Look who is getting backlash over their proposed celebration. Compare today to 50 or so years ago and there are a few things that are stark differences. Not only technology but society itself. When I read the article I couldn't help but think of a few verses which I thought became more relevant.
Isaiah 5:20 NIrV
How terrible it will be for those who say that what is evil is good! How terrible for those who say that what is good is evil! How terrible for those who say that darkness is light and light is darkness! How terrible for those who say that what is bitter is sweet and what is sweet is bitter!
2 Timothy 3:11-12 NIrV
You know that I was treated badly. You know that I suffered greatly. You know what kinds of things happened to me in Antioch, Iconium and Lystra. You know how badly I have been treated. But the Lord saved me from all my troubles. [12] In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be treated badly.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 NIrV
Here is what I want you to know. There will be terrible times in the last days. [2] People will love themselves. They will love money. They will brag and be proud. They will tear others down. They will not obey their parents. They won’t be thankful or holy. [3] They won’t love others. They won’t forgive others. They will tell lies about people. They will be out of control. They will be wild. They will hate what is good. [4] They will turn against their friends. They will act without thinking. They will think they are better than others. They will love what pleases them instead of loving God. [5] They will act as if they were serving God. But what they do will show that they have turned their backs on God’s power. Have nothing to do with these people.
2 Timothy 4:3-4 NIrV
The time will come when people won’t put up with true teaching. Instead, they will try to satisfy their own desires. They will gather a large number of teachers around them. The teachers will say what the people want to hear. [4] The people will turn their ears away from the truth. They will turn to stories that aren’t true.
Romans 1:18-23 NIrV
God shows his anger from heaven. It is against all the godless and evil things people do. They are so evil that they say no to the truth. [19] The truth about God is plain to them. God has made it plain. [20] Ever since the world was created it has been possible to see the qualities of God that are not seen. I’m talking about his eternal power and about the fact that he is God. Those things can be seen in what he has made. So people have no excuse for what they do. [21] They knew God. But they didn’t honor him as God. They didn’t thank him. Their thinking became worthless. Their foolish hearts became dark. [22] They claimed to be wise. But they made fools of themselves. [23] They would rather have statues of gods than the glorious God who lives forever. Their statues of gods are made to look like people, birds, animals and reptiles.
I am not trying to use this post to say what is right or wrong but rather that often what is considered good or not questionable is treated as something taboo. It's not naming things as sinful or against God but rather it's claiming anything that is considered Godly or good as being something negative and bad.
I'm also not saying that we are living in the end days but what I am trying to say is it can, and most likely will, get worse.