The Dangerous Delusion of the New Doctrine of Diversity
As the world turns, so turns the churches. As the culture trends, so trends the churches. And the world is turning, and the culture is trending in the direction of diversity. Diversity has been all the rage for quite some time in corporate America. It has now weaved its way into the churches so that now it has become part of the criteria for some churches to fill vacancies in the pastoral staff. This post seeks to turn the spotlight on the uncritically accepted premise that “diversity is inherently good.” Is diversity a goal or objective to be pursued by the churches? Should we purposely aim for ethnic diversity inside the walls of our churches? Should the pastoral staff be intentionally diverse? These are all good questions even though it seems to me that very few people are asking them.
We are living in increasingly dangerous times. While the church has deliberately downplayed the significance of the Reformation in its history, American culture has done its best to turn back the clock on the enlightenment. Contributing to the dismal conditions in the world more than any other single factor is the academy.
Heather MacDonald wrote on the condition of the academy regarding the loss of rational justification for our source of authority:
We are cultivating students who lack all understanding of the principles of the American Founding. The mark of any civilization is its commitment to reason and discourse. The great accomplishment of the European Enlightenment was to require all forms of authority to justify themselves through rational argument, rather than through coercion or an unadorned appeal to tradition.”[1]
In 2018, human beings who are biological males or females are now protected in their psychological delusions of self-identifying as the opposite of their undeniable scientific class. And Heaven help you if you refuse to go along with this delusion. This is just one example of the radical and massive shift we are witnessing in American society. I could go on and on about racism, microaggressions, feminism, etc. You get the idea. The point here is that science and all reason can be ignored, dismissed, or tossed into the incinerator if at any time they contradict my narcissistic tendencies regardless of how radical they might be.
As the world turns, so turns the churches. As the culture trends, so trends the churches. Contributing to the same dismal conditions in the churches that we see in society are the seminaries and the men they are producing of late.