So . . . to cure the ills of American society . . . go talk to someone about Jesus Christ. Who woulda thunk it?
I find pleasure and children to be very closely correlated. I wonder why the author doesn't ...
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Families are primarily strengthened by one ancient tradition: arranged marriage. Elders trade the lives of their daughters for gold and influence. In the absence of that practice and others now deemed abhorrent to modern society, families have inevitably become less important. The Muslims with their ego-mad, daughter-killing men are actually reminding us what the "strong family" model looks like in action. It ain't a pretty picture, for anyone capable of independent thought.
This is one of the sillier articles I've read recently - unless perhaps the author is in fact a shill for the Mohammedans? ;)
This is an interesting thesis. The problem is that if being family-oriented is such a big deal, Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore ought to have sky-high birth-rates. Instead, their birth rates are almost half of what we see stateside. I think the real problem is that in non-agrarian societies where parents are expect to pay their childrens’ way through college, kids are an economic liability rather than an asset. In fact, the family-orientedness of East Asian societies makes this worse - for as long as they remain single, the children continue to leech off their parents after they grow to adulthood instead of moving out and living on their own.
sorry, but I am not bringing a child into this here world. Difficult times lie ahead, and I don’t believe it would be fair to the child.
Plus I am selfish and lazy and like kids only marginally.
Just ask the Shakers - well if there still were Shakers you could.
Doesn't exactly explain the truly massive population explosion in the USA and most of Western Europe during the 19th century, does it?
I’m doing my part, with four daughters, while living modestly, and driving the wheels off of the cars.
The children are blessed with good friends from good family’s. What not to like.
The Roman Empire didn't fall in the fifth century, the Western Roman Empire fell.
The Eastern Empire kept plugging along for just about a thousand more years.
Any claims about the "cause" of the Fall need to explain why the Eastern Empire didn't fall when the Western part did. Were families stronger in the East than the West?
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Following on the heels of Greece and Rome? Oh yes we are. The handwriting is on the wall.
Heh. Just celebrated the birth of my 20th grandkid.
Sex with a purpose is so not hot.
The Hispanic birthrate in the US is twice the birthrate of the general population. And 45% are born out of wedlock.
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“When the Roman Empire fell in the fifth century, the strong trustee families of the barbarian tribes replaced the weak, atomistic Roman families as the foundation of society....”
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I thought St. Augustine answered the question “Why did Rome fall” in his tome “City of God”....
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