"...but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15

Friday, March 03, 2006

This college textook is so biased!

I just read the chapter on Sexuality in my sociology text for this week's assignment. I was surprised by how blatantly the text stands against many of God's moral guidelines. For example, when discussing current statistics on the U.S. public's view on abortion, the text states "Of the U.S. public, 38 percent support abortion rights at least under most circumstances, and another 42 percent support it in a few circumstances."
Why didn't the text say that 62% do not support abortion rights?I believe that it's because by stating it as "38% support it," the text casts a more favorable light on abortion. It's pretty funny, kind of ironic, and maybe hypocritical that in the first chapter of this text we studied statistics and one of our homework assignments dealt with the question of how statistics can be manipulated in such a way as to distort reality or, at the very least, promote the ideals of the author.
I expected to face ideals that conflicted with God's commandments and Jesus Christ's teachings as I returned to school, but I'm saddened and also angry at how blatant the attacks are.
Thank God for providing us with the armor we need for this spiritual warfare (Ephesians 6:10-20). And make no mistake about it, this is a spiritual battle and it is constantly going on. We may not see it, but it's there. (See 2 Kings 6:15-17 for an awesome example of this.)

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