Posted on 05/31/2015 9:11:44 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
I’m definitely seeing it in the “Married men and women having an affair” number.
Like where do these people get off on saying THAT is wrong while just being ok with everything else!?
RE: Like where do these people get off on saying THAT is wrong while just being ok with everything else!?
If you observe the trend of moral “tolerance”, decline does not come in one big bang. It comes in a slow, steady pace.
It was but one generation ago when homosexuality and gay marriage were not acceptable to the majority of Americans. Look what’s happened today?
What I’m trying to say is this — unless we can reverse the slide, there is no guarantee that the 8% number that accept “Married men and women having an affair” will not increase (even double) within one generation. Defining deviancy down does not happen overnight.
As I approach 75, it is difficult for me to accept this shift in the American social and political paradigm, particularly when I recall life events that intersected with American society over the years. As a young person. I served my county enthusiastically during the Vietnam era, worked for NASA during the Apollo years, witnessed the 60’s social unrest brought on by youthful ignorance, drugs and music (much of it I liked) and sexual liberation. I also saw the management of our biggest (public and private)institutions overwhelmed by a governmental emphasis on equity that in some ways led to the gutting of organizational competence. I takes a lot to bring a powerful nation like the United States down. But the seeds were planted unseen decades ago and the cotton is now high.
“Morality” as a generally accepted code of behavior/conduct in our pluralistic society is increasingly no longer tethered to the Bible. Do we pin it to the Golden Rule - do unto others that which we would have done to us? Or perhaps herald back to the Maxims of Roman Law something on the order of the maxim sic utere tuo ut alienum non laedas - one must use his property so as not to injure the lawful rights of another. Certainly, in the rejection of traditional Christian mores, we do not want to find ourselves with Sharia as our moral code.
These national polls never ask me.
Given that so many of these surveys turn out to be fraudulent, i will not trust something so drastic and timely. It smells of social manipulation.
Otherwise, this seems believable.
I'm coming up on 53 myself. One son heading off to College in the fall, the youngest will be a Junior this fall in High School.
I can tell you factually you're right. I see it in most of my son's friends that they really have no clue what they're headed for into adulthood and don't really seem to care.
I feel very blessed that my oldest has "figured it out" and scored a free ride to the college of his choice. Still working on the youngest but I'm confident he'll "get there."
Their friends? I dunno. A few show some promise. The rest are headed for a lifetime of mooching off the taxpayer as best I can tell.
When will gallop poll about pedophilia love and see how many people are against it. Bet they would skew the result, like they do when they polls.
When will gallop poll about pedophilia love and see how many people are against it. Bet they would skew the result, like they do when they polls.
It's ancient Rome redux. We are entering a post-Christian age. While many people still call themselves Christians, their faith has little practical effect on their lives.
C.S. Lewis foresaw this post-Christian society. He warned that it will be worse than pre-Christian society, because while the pagans were innocently ignorant of Christ, post-Christian society will have actively rejected Christ.
It's a sobering thought.
Because they can see it happening to them. At least they have that much sense.
What about sex BEFORE marriage? Does that fall in the same category as sex OUTSIDE marriage?
I’ve always said it should cost a lot to get married. Each side should have to pay a huge dowry. It would make a person think before he or she says “I do” when they know “they don’t”. I said “I do” numerous times when I knew “I didn’t”. But I said it anyway and lived to regret it.
The premarital sex question was odd.
My guess is tags 99.99999999999999 of people have premarital sex, but a large number believe it is immoral.
When I was young, I worked for a company that occupied all 14 floors of the building and there were two gay guys with whom I became friendly. We worked on different floors, but they were the best friends you could have. Along with my full time job I did part time work, teaching ballroom dancing and joined a local little theater group. Both of those were homo magnets. So I have had exposure, as it were. Today, if I were to see them on the street, I think I would lower my eyes and cross the street. Sad. So you see, Mr Gallup in some cases it may be “growing” and in other cases, it might be shrinking. So, Lee (if I may call you that) things have a way of evolving. I have great hope that this too shall pass.
Eze 9:4 He said to him, “Walk through the streets of Jerusalem and put a mark on the foreheads of all who weep and sigh because of the detestable sins being committed in their city.”
Eze 9:5 Then I heard the LORD say to the other men, “Follow him through the city and kill everyone whose forehead is not marked. Show no mercy; have no pity!
“Morality” as a generally accepted code of behavior/conduct in our pluralistic society is increasingly no longer tethered to the Bible.
Good luck to you. I continue to have high hopes for our nation in the long run.
As someone in his 30s I agree totally, in fact, I grew up in the time where the whole deal with portable electronic game consoles and in the next decade, cell phones, followed by the tablets and smartphones became an addiction to so many young individuals. I am not sure about 98%, but there is no denying that those actually lost in the virtual world of electronics among the generations of mine and younger is pandemic. I wouldn’t be surprised if any accurate assessment could be made to show at least 75 to 80 percent of teens, and only slightly fewer young adults (18-30yrs old) spent 1 to 2 hours on a portable electronic device per day.
In the times of Old Israel, only one of the two had to be cheating on a spouse for them to both be considered committing adultery. So even if one was single and never married doing someone else’s spouse, both were guilty of adultery. That’s the sole requirement for adultery to be classified. Second, having sex while engaged was considered a sin, until AFTER you were officially married to each other, fornicating was considered a sin. However, in the Biblical times, it was encouraged for grandparents, uncles, aunts and extended family of the bride and groom to help them with their marriage and children. The culture of the times in the Bible is very different from what we live in now.
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