We need better leadership and marriages!
Ashley Madison [dot] com. I saw someone mention this website today and I thought it was a joke. Not only is it for real, but over 3.2 MILLION people are using it! This is an anonymous dating site for married people to have an affair. The tag line for the site is “Life is short, have an affair.” They have an “Affair Guarantee” !
I’m not sure where to begin with the list of everything that is wrong with this site and on a deeper level, this mentality. Here are a few thoughts.
1. Life is short, true, but life also has purpose and meaning beyond short term happiness. Reading the comments of “users” of this site that talk about how they finally met the person of their dreams is pretty funny that they could convince themselves that the ends justifies the means. It is pure pragmatism. How could you ever be certain that your “dream-mate” is not using the site still? How in the world could you have trust in that relationship?
2. If you have to do something and be “anonymous” then that should be a good sign you are doing something wrong. That sense of right and wrong comes from your Creator, might want to listen to that one. If you know deep down inside that it is wrong and you still move forward, then that is foolishness.
3. Paul warned us that the Love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. This is the proof in the pudding. When we make money our king, we will ultimately be miserable. Once again the ends of money does not justify the means of adultery. There is no other reason someone would have started this site AND advertised on shows like Oprah, Dr. Phil and The View if money were not the purpose.
4. I feel sorry for those that always want the easy and surface happiness. It stinks for these people that don’t realize that it takes work for something to be meaningful. Always wanting the easiest, quickest, trouble-free way of happiness creates a culture of wimps. When the going gets tough, just leave, has become the new motto. This mentality has poured over into every area of life. We wonder why people cheat on their taxes, lie to shareholders, and why students cheat on exams. Its because we’ve taught them that the ends justifies the means and that short term happiness is better now matter what the long term effects are. The problems our economy is facing is directly from this mentality. This is a moral problem and its affecting every area of our culture today.
5. This is another proof that outside of a Biblical worldview, you cannot teach ethics. When truth is relative you there is no foundation for truth.
6. My heart hurts for our culture and society. I hurt for the future generations that grow up seeing this as acceptable. I hurt for the children that suffer through a divorce.
We need better leadership: in the home, in the office, in the church, in our cities, in our media and in our government. We need more William Wilberforce’s to rise up against the immorality that plagues our culture. We need healthy marriages to shine as a light into the dark world.
