Originally posted by: DWW
What are you suggesting? What did I see on "tv" ?
the whole thing about hip-hop...and the way religion applies to said generation. they're not religious. it's an act. you did know that the bible is the number one reason cited in murder worldwide, didn't you?
and the suicide bombers? religion doesn't restrain them; it enables them.
Yes I've got positive things to say.
The economic boom after WWII, feminism, the civil rights movement, and technology boom were all positive things that have come since the Greatest Generation.
I'm by no means a doomsayer that lives his entire life full of pessimism. In fact, it is my optimism and my faith in the great ability of this nation to overcome obstacles that made me write those negative comments. We can only move forward as a society through an introspective process, in which we come to realize our problems and make efforts to solve them.
And I never said that morals are derived from religion. Apparently some "intellectual lightweights" here have no reading comprehension (alas, the educational system in this country needs to be fixed as well).
As someone said, you don't need to believe in religion to have morals. But that isn't to say that religion has no bearing on people and their morals. In the past, many if not most people in the country derived their morals from their faith. They didn't lie, steal, cheat because the Bible told them not to.
My point is that with the rise of scientific theories and the concomitant decline in religion, you no longer have that Bible or God to stop you from lieing, stealing, cheating. That isn't to say that you necessarily will lie, steal, or cheat. But it now depends not on your faith but on your personal convictions and your own views on what is right and wrong. I question how solid those views are in many Americans today.
The economic boom after WWII, feminism, the civil rights movement, and technology boom were all positive things that have come since the Greatest Generation.
I'm by no means a doomsayer that lives his entire life full of pessimism. In fact, it is my optimism and my faith in the great ability of this nation to overcome obstacles that made me write those negative comments. We can only move forward as a society through an introspective process, in which we come to realize our problems and make efforts to solve them.
And I never said that morals are derived from religion. Apparently some "intellectual lightweights" here have no reading comprehension (alas, the educational system in this country needs to be fixed as well).
As someone said, you don't need to believe in religion to have morals. But that isn't to say that religion has no bearing on people and their morals. In the past, many if not most people in the country derived their morals from their faith. They didn't lie, steal, cheat because the Bible told them not to.
My point is that with the rise of scientific theories and the concomitant decline in religion, you no longer have that Bible or God to stop you from lieing, stealing, cheating. That isn't to say that you necessarily will lie, steal, or cheat. But it now depends not on your faith but on your personal convictions and your own views on what is right and wrong. I question how solid those views are in many Americans today.
Sure they aren't "truly" religious but they think they are. You think "flossing" a $50,000 gold cross is an act? They really do believe they are religious just as the suicide bombers. That is my whole point. Think what damage such mentally disturbed people could do when they don't believe in a "god" anymore. There would be nothing to restrain them from more chaotic acts like blowing more junk up and "blasting foos"
The Sense of Entitlement
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American Political Structure
Corruption, power, and the sense that the American publis makes up their minds about who they want to lead when the vast majority vote how the media tells them too.
Honor
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I blame politicians, electronics, credit agencies, and most of all, people who are not willing to learn and form their own opinions.
"I should have what I want, when I want it, and how I want it."
Can't pay for something, charge it. Too lazy to work, get on welfare. Someone looked at you wrong, sue them.
American Political Structure
Corruption, power, and the sense that the American publis makes up their minds about who they want to lead when the vast majority vote how the media tells them too.
Honor
Completely gone. It's all about how it affects ones self.
I blame politicians, electronics, credit agencies, and most of all, people who are not willing to learn and form their own opinions.
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