Pope: Morals evolve; Biden doubles down on abortion; U.S. Treasury sanctions Myanmar

It’s Tuesday, August 29th, A.D. 2023. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard at www.TheWorldview.com. I’m Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Kevin Swanson U.S. Treasury’s sanctions against Myanmar The U.S. Treasury Department has announced sanctions against the Myanmar military government, to include sanctions against companies and individuals providing jet fuel. The military junta continues its bombings of villages and its citizenry, particularly in the Christian-dominated Chin State and Karen State.  The Myanmar Conflict map indicates non-stop bombings from January 2021 to the present—with 801 attacks in July and 879 in August. The United Nations Security Council has issued a statement of condemnation for the “unrelenting violence.” China, Russia, and India are supporting the attacks. At least 18 million people are in need of humanitarian aid, obstructed by the military, which continues to burn food stores, crops and seed stores, as well as destroying medical facilities and targeting medical workers. Pope: Morals evolve The Roman Pope Francis reprimanded conservatives in the Catholic Church for their sticking to traditional values, reports CBS News. He encouraged what he called “evolution in the understanding of questions of faith and morals.” Examples of evolving morals included slavery and the death penalty. What was moral yesterday is immoral today. The pope said that any consideration of homosexuality must change “according to historical circumstances.”  But, in Luke 16:17, Jesus said, “It is easier for Heaven and Earth to pass away than for one dot of the Law to become void.” 16% of American adults stopped attending church Forty million Americans, or 16% of the adult population, have stopped attending church in the last 25 years, reports Gallup. That’s according to a large poll of 7,000. Fifteen million of those who have stopped attending church are Evangelicals, or about 5% of the population. A recent book called The Great Dechurching notes that church attendance increased in the U.S. from 1776 to 1850, and then again from 1870 to