Is That Actually Progressive?

The Catholic Church is the most progressive organization in all of creation. Now that might have made you frown when you read it, but it is absolutely true. The issue, of course, is how you define "progressive". If for you, "progressive" means leaving behind anything old and moving towards newer things, then that is not the same as my definition. If you mean, by "progressive", avoiding things that are outdated and seeking things are more modern, that is also different.

My definition of "progressive" is "moving toward improvement or advancement". Thus, someone who is a liberal or modernist (or both) will see sodomy, divorce, and socialism as "progressive". Since those things are central to the destruction of a society, I would disagree with that label. Those three things (and a host of others) would better be termed "degressive". They are backward, and a clear rejection of the advancement of holiness and righteousness.

The idea that "new" is always better than "old" (per "modernism") is not moving toward any kind of genuine improvement since improvement presumes "better" and not "newer" (sometimes older things are actually better than newer things). It irks me to realize that anti-christians have stolen the term "progressive" and use it to try to put a nice spin on their evil, and also to insult those who believe that truth and morality do not change. Someday I expect people to figure this out, and stop calling wickedness "progressive" and start calling it something more accurate; like "sin".