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SHORT COMMUNICATION 59
Modern Day Attitudes
By
Roger Behra
It is very difficult to keep up current attitudes, because information comes to us at so many different times and ways. And the news is sometimes slanted or biased. The major way of getting news is trough the television news and talk show broadcasts. A very large number of people nowadays do not have the time or make the effort to read the print media. So, a large number of people are not aware of many major changes in attitudes. It’s a shame because attitudes are a primary force in the changing shape of a culture. And most certainly cultures have changed quite radically during the past twenty years. The recent generation (l988-2008) has no idea how the attitudes have changed since they were born, especially in America. So, let us be updated.
The newest generation (1988-2008) no clue as to how much America has changed since the last two generation (1946-1966 and 1967-1987) passed them bye.
It all started downhill with the generation that came of age in 1964. That generation, which is called the counter-culture or baby-boomer generation, is the real culprit of the major changes in today’s attitudes. Their philosophy of “throw out the old, bring in the new, if it feels good, do it, tune in, drop out, don’t trust anyone over thirty” became the attitudes of the day. And as we look back to the time before 1964 and compare attitudes, all that can be realized is how much the attitude changes have really hurt the American culture. The most hurtful attitude of pushing God aside and replacing God with pursuit of money has been the most damaging.
The 30 year olds and older generations in 1966 gave us a quite desirable culture with only a couple major flaws-the great depression and discrimination against blacks and Hispanics. So, these age groups realized that the new counter-culture movement was a step in the wrong direction, but they didn’t realize to what extent, that it would give us the modern day attitudes that permeate and lower and pollute the American culture of today. Many people of today might say wait a minute. What do you mean today’s attitudes and actions demean and lower and pollute today’s culture? Well, let’s go back in time.
Prior to the mid-sixties and back to 1900 Americans were God loving and God fearing, the ten commandments were followed (people knew them, then), were hard-working, family-oriented, courteous and helpful, dressed up nicely, and attended church in large numbers on Sunday. The divorce rate was very low. The school systems were very well organized and run (before government got involved) and solid discipline was the way in the home and school. World War 2 (1941-1945) brought the American people more strongly together fulfilling the philosophy and ideals that American’s cherished and lived. The counter-culture movement ruined all that. Their philosophy became very ruinous and has resulted in what have today. In America today just about anything is acceptable because of liberals and liberalism without any clues.
The first question, therefore, is what are the many modern day attitudes given to American by liberals and their liberalism? They are that church attendance (only 37%, down from 87%) does not matter on Sunday: that knowing and keeping the 10 commandments, which sets the order of daily behavior is not important; that immorality, co-habitation, greed, corrupt acts, lack of courtesy, divorce (1 in every 2); teen-age and pre-marital sex; homosexuality; same sex marriage; and abortion is acceptable; that cheating and make up your own rules as you go along; me first actions; government fraud; political corruption; politician’s lies; and the lack of dignity for fellow humans has increased and multiplied since the mid-sixties. There is no dignity here, when women in public view dress so immodestly, showing half or more of their bare breasts and leaving very little to the imagination otherwise.
The second question is will the drastic change in daily attitudes brought about by the counter-culture movement be reversed? Not anytime soon it seems. The American culture will continue to exist in the pit of iniquity (wickedness). The very large number of people in the existence of modern day attitude is clueless as to how their attitudes and behavior demean the individual person and the American culture in general. Is it any wonder why demonic activity (affliction and possession) flourishes today, and the need for exorcisms has increased 700% to 800% since1970? No. America’s modern day attitudes are in continued decline with no end in view. It is a sad result for a nation that was once the moral leader of the New World.
R. B.
12/28/08