“His Holiness recommends “adopting means to assist parents in their inalienable right to educate their children in their own ethical and religious convictions”, which Democrats will occasionally pay lip service to but what they really want is to create a giant skinner box, an overwhelming federal bureaucracy, and call it a “village.” Worse, they don’t not want children enriched by their parent’s ethical and religious convictions, they want them indoctrinated in the ideology of collectivism. That is why we have seen the opposition to homeschooling, the opposition to the 10 Commandments, and the move to create indoctrination camps and dragoon youth into compulsory attendance.”
NB, only a very weak faith or religion needs to fear the government, whether of the right or the left. Look to the Roman Catholic and Orthodox people of Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Russia for examples of how a strong Faith prevails in the face of tyranny.
To the degree that we view things on these threads from a political point of view, that is, to the degree that we see religion as it affects politics and, conversely, politics as it attempts to distort religion, the matter is not so clear. How many dead in Eastern Europe from the wall to Moscow over 70 years of Soviet communism? 40, 50 60 million dead?
The ultimate triumph of God over Marx is not a debatable issue for me but it might be cold comfort to tens of millions murdered by Stalin.
After all, it is the capitalist system that has created conditions, where in many if not in most cases, both parents work and children are by that fact alone raised in institutionalized "Skinner" boxes, or on the streets, and such assistance to them would be worthless.
Are we willing to give up an entire paycheck and cut our family income by as much as 50% in order to have mom at home raise the kids? (How many college-educatred, profesisonal women are ready to give up their edcation and professional life to do that?)
No doubt, some families do. Dad takes a second job, and a PhD mom stays at home, cooks and raises the kids. But I think most people nowadays don't fit that pattern or are willing to throw away years of their education that easily.
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Understood.
But I still would prefer a morally fit culture that does not rub salt into my wounds of original sin, aggravating my path to holiness.
***NB, only a very weak faith or religion needs to fear the government, whether of the right or the left. Look to the Roman Catholic and Orthodox people of Eastern Europe, the Balkans and Russia for examples of how a strong Faith prevails in the face of tyranny.***
Good point.