We’re now living in a ‘Babylon-like’ society
Christians today are being increasingly marginalised and face growing pressure to conform to the standards of this world. And it should come as no surprise, says Ken Ham of Christian apologetics ministry Answers in Genesis, who recently toured the UK with a speaking event titled “Living in Babylon”.
Ann-Louise Graham caught up with Ken at the Belfast event in Elim’s Whitewell Tabernacle and began by asking him what a “Babylon-like” society is.
“A Babylonian culture is really a pagan culture. The West used to be permeated by the Judeo-Christian ethic because there was a respect for the Bible. But we’re now finding that the West has become very secularised, and the absolutes of Christianity are no longer permeating the culture.
“Generations ago, even non-Christians believed marriage was a union between a man and a woman. Abortion was murder. There were only two genders of humans. Even if they weren’t Christian, they still had that Christianised morality that came from the Bible. But we’ve had generations now educated against the Bible, and they’ve thrown out God, prayer and creation
“Now we have generations who believe that man came about by natural processes, no supernatural involved. Man’s just an animal.”
Greatest obstacle
However, Ham suggests that this cultural shift is not the greatest obstacle facing Christians today.
Instead, he contends that the more pressing challenge is a lukewarm church – one that has grown complacent and failed to stand firm against the tide of secularism.
When Christian leaders incorporate external ideas into the teaching of Scripture, they compromise the Bible’s authority, he says.
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