ProgressiveU - the name has a ring to it. And it is apparent that there are a bunch of us who are progressing towards scholarships. But the meaning of "progressive" really depends on whose eyes you're looking through. Dictionary.com gives these two top definitions for "progressive" -
pro·gres·sive 
/prəˈgrɛsɪv/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[pruh-gres-iv] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–adjective
| 1. | favoring or advocating progress, change, improvement, or reform, as opposed to wishing to maintain things as they are, esp. in political matters: a progressive mayor. |
| 2. | making progress toward better conditions; employing or advocating more enlightened or liberal ideas, new or experimental methods, etc.: a progressive community. |
| 3. | characterized by such progress, or by continuous improvement. |
It appears the majority of people on this site have what they would call "enlightened" or "liberal" ideas; however, I would assert that abortion, gay marriage, embryonic stem cell research, anti-God, anti-church, anti-military, and anti-American blogging on this site is not PROgression; it's REgression. On THIS site, it is TRULY progressive to advocate PROGRESSING toward morality, to not follow the crowd, to not do what everyone else is doing, to not say what everyone else is saying.
"Improvement" over the norm today would be a reduction, not just in crime, racism, and the national debt, but in homosexuality, fornication and adultery, pornography, drug and alcohol abuse, and God-bashing. For things to continue as they are is going to plunge our families, schools, and society into more turmoil. You may say this is opinion, but it is based in fact. Do you know that the first year prayer was removed from school was also the first year that the United States fell from the top position in the world in education? Do you know that teen pregnancy went UP instead of down when birth control became a "right" of the unmarried? And a 25-year landmark study showed that adult children of divorce have higher rates of promiscuity, a lack of relationship skills, and even if they aren't among the higher rates of second-generation divorced individuals, they typically have an ever-present fear of relationship failure or other tragedy.
Ever since approximately 1960, so-called "progressive thinking" and social experimentation have objectively NOT led to better conditions. But as with everything, God has an answer. In II Chronicles 7:14, it says, "If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and TURN FROM THEIR WICKED WAYS, then will I hear from Heaven, and will FORGIVE their sin, and will HEAL THEIR LAND."
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