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When Adultery Becomes Moral by Howard E. Kershner, Editor, Christian Economics P rom in en t in the sto ry o f c re a tion is G od ’s sta tem en t to A d am th a t if he disobeyed, . . th o u shalt surely die” (G en . 2 : 1 7 ) . In the n e x t ch ap te r o f Genesis, the tem p te r c o n tra d ic te d God , saying to E v e , " Y e shall n o t surely die” (G en . 3 : 4 ) . All history has proved that God was and is right. T o d a y we have the m o ra l law o f God summ ed up in the T en C om m andm en ts w ith the S crip tu ra l in jun ction s, " T h e soul th a t sinneth , it shall die” (E z e k . 1 8 : 2 0 ) and " F o r the wages o f sin is d ea th ” (R om . 6 : 2 3 ) , on the one hand and the flat con trad ic tion s o f the sta te on the o th er. T h e D e p a r tm e n t o f H e a lth , E d u c a tio n and W e lfa re has issued a m anu al called , "U nm a rrie d P a ren ts — A Guide to the D eve lop m en t o f Services in Pub lic W e lf a r e ,” w h ich has been d istribu ted n a tiona lly to all w e lfa re personnel. T h e m anu al a ttem p ts to rem ove all m o ra l im p e ra tiv e from sexual m iscon d u ct. I t says on Page 7 th a t m od e rn living p ra ctice s " . . . seem to im p ly an a cc ep tan c e in ou r so cie ty o f freed om in sex relations outside o f m a rriag e .” Adulterers are referred to as new partners. Nowhere in this pamphlet are any religious concepts or imperative mentioned. No matter what one does, it assumes as the tempter said to Eve in the Garden of Eden, "Ye shall not surely die.” According to this publication, no effort should be made to get adulterers to marry, and married male adulterers .should not be urged to help provide for resulting illegitimate children if they do not want to or if it will disrupt their lives. Illegitimate paternity is no longer to be considered a criminal offense or indeed an offense of any kind, and no stigma is to be placed upon wrongdoing. On Page 6 the pamphlet says, "Perhaps the time is not too far distant when as a nation we will see births out of wedlock in terms of their deep significance for our society — and move ahead on a broad front to meet this challenge to our ingenuity and vision for measures insuring a stable, satisfactory life for children and their parents.” In other words, God is contradicted and there is to be no penalty for sin. The sinner goes free while the non-sinners are penalized to meet the cost of the sin. Obviously, the wrongdoer need not con cern himself with the results of his action, but may relax while the state seizes the wealth of its honest, upright citizens to provide for the wrongdoers "measures insuring a stable, satisfactory life for children and their parents.” A satisfactory life for sinners free of charge! What more powerful encouragement to sin could be devised? The policies set forth in this pamphlet do not meet the Ameri can concept of morality and what is more important, they defy the moral law of God as set forth in the Scripture. Official federal policy defies God’s law.
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