Part of the campus food service is undergoing renovation, and so the upper muckety mucks on campus allowed some food trucks to come supplement food choices. One of these is called "50 Shades of Green" and offers all sorts of vegetarian, natural, and other products at vastly inflated prices. As a byproduct, purposedly I'm sure, this name brings up the movie of similar title in conversation on campus and all of the things associated therewith. The usual suspects on campus began defending both the truck's prices as well as the movie it references because they are "natural". Well, I'm a scientist, and I know that just because it's natural doesn't make it good for you. I'm also a man of faith, and I know that the natural man is an enemy to God. If we don't rise among the animals, we are destined to end up among them.
Proponents of natural foods, vegan diets, alkalarian living, and the like all use the same justification as those who defend smut, violence, and lawlessness. They claim that natural things are perfectly fine and even desireable above all others. Paradoxically, these same people fight against other natural things. They think that carbon dioxide is killing us, when it's essential to plants. They fight against nuclear isotopes as a power source without realizing that it decays all around us anyway and force us all to use CFL bulbs despite the fact that they contain mercury. Apparently mercury is fine in your fixture but not in your fish or your vaccines. They eat "organic" without understanding what that means. They look for real water instead of Living Water and seek solace in sophistry, relying on the philosophies of men mingled with scripture as a magic pill to fix their aberrant and abhorrent behavior. Cyanide, arsenic, and lead are all natural, but to men they mean death. We use acid to digest food, but you can't bathe in it without dying. Natural isn't necessarily good. One other great paradox of note, it strikes me that many people living as raw foodies and strict vegans look more sickly than those who indulge, and that is telling!
How we use a thing matters more than what we do. In the right way, at the right time, and for the right reason, the things given to us on earth by our Creator exist to exalt and advance us. Used in the wrong way, they can take away hope, opportunities, health, friends, careers, fortunes, and even our lives. CS Lewis wrote that the adversary will encourage us to use things in ways and at times that God forbids. The things advanced by liberals and the "liberated" are usually advanced for any reason imagined whatsoever. They say it's ok to love anyone/anything/anytime, but they will draw a line at defending the unborn or at biblically knowing children. Apparently there is a standard; they just want to be the ones to set it and the freedom to move the goalposts whenever they choose to do something decidedly deviant.
Rather than ask if something is normal, we ought to ask what ought to be. I know far more about what ought to be than what is. Last month, I gave a test, and in that exam we discussed real gases versus ideal gases. All gases are real, but under the right conditions we can manipulate them to behave as if they were ideal. That's the point of guidelines; that's the point of commandments. God isn't interested in cattle; He's trying to make us worthy to be His children. So, He asks us to do the right things the right way at the right time for the right reason. We want what we want, and He asks us to wait until it's right. Then, it will be natural, because we won't desire to do anything that can harm us in any way.
The Story is about the son of King Louis XVI of France. After King Louis was imprisoned and executed, the enemies of the monarchy took it upon themselves to change the heir to the throne to match their depravity. They thought that if they could destroy him morally, he would never realize the great and grand destiny that life had bestowed upon him. They took him to a community far away, exposed the lad to every filthy and vile thing that life could offer, fed him foods of richness intended slake his gluttony. They used vile language around him constantly, kept him in the company of lewd and lusting women, and showed him only cause for distrust. He was surrounded 24 hours a day by everything that could drag the soul of a man as low as one could slip. Months passed. After intensive temptation, they asked why had he not submitted himself to these things designed to provide pleasure, satisfy his lusts, and were desirable; they were all his. The boy said, “I cannot do what you ask for I was born to be a king.” Like Louis' son, we know our heritage. We too were all born to be Kings and Queens.
Movies, foods, and people touch our lives, but we decide what we do with those influences. By choosing the best entertainment, company, and nourishment we can find/afford/attract, we invite God to make the best things of our lives that He can. They say that if you put garbage in, you get garbage out. The same proponents of similar smut and esoteric gobbledygook diets all seem to think that how we achieve something doesn't matter. The ends justify the means; it's only a crime if you get caught; everybody's doing it. I testify that everybody's not doing it. That is a lie told by those who would rather justify mistakes than change behavior. Like attracts like. If you do the best things, you will attract and keep better people. If you spend time with wise, wealthy, well-mannered people, you will become more like them. Human beings have a tendency to make permanent the things they do often. You have the right if you choose to go with the flow and do what comes natural. By doing that, you throw away God's gift to us above all animals- the freedom to rise above instinct, ignore our baser natures, and be what we were born to be. You were born to lead; you were born for glory; you are the son or daughter of a King.
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