The West at Twilight

Bruce Jenner

Why does the Islamic world so hate the western world, and particularly the United States of America? Certainly, because of America's historical support for Israel. But the Islamic world also views the west as a cesspool of depravity.

The Islamic world disdainfully defines the U.S. and the western world as "Christian." While Christianity was the dominant faith in the western world for many centuries, it no longer is, and anyone with eyes, ears and a functional brain understands that.

However, in the eastern world where Islam dominates, most folks don't know and don't care that the Judeo-Christian influence has declined rapidly in the west since the early 20th century. There are many reasons why that happened, but the greatest reason for the decline can be traced to the church's abdication of the Bible, beginning in the 18th century.

When the Bible was trashed, so went the 10 Commandments, God's transcendent laws and the gospel along with it. Jesus Christ went from "the way and the truth and the life" (John 14:6) to just another holy man on a par with Gandhi and Zoroaster. 

When Christ was dismissed, that created a huge spiritual vacuum in the west that was eventually filled by relativism, nihilism, debauchery, narcissism and existentialism. With the growing influence of Darwinism on science and education, many folks no longer believed in God and no longer believed that they were morally accountable to anyone but themselves. Even worse, they no longer believed that judgment awaited them at death.

You can see the tragic results of the decline of the Judeo-Christian worldview. Sins such as murder (abortion), sexual perversion (homosexuality, same-sex marriage, lesbianism, transgenderism etc.) and greed are not only tolerated, but are encouraged and glorified. Such moral depravity has become one of Islam's greatest recruiting tools. And the western world has unwittingly aided the growth of Islam all over the planet.

And so, how did the Islamic world view Bruce Jenner's recent decision to become a woman or a "trans-woman" as he put it? Jenner's "coming out" was televised throughout North America, and with satellite communications, it was undoubtedly seen all over the world.

Did the Islamic world praise the former Olympic gold medalist for his courage in revealing his new gender before the world? Did the Islamic world commend Jenner for his bravery in overcoming his fear of the bigoted stereotypes that have inevitably been applied in the past to those who've changed their sexual identities? 

I seriously doubt that. If Jenner ever sets foot in a nation such as Pakistan, Yemen or Saudi Arabia, he'll probably be beheaded or hanged. And he (or she) knows that. Fortunately for him (or her), those who do what he (or she) did aren't executed for making such moral (or immoral) decisions public in the western world.

But tragically, consider those whose minds will be perverted and those whose souls will ultimately be murdered by people such as Jenner. That's the real tragedy. Christ issued a stern caveat to those who would pervert the minds of young impressionable children with their lewd conduct: "If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to sin, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea." (Matthew 18:6)

Certainly, the exponential growth of moral depravity in the west is the fulfillment of end-time prophecy. The apostle Paul wrote this 2,000 years ago: "But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people." (2 Timothy 3:1-5)

Many folks in the western world are celebrating Bruce Jenner's bold declaration of his-her new identity. And sadly, many folks in the Islamic world are also celebrating Jenner's decision. But for a very different reason.