young girls will use this drug as a seduction tool.  And there will be no want of 'concerned and caring' adults who will buy this "insurance" for teenage girls and boys.  The end result will be more STD's, more pregnancies, and more deaths among teens.  Which in turn, will prompt cries for more funding for more sex education in schools.

And thus more devaluation of life in America.

The ancient Israelites knew of such gross devaluation of life.  Pagan religions often called for sacrifice of children as burnt offerings to false gods.  These things were practiced because of the selfish desires of the parents.   If a "god" would bring wealth to a person in exchange for the death of the child, so be it.  If the child was the result of an unwanted pregnancy, here was the answer.  Such unwanted children were common because of the ritual promiscuity and prostitution also practiced by such religions.  Eventually Israel's tolerance for such pagan practices infected their own society and became prevalent.  Such things are easy to practice when you hate your children.

Today we Americans hate our children just as much as these ancient cultures of death.  We murder babies by the millions each year in the name of "privacy"--read convenience.  We proclaim it impossible to control the lusts of our children.  Lusts, which we as parents fan into flames by allowing our children to be pervasively and persuasively exposed to sexual themes in music, television, and movies.  And we expose our children to the world by allowing them to dress in ways that would have been shameful on a beach when we were kids.  None of which is indicative of any form of real love for our children.

Government programs are not the answer: their focus will always be to make sex as available and free of cost as possible.  Instead, we as Christians must vigorously proclaim the message of the gospel of Jesus Christ.  We must lovingly and persistently oppose any and all worldviews that devalue life, while carefully articulating the Christian worldview that human beings are made in the image of God and thus human life is exceedingly precious. We should prayerfully and vociferously support bold stands such as taken by the legislature of South Dakota.  Such stands will not be popular with either the godless left or the gutless right in politics.  But they will be honored by God.

If we do not then millions more will be passing through the fire.