Posted by
Mike on Thursday, March 15, 2007 4:40:54 PM
The motion picture "300" is a good reminder of why our service men
and women are in Iraq and Afghanistan. The reason we are there is
to safeguard freedom and justice. Freedom is always better
than tyranny. Aristotle writing about Sparta says that the
Lacedaemonian military society was based on heterosexual relationship
unlike other Greek societies of the time, which is one of the major
themes of the film. This may account for the Spartan heroism
against the Persian army, and their subsequent victories in the
Peloponnesian wars against other Greek city-states including
Athens. Their eventual demise could be a result of their hubris in
terms of homosexual relations with the enslaved male Helots many of
whom became catamites according to Victor Davis Hanson in a recent TV
documentary.
Today we live by a higher standard than peoples of ancient cultures,
having the fullness of divine revelation in the person of Jesus
Christ. There will always be those who will reject the Gospel
message at their own peril, believing instead that human law based upon
pragmatic decisions can function as a substitute for objective morality
in a secularized world. There are many of these hypocrites in the
mass media on both sides of the political spectrum. To whom more
is given, more will be expected.