Following the Dutch Lead to a Secular America

Al Mohler writes concerning voices of apprehension about what is called the Groningen Protocols. In a nutshell, these are "rules of the road" developed by Dutch medical professionals to implement euthanasia in their nation. These "protocols" are working their way outward to other (can we say "civilized"?) nations. As I mentioned in a previous post, there are nice folks out there who would like to "help" us experience the bliss of death -- for our own good and for that of society!

This is not the only Dutch social arena that U.S. progressives would like to mirror in our culture. Holland has long been a leader in progressive secular morality... lax treatment of drug use, prostitution, recreational sex and other matters. Everything America could be if only its invasive moralists would shut up and mind their own business. This is better?

Holland -- and America -- were not always that way. Alas, that would seem to be the cost of progress. One of my favorite movies is The Hiding Place. It is a true story about a Dutch Christian family hiding Jews and help them escape Nazi occupied Holland. Ironically, the Jews they helped all got away safely while all but one member of the ten Boom family died as Nazi prisoners. Few of their Dutch contemporaries were willing to put themselves in harm's way for the sake of others. In modern Holland, the exterminators would be the heros and the ten Boom family would be the villains. Go figure.

One of the forefathers of those Dutch Jews was a famous king of antiquity. He was renowned for his wisdom. In his writings, he said, "A wicked man hardens his face, but as for the upright, he understands and establishes his way." Modern progressives are determined, clenched-jaw determined, don't flinch or blink your eyes determined, to push their brave new world ethics even though they have no real certainty where it will lead. Hey, driving the bus over the cliff will give everybody one last thrill on the way to the bliss of death! On the other hand, a man who wants to know and do the right thing will make sure of the details and effects of the way he is about to go. Others lives depend on it.