If I Don't Like It, It's Wrong.

~ fundyreformed

Seth McBee highlighted a prevalent problem in Christianity in a recent post at Contend Earnestly recently.

He starts by quoting William Wilberforce:

My grand objection to the religious system still held by many who declare themselves orthodox Churchmen…is, that it tends to render Christianity so much a system of prohibitions rather than of privilege and hopes, and thus the injunction to rejoice, so strongly enforced in the New Testament, is practically neglected, and Religion is made to wear a forbidding and gloomy air and not one of peace and hope and joy. [emphasis added]

Then he goes on to cite a contemporary example where a prospective pastor when asked about “dancing in the aisles and other forms of worship” responds:

I don’t agree with it, I don’t know if I have a biblical reason for all things, but I am pretty sure that if I see something that I don’t agree with I will just know it.

Seth pares that response down to “if I don’t like it, it is wrong”. He then goes on to show why such a response is so troubling. I encourage you to check Seth’s article out.

So, if you don’t like something, is it wrong? Should you think others are wrong if they do like it?

6 thoughts on “If I Don't Like It, It's Wrong.”

  1. It’s simply human nature to be for it if you like it, and against it if you don’t. Only when our human natures are informed by God’s Word on the true state of things will we be liberated to accept that which is not necessarily prohibited by God’s Word even if it goes against our own personal grain.

  2. Hey Bob,

    The Chalcedon Foundation had some posts up recently about a story I wanted to bring to your attention. Do you have any thoughts on this horrible travesty taking place in Ohio, where a theonomic pastor, his wife, and their nine children, are having their property seized by the federal government? It all stems back to a court order by Planned Parenthood 10 years ago due to “wanted” posters put out by the American Coalition for Life Activists -and the pastor was but loosely affiliated with this organization (and was thus brought into the lawsuit). I’m really sick about it, and wish other Reformed Christians would be as well. Many of the “theological books” taken by the state were stuff by Rushdoony, North, the Reformers, the Church Fathers, etc. The house was in his wife’s name too. Check it out:

    http://www.wnewsj.com/main.asp?SectionID=49&SubSectionID=156&ArticleID=158900

    And click here to listen to Reverend’s interview on the Political Cesspool:

    http://americacast.ezstream.com/play/index.cfm?id=69601&from=brd

    Any thoughts on this?

  3. This kind of thing does happen, often from a sense of self-righteousness. If I’m a good person, then what I like is good, and so what I don’t like must be bad.

    I’ve heard that about Contemporary Christian Music, drum kits in church, and all sorts of things … And, to be honest, I’ve done it more than once, in terms of smoking, drinking, and probably other things that I try not to admit.

  4. Kevin,

    I don’t know enough about the case to know what to think. It sounds like the guy has spent jail time, for possessing an explosive device. If he seriously did that, and intended to use it at abortion clinics, he is a law breaker.

    Thanks for commenting.

    Blessings in Christ,

    Bob

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