Observe & Retort

The video linked below has addressed a nagging, itching question that has been in the back of my mind for some time. I won't say that I'm convinced, but some interesting points have been made in it that I believe are worthy of discussion. Watch the clip, then read on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFyIzoBwXVk There has always been, for me, great  parallels between the American and Roman Empires. Similar social movements arose in Rome in the first few centuries AD. Some of which can be observed by reading The Apostle Paul's letters to various churches, including the one in Rome. Instead of leading to a demise though, perhaps a reaction to this and the perceived degradation of moral fabric was to swing in opposition. Constantine united Rome under Christianity which is not only as a unifying ideology but one that also supported masculine rule and feminine subversion. In the years to follow the Roman Empire (Holy Roman Empire) would become increasingly conservative

In his article, The Sexual Revolution Turns Ugly  Stephen Baskerville links recent scandals of sexual misconduct with, consequentially, the Sexual Revolution. Please read this article here .  Here is my take. I see the logic in Baskerville's assertion that sexual liberation has given us an over-sexualized world, sex sells, and instead of viewing sex as something beautiful between two consenting adults it is instead too often regarded as a commodity, an outlet, a release, a mechanism of power, and yes even abuse or violence. But like the author of this article points out such behaviors now categorized as misconduct always existed, it was just called sin. The revolution was to liberate society from the Christian conventions that allegedly oppressed them, now a few decades later we look to put functionally similar though secular conventions. It makes me wonder, how many other traditional Judaeo-Christian conventions will society vilify as oppressive constructs only to later replace