A Rose by any Other Name...
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Straight to the Cross
COLUMN: Understanding the Times
A Rose by any Other Name...
By Emmett Smith
A recent article by Dennis Peacocke
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=37504
emphasized the importance of words. As Rush
Limbaugh used to say, "words have meaning". The
underlying meaning of a word is important, and in
today's society several commonly used words have
different meanings to different people. Some
examples are "gay", "diverse", "choice", etc.
Hopefully you see the point. These words have been
completely re-defined in the last several decades.
And their use in masking the underlying agenda is
important. As the escalation of the "gay rights"
activism in recent weeks may illustrate, when
these folks get too "in your face" with their
agenda, many people recoil in disgust. So they've
found it to their advantage over the years to
couch their activism in euphemistic language.
"Pro-choice" sounds better than pro-abortion.
"Gay" sounds better than homosexual. "Rights"
sound more compelling than wants. The use or
misuse of words is certainly nothing new. But we
need to understand the importance of words. As
Shakespeare said, "That which we call a rose By
any other name would smell as sweet." Whatever
names we use, good remains good and evil remains
evil. As Peacocke pointed out, "Words created the
universe, and they are being used to divert and
stalemate the Creator's purposes for it."
"Woe to those who call evil good and good evil,
who put darkness for light and light for darkness,
who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!"
(Isaiah 5:20).
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