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Yet Another Ten Words and Phrases we Don't Hear Anymore, but Should
Lewis
Goldberg
08/04/2003
A
reader recently reminded me that there are yet a few more words we don't
hear much anymore. So, while I thought this series could be put to bed at
two parts and twenty words, here is presented yet more verbiage that has
fallen out of fashion due to PC [read: pretentious] sensibilities.
Adultery
- Once considered a crime and the only Biblical reason for divorcing one's
spouse, adultery has morphed into 'finding one's self,' or 'expanding our
sexual horizons.' Consider that once the penalty for adultery was death.
The Law on that was never dissolved, only the penalty was paid by our Lord.
Consider that next time you 'come home late.'
Fornication
- This once meant any sex outside of marriage. Now, having sex is as
natural and available as blowing one's nose. It was once considered
shameful to mention that you were living with someone - now people get all
excited about living together, as if it were an holy committment. Today the
typical person lives a life committing serial fornication until they talked
into getting married. Not the foundation for a secure and prosperous
nation.
Apostate
- A term relevant to a society that was once basically Protestant
Christian. Nowadays, with theology on the outs and self-esteem being the
in-thing, people don't know what there is to apostatize from. Entire
denominations, which used to be solid in the Gospel, have degenerated into
community centers with crosses on top. It's far easier today to count the
number of non-apostates than the opposite. The term has fallen into disuse
from becoming the norm.
Anti-Christ
- The Apostate churches mentioned above also forgot what that little
thing called The Reformation was all about. Apostates love to talk about
'unity' with our 'Catholic Christian friends.' That evening breeze you feel
is coming off the spinning bodies of the thousands of martyrs for Christ
who died so you could have the Bible in your hands - in English - and to
not have to bow to idols, or pray to necklaces, or beg dead folks to pray
for you instead of praying to the Lord directly. As an ex-Catholic, I tell
you - The Catholic Church is a purely evil institution with a happy face
painted on it: something I really didn't discover until after I left it. If
you are Catholic, come out of that whore and look at it for what it is. And
Christians, if you cozy up to this beast through ecumenical orgies of
unity, come away and speak up for Christ's truth. Tell your pastors they
can withdraw from these groups or you're going to withdraw yourself and
your support for them.
Sluggard
- From Webster's 1828 Dictionary: SLUG'GARD, n. [from slug
and ard, slow kind.] A person habitually lazy, idle and inactive; a drone.
Today, we come up with all kinds of excuses for people who refuse to
produce or even take care of themselves. Being a sluggard is sinful, no
matter how we dress it up.
Man
of the House/Patriarch -
Back when families meant something, the Patriarch [Dad, Grandpa, or whoever
was the senior man of the clan,] was looked up to with love, respect, and
admiration. No one worried about role models, mentoring, values, 'quality
time,' or discipline - they had it all in the Patriarch, or man of the
house. It wasn't a role that had to be enforced and planned around, it's
just the way God ordered families to be structured. We have to fight to
create some other family structure...which should tell us something.
Miss
- As in,
"How d'you do, Miss?" This beautifully humble title has been
replaced by the insidious Mizz, which, upon use, forces our accession to
the feminist agenda. It is a term that means absolutely nothing - except
that it isn't Miss or Mrs. Used to be you could flatter an older woman by
calling her Miss. Now you'll get a lawsuit for sexual harassment. In old
times, you could tell not only marital status, but also something of her
position in birth order by how a young girl was introduced. Miss meant that
she was the oldest unmarried girl in the family, and probably eligible. If
a girl with other sisters was introduced by her first name, she was not the
oldest girl in the house, and probably not considered old enough to marry.
Unneccessary qualifications in a society where the only prerequisite for
sexual contact is a pulse.
Missus/Mrs.
- Once a title of respect for the woman, and of honour for her husband,
Missus is now seen as dowdy and a sign of shackling to a man's fortunes
rather than her own. At one time, an emphasising of the title Missus was a
polite obstacle to Adultery. Now it means [to other women] that you
have a dress-size IQ, and all the spine of a brick of Velveeta™
Want to make, for instance, Robert Taylor's wife really mad? - just
call her Mrs. Robert Taylor. Women ought to be proud to be addressed
thus. The fact that they aren't speaks volumes for what they think of their
husbands.
Truth
- Sounds odd to maintain that the word Truth is out of fashion, but in
practice, it truly is [no pun intended.] Big-T Truth has been replaced by
little-t truth, in which truth reflects individual perception or opinion,
rather than absolute facts. When society used the Bible [even unwittingly]
as its standard, truth was easy to recognize. Nowadays, the more
wishy-washy the Bible gets with each new translation to hit the market, the
further the Truth fades from view.
Hell
- Oh, this word is indeed used an awful lot, but not in the literal sense.
Hell is a real and definite place, and folks need to be reminded of its
existence in a more direct way. Today's preachers are afraid to handicap
their souls-saved-score sheet by preaching on Hell and scaring off their
new and potential converts, not to mention lost tithing from the
established members who leave in search of a 'kinder, gentler
Christianity.' To paraphrase Ian Paisley, better to stand on-fire in a
pulpit alone, than to preach simpering hogwash before a multitude.
Well,
now that we have the glorious return of thirty words and phrases under our
belt, let us move on next week to Ten Words and Phrases we'd Like to See
Go Away!
Your comments and questions are encouraged. [editor@patriotist.com]
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