Where Non-Christians Agree with Christians About Sex

In a number of ways secular non-Christians agree with Christians about sexual morality. There is no better example of how powerful the Christian faith is then when non-Christians, even anti-Christians, support the Bible’s teaching. Let me give you three examples.

Granted, modern secularists have been able to erode traditional Christian sexual morality in a number of ways. Remember, this has been part of the Marxist/Leftist strategy for more than fifty years. To take over America you have to destroy its traditional Judeo-Christian moral heritage. So we have a culture that now endorses sex and co-habitation before marriage, and even homosexuality and gay marriage. These are clearly losses for Christians in the culture battle. But the sexually immoral are a lot more influenced by Christianity than they know.

First, everyone in America, left, right, or indifferent, opposes sex with children. Every state has an age of consent. In America, generally, sex with someone under 18 is classified as rape whether the person gives consent or not. Every country under the banner of Western, Christian culture protects children this way. There is no movement afoot to change this. Legislatures in the bluest states haven’t the slightest interest in changing the laws. This is a fixed, cultural norm and is solely the result of the Christian power to transform culture. The Greeks, the Romans, the barbarian tribes—none had strictures against sex with children. In fact, it was accepted and encouraged. Slave children were commonly used for immoral purposes. But everywhere in Western culture children are protected and they can thank Jesus Christ and His church for this.

The second way secular non-Christians agree with us:  every Western nation is vehemently opposed to human trafficking. The buying and selling of individuals for prostitution or slave labor is adamantly opposed by every Western nation and essentially every person in the West. You have no Progressive/Left wing movement to allow it. If you ask a someone on the Left if they are okay with trafficking they will denounce it in the strongest terms. Why? They don’t know but we do. It is because of Christian impact on culture. Trafficking was a routine and legal practice in the ancient world but was eventually abolished by the Christian church. Today all citizens in Western culture oppose it. And you can add prostitution to this list. It is illegal practically everywhere in the West. I realize it is also practiced everywhere, but under the cover of darkness. I have asked my students if prostitution is legal, say, in so-called sin city, Las Vegas? It is not. Why not? Because of the commitment to protect women that is a common value in Western Christian culture.

The Third way the non-Christian agrees with the Bible is that in all of the West, we  value fidelity in relationships. To put it another way, even the secular, paganized citizens of the West believe that if you are in a committed relationship you should be faithful to your partner. They are the ones who call it cheating when you aren’t faithful. I had a lovely young Afghan, Muslim woman as a student. I asked her, “Shamir, if you move back to Afghanistan would you be willing to be one of four wives?” She said, “Never!” Shamir had embraced the western, Christian commitment to fidelity in marriage and it did not matter what any prophet or religion said that was different. She loved that Western, Christian value of fidelity.

So, I realize that the moral landscape looks discouraging but Christianity still wields a lot more power than people even know. Our spiritual forefathers faced cultures that were morally ungodly and seemingly invincible. But by the power of the Holy Spirit and with the truth of Scripture we defeated them. We will do it again.

Thanks for watching. I have given you a lot of resources below. Please check them out. May our God bless you this day in a mighty way.

More Resources:

In 1972 there was an interesting discussion on Firing Line in which a Leftist agitator explained this strategy: https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-1972-video-explains-how-the-left-won-the-culture?utm_campaign=dw_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_source=housefile&utm_content=non_member

Be sure to check out my website for written scripts of my videos, and articles such as, “Why Evangelicals Vote for Trump,” and “Our Mormon Friends.” Found here: https://www.the401stprophet.com/blog

I discuss this is in chapter six of my book, Seven Ideas that Changed the World: https://www.amazon.com/Ideas-That-Changed-World-civilizations-ebook/dp/B085MM79ZB/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=seven+ideas+that+changed+the+world&qid=1584653313&sr=8-1

The Spanish translation of Seven Ideas is here: https://www.amazon.com/Ideas-Que-Cambiaron-Mundo-Spanish/dp/1734239026/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=7+Ideas+Que+Cambiaron+Al+Mundo&qid=1626277031&sr=8-1