Maladaptation
to gradually building threats to survival is so pervasive in systems
studies of corporate failure that it has given rise to the parable of
the "boiled frog".
If
you place a frog in a pot of boiling water, it will immediately try
to scramble out. But if you place the frog in room temperature water,
and don't scare him, he'll stay put.
Now,
if the pot sits on a heat source, and if you gradually turn up the
temperature, something very interesting happens. As the temperature
rises from 70 to 80 degrees F., the frog will do nothing. In fact, he
will show every sign of enjoying himself.
As
the temperature gradually increases, the frog will become groggier
and groggier, until he is unable to climb out of the pot. Though
there is nothing restraining him, the frog will sit there and boil.
Why?
Because the frog's internal apparatus for sensing threats to survival
is geared to sudden changes in his environment, not to slow, gradual
changes.
http://mjglass.ca/metaphor/boiledfrog.htm
As
Christians we face a similar Phenomena.
As
the Culture we live in slowly becomes more Wicked,
That
which is Wicked, as defined by the Word of God,
No
longer seems Wicked to us.
This
is what produces the Apostasy,
The
Great Falling Away from Faith in God and His Word.
(Matthew
24:10; 2 Thessalonians 2:3; Daniel 8:12)
Christians
abandon the Word of God
In
favor of what is acceptable to the Culture
The
Scriptures tell us that at some point
The
Whole World becomes so Wicked
That
it receives the son of Satan, the Beast of Revelation,
The
Antichrist as their “god;” (Revelation 13)
They
Ultimate Sin against God.
Christ
Jesus tells us that this time
Will
be like the days of Noah.
(Matthew
24:37)
The
time when the Whole World became so Wicked
That
God had to Destroy it. (Genesis 6)
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