When I first heard about the Josh Duggar story, something many folks have already forgotten thanks to Bruce Jenner's genitalia manipulation escapades, my first question was, "Who's Josh Duggar?" Turns out he's the oldest kid on a 19 Kids and Counting program that followed (past tense since through all of this the show was cancelled) a large family that claimed to be good, conservative Christians. So, when it turned out that when he was 15, he's 27 now, Josh molested 5 underage girls, four of them his sisters, the liberal left media and hardcore progressive blog junkies, went into silly-mode and did whatever they could to paint the town whatever color sexual sin is. I didn't watch the show, and I still don't know who Josh Duggar is, but I do know about human nature and the reality that we are sinners.
The magazine that broke the story is called InTouch, which side-swiped me for just a moment. I subscribe to In Touch, but mine is a devotional, filled with inspirational readings from a biblical perspective. It turns out the two magazines are totally different publications. InTouch is a worldly romp through everything nuts, the kind of stuff that is usually only tabloid fodder. I'm surprised they don't have an "I married an alien" story in there, too. Nonetheless, InTouch has now broke out of being little because they exposed the nasty little Christians for what they are. . . slaves to their own sexual desires.
Understand that what comes next is not in any way, shape or form an effort to condone what Josh Duggar did as a young man. Where I am going now is simply to discuss human nature, and the reality that we are all sinners. It's not an excuse, it's just a fact of life.
Teenage boys have hormonal chaos going on in their body. I remember. I was once a young man. We are so horny all of the time that we'd do a knothole in a tree trunk if given the chance. And to be honest, the human sexual drive is a powerful thing. The Book of Romans, Chapter 3, Verse 23 states that, "For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God." We are weak creatures and we constantly sin. On our own we can't withstand human nature. There must be checks and balances (here comes the "Constitution Guy" in me) against our human nature to keep us in line. In the case of our own personal lives, that check and balance is Christ. Sure, some of us can withstand certain sins more than others, but we are all guilty of sin overall. If my opportunity to go to Heaven was solely based on my own works, as compared to the Ten Commandments, I wouldn't even land close to the Pearly Gates. We've all lied, we've all had unclean sexual desires, and we've all at one point in our lives (perhaps there are a few exceptions) stolen something (even if it was as simple as taking a friend's toy, or something from our mom's purse). So, by our own admission we are a bunch of lying, thieving adulterers. And we expect to be able to stand in God's Glory with a record like that?
I don't know if Josh Duggar is sorry for what he did at 15, or if he is repentant of his actions in any way. That is between him and God. Should he be labeled as a sex offender that can't be trusted near schools? Probably not. But one thing is for sure. He gave in to his human nature. He allowed his desires to be stronger than his reliance on God. As a result, he sinned, and in a way that is very unacceptable in our society. . . as it should be. This is not an excuse to hammer the Christian-right with political gavels. In the case of Josh Duggar, it really isn't a case of him being a hypocritical Christian, or a fallen conservative, as much as it is a case of a human being human, and if he'd placed his difficulties regarding his sexual desires in the hands of God it would have likely turned out differently. Human nature and our sinful desires are powerful adversaries, and like I said, some people may be able to battle most of them on their own, but we can never win against all of them without God.
This is what I mean in past articles when I talk about us being a virtuous society. I am not saying we must be a sin-free society, but one that recognizes right and wrong, is repentful when we tread into the territories of sin, and place God as the navigator in our lives because we realize that on our own, chasing some humanistic or secular path, or some powerful sexual desire or perversion, we will foul it all up. It is in our nature.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
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