Are the "Culture Wars" Over?

Or did they ever exist? Were they essentially a media creation (Paging Bill O'Reilly!), or are they just getting started? Is the gay marriage debate just beginning or is it already over?

I am going to be in Oklahoma the next few days so I am probably going to have plenty of time to work on my thoughts on some of the "cultural" issues facing us. Being in the heart of the "Bible Belt" will no doubt help me focus and find some clarity on the tough ethical issues of the day. No better place to think about hypocrosy and the increasingly irrelevence of traditional Christianity in our society. In some ways this saddens me. I sympathize with Christians, I yearn for order and structure in our society. Is the chaos we see today the result of people turning away from religion or an indictment of the irrelevence of Christianity in modern life. I would lean toward the latter.

I actually attended church this past Sunday and I have to admit that I genuinely enjoyed the message the pastor delievered. It almost made Christianity seem relevent! I was getting pretty caught up in the moment. "Finally!" I thought to myself. "Someone is explaining the Christian message in a contemporary and relevent way (And by this I do not mean new age, social justice, Jesus loves everyone and we can all be rich, bullshit. I mean old school/traditional with a modern twist. Once you start talking about J-dogg being my best buddy then you've lost me.)!" But then it kind of fizzled toward the end. I respected him for trying, but was a little disappointed that he could not quite get there. Oh well, maybe next time.

Anyways, I will have plenty of time to think about it over the weekend. I just hope I don't get caught up in an episode of "GCB" while I am down there...