SHORT
COMMUNICATIONS 336
Counterculture
Achievements Galore
By
Roger Behra
Several
weeks ago near end of 2012 on the radio media there was an intense discussion
about the present condition of the American culture. It followed on the heels
of the horrendous massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in the state of
Connecticut. During the discussion the cause and result of modern day behavior
was completely missed. The participants completely missed the causal point: It
is the counterculture philosophy which is galloping full steam ahead throughout
the American culture! What the philosophy has achieved is the topic of
discussion in this communication. The counterculture people deserve recognition
for several achieve3ments that revolutionized the American culture.
The
first achievement is the obvious fact that they were very successful in
eliminating the influence of God end His Commandments from the American
culture. The American culture contains millions of Godless behavior types of
living people. Those people that love God, keep His Commandments, and live
proper moral life are surrounded by them and affected by them.
The
second achievement is that pretty much for the most part now so many people
simply make up their own rule to live by, which is a clear reversal of cultural
and traditional ways of living prior to 1965. All the abortions, cohabitation,
divorces, sex crimes, and wanton murders, to name a few, are everyday
indications of just how the American culture has deteriorated. Overloaded
prisons are everywhere.
The
third achievement is the way people are treated on an everyday basis. Common
courtesy went the way of the dinosaur: It’s extinct. There are seldom any
friendly greetings among strangers who do business in the public domain
anymore. It’s a first attitude among young and old alike now. Parents who are
impolite simply do not teach their children to be polite, or to say please and
thank you.
The
fourth achievement concerns the mode of dress of modern American females. They
win the immodest and suggestive dress aword: cleavage;
half bare breasts; tight and from-fitting blue jeans; visible tattoos on
breasts and upper backsides. All of these achievements can even be seen in
church on Sundays.
Of
all the negative counterculture achievements abortion is at the top of the
list. The fact the over 30 million (30,000,000) abortions in America have taken
place since 1973 clearly speaks for itself. It’s simply horrendous and very
much unforgivable! Thirty million women have that to deal with at their eternal
life review. Wow!
The
fact that so many millions of America live a Godless life and make up their own
rules for living is also unthinkable. So much evil on a daily basis is so
common and acceptable now. It is an upside down American culture with no end in
sight, and it is so very unfair that the millions of Americans who live God’s
way, keep His Commandments, and do so on a daily basis have to be surrounded
and directly affected by so many negative counterculture achievements.
R. B.
2-9-13