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EDITOR, The Tribune.

I will state up front that the only Hope for The Bahamas is found in God and His Word. “For I am not ashamed of the Gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.” - Romans 1:16

And this “good news” will keep an individual and a country from destruction and ruin, stop us from losing our direction and sanity, and it will guide us, and correct us.

“For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints, and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account.” – Hebrews 4:12& 13

All the Bahamian public may not believe that the things that I highlighted here will ever apply to us, but they are, and will be more strongly pushed around the world, including here at home, a sort of secular humanism that goes against our Judeo-Christian constitution and laws. A greater onslaught is knocking at our door. With the United States pushing this “equality act” which is actually unequal, unfair, and unjust, and adds transgender rights to the many other “unequal rights” in the Civil rights bill, and how these “rights” will destroy everything we know and love.

I love my country and will speak out against any laws or changes that I believe will end in our country being destroyed. Each of us takes our standards for life, our choices between what is right and wrong, from one of two sources – either from God and His Word, or from man and his wisdom.

How can anyone honestly argue that a country based on the Word of God, that recognises that marriage is between a man and a woman, that recognises that God created us man and woman, that recognises the sanctity of life, since God created us in his image, that allows you to raise your own children, and not have the Government put you in jail for refusing to allow your child to go through an operation to change their sex, (thereby creating more physical and mental problems). Where sports are healthy and fun. (And where men compete against men, and women against women, not women against men), and where there is an abiding respect for Christian values is not better than a country that wants to leave God out of their laws?

The Bahamas should not become a country that leaves God out of its civil rights, nor out of its gender equality bills, which, if it is allowed means that marriage is anything that goes, that men marrying and having sex with men, and women with women is good and normal, and to say differently is to make you evil. The Bahamas should not become a country that approves of abortion on demand at any stage of pregnancy, and say that this is fine, because you have a right to make your own decisions, even if it is killing a baby. The Bahamas should not become a country that says kindergarten kids have a right to tell their parents what sex they want to be, and that the parents do not have the right to correct them and help them see that they were born that way and will be that way until they die. The Bahamas should not become a country that will allow sports as we know it to die, where transgender women, who are effectively still biologically and physiologically men, can now compete against women, where they can change in the same bathrooms. We need to protect our children to ensure that this does not lead to abuses in any way, shape, or form.

The Olympics, where there used to be the joy of competition, and good sportsmanship, will soon be a thing of the past,

Bahamas which way do we want to go?

The Word of God is clear, “Let us not be conformed to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of our minds by the word of God” - Romans 12:2. Let us as a nation lead the way, and set the pace for our Caribbean region, and take a stand against the foolishness that the world is trying to force on us.

Let me assure you, as sure as the sun rises in the east, and sets in the west, we will all one day come to know that God alone has the answer for the world, and our lives, and we will all one day have to answer to Him, whether you believe it or not, it will happen. So, let us heed His Word now while we still have time. Let us not delay, or it may be too late, and our next generation may be lost without hope.

You may ask how I can be so sure that I am right, well because the evidence is all around us, and when one reads or hear others say “that we as a country need to move into the 21st century, and get away from all this Bible quoting, living in the past, outdated morals,” it hurts me, because I know where our country will end up, if we do so.

“Without the right foundation people will become more and more lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God.” - 2 Timothy 3:2-4

We as individuals and us as a country have two choices before us, and there is not much time left before the return of our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, so let us choose wisely:

1) We choose life and hope with a blessed future based on God as our foundation. Or (2) We choose death and despair and a future of pain with no hope based on man’s wisdom, which is the world’s system.

Fellow Bahamians let us choose life and hope.

Bahamas Olympic swimmer and coach

ANDY KNOWLES

Nassau,

March 15, 2021.