The Abomination of Desolation - St. Marys Coptic Orthodox Church

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SIGNS OF HIS COMING II
pleasure, just as though nothing dreadful were about to take place; so
also now, Antichrist indeed shall appear, after whom is the end, and the
punishments at the end, and vengeance intolerable; but they that are
held by the intoxication of wickedness shall not so much as perceive the
dreadful nature of the things that are on the point of being done.
Anyone who watches the daily news on TV or listens to the Radio, will
surely notice that sin has become the norm today. Sexual immorality
has become tolerated, even encouraged. With the recent revelations
about Mr. Clinton’s affair, we are told that his popularity has never
been higher. We are even told that what he has been doing is actually
good! A recent study by some “Psychologist” concludes that extramarital
relations are actually good for marriage! In another “study,” we
are told that “office sex” is also good! It releases tension and increases
productivity, explains the author. No wonder the sexual behaviour of
children all over the world has been constantly deteriorating.
According to the Commission on Adolescent Sexual Health
(U.S.A.,) more than half of the females and three quarters of the males
aged 15-19 have experienced sexual intercourse. A survey in Florida
found that 75% of the kids had sexual experience by the time they
reached 12 th grade, and 20% have had six or more sexual partners.
Sexual harassment has become so common in schools that programs
to deal with it are initiated in many places. Sex has become so
prevalent among school children that some Christian Schools are now
asking students to sign “vows” not to have sex before they marry.
The reasons for this permissiveness are many. TV is probably the
most prominent among these. Sex is glorified by TV. It is portrayed as
a normal requirement of life like food and clothes. According to Time
Magazine, kids today as young as 7 are picking up the first details of
sex even in Saturday morning cartoons! (June 15, 1998) A 14 year old
told the reporter, “If you watch TV, they’ve got everything you want to
know. That’s how I learned how to kiss, when I was eight. And the girl
told me, ‘Oh, you sure know how to do it.’”
TV is now overshadowed by the Net! It is more discrete, and, unlike
TV, where you have to wait for a certain show to be aired, it is readily
available on demand! There are more than one thousand sites that
offer pornography on the Net. Kids receive unsolicited pornographic E-
mails according to Time Magazine. (December 15, 1997)
The attitude of parents is also another factor in this sexual revolution