Let's see...I think it started when
Madeline O'Hare complained that she
didn't want any prayer in our schools,
and we said OK.
Then someone said you had better not
read the Bible in school. The Bible that
says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not
steal, and love your neighbor as
yourself. And we said, OK.
Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't
spank our children when they misbehave
because their little personalities would
be warped and we might damage their
self-esteem. And we said, an expert
should know what he's talking
about so we won't spank them
anymore.
Then someone said that teachers and
principals better not discipline our
children when they misbehave. And the
school administrators said no faculty
member in this school better touch a
student when they misbehave because we
don't want any bad publicity, and we
surely don't want to be sued. And we
accepted their reasoning.
Then someone said, let's let our
daughters have abortions if they want,
and they won't even have to tell their
parents. And we said, that's a grand
idea.
Then some wise school board member said,
since boys will be boys and they're
going to "do it" anyway, let's give our
sons all the condoms they want, so they
can have all the "fun" they desire, and
we won't have to tell their parents they
got them at school. And we said, that's
another great idea.
And then some of our top elected
officials said that it doesn't matter
what we do in private as long as we do
our jobs. And agreeing with them, we
said it doesn't matter to me what
anyone, including the President, does in
private as long as I have a job and the
economy is good.
And then someone said let's print
magazines with pictures of nude women
and call it wholesome down-to-earth
appreciation for the beauty of the
female body. And we said we have no
problem with that.
And someone else took that appreciation
a step further and published pictures of
nude children and then stepped further
still by making them available on the
Internet. And we said they're entitled
to their free speech.
And the entertainment industry said
let's make TV shows and movies
that promote profanity, violence, and
illicit sex. And let's record music that
encourages homosexuality, rape, drugs,
murder, suicide, and satanic themes. And
we said it's just entertainment, it has
no adverse effect, and nobody takes it
seriously anyway, so go right ahead.
Therefore, now we're asking ourselves
why our children have no conscience, why
they don't know right from
wrong, and why it doesn't bother them
to kill strangers, their
classmates,their families, and
themselves.
Probably, if we think about it long and
hard enough, we can figure it out. I
think it has a great deal to do with...
"we reap what we sow."
(This was passed on by a man named
Clarence Schultz, who wrote down some
of his thoughts. He is a minister and
retired Navy chaplain -- lots to think
about!
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