The Softening of a Generation

Most people know that the law in China is that you are allowed to have one child this has been going on for 30 years. Now new recruits joining the military are breaking down and not being able to handle basic training. Because they are an only child they are used to being babied and being the apple of their parents eyes, this is not a good quality in a boy who is entering the military. There were reports that half of the boys in a unit were crying and wanting to drop out, is that the kind of people you want fighting to defend your country. I think as life gets made easier by technology and everything else the world is getting softer in the more developed country. Of course there are exceptions the people that are tough, have courage, stand up for themselves and aren't pushed around by people. Even in the U.S you see this softening of characteristics in the young people. This country was founded on tough, courageous, bold, and strong men. This sets a precedent and something that worked and why are we veering away from this truth. People want a perfect world where their children all get playing time on a team even though they may be terrible at that sport, and a place where their kids are not made fun of or pushed around. That is what makes people stronger. Just like God tests us and puts us through trials to make us stronger in our faith. We should not be raising whimps who can't stand up for themselves. Of course everyone's different and not everyone's gonna be alike but, we founded this country on certain characteristics and we should try and input these things into our children

marriage

In today’s society most mothers under 30 are not married to the fathers of their children. About Half of all marriages end in divorce and these rates are going up. People don’t see marriage as sacred as it once was seen. It has been distorted with the growing corruption of today’s culture just like everything that was meant for good. I think today people don’t think it’s a big deal to get a divorce it’s just like a breakup. It is the man’s responsibility to keep the marriage and in today’s society boys are not turning into men. Boys should not get married and I think people aren’t ready for marriage when they start talking about. They get married because of their infatuation and not love. Love is when you care for someone more than you care for yourself. 

Growing up a child needs a mother and a father, separate needs from each parent. Divorce ruins that first off it gives them a bad example of what marriage is supposed to be and second of all it ruins their relationship and leaves them with empty places in their heart. When there is only one parent in the home the kids don't get the parental needs that a mother and father provide. It forces one parent to try and meet both those needs which is close to impossible. When a child doesn't have its needs met it looks to fulfill the love and abandonment in other things and the things of this world are perfect for ensnaring hurt children in its traps to make them think they belong and gives them a false sense of fulfillment. We don't need as a society any more broken children who will grow up to be broken adults and set worse examples. When people get married they have a chance to set a precedent for the people around them and their children. Divorce is never pretty no matter what anyone says it is a destructive thing that ruins relationships and the ability to maintain future ones. I'm not going pretend like I know the challenges that come with marriage cause I don't at all but I know that it is for sure possible to keep a a marriage and that is extremely important in today's society more important than people think.

Can there be a harmless wrong?

Conservatives and Liberals always have had opposing viewpoints, but one thing they agreed on is that most things that they see immoral there is a most always a victim. For example murder (murderer and murdered) abuse (abuser and abused). New York Times said, “The absence of victims occurs only in the absence of immorality.” Which means if there is no victim them there is no immorality. One of the big topics brought up while talking about this is the conflicting act of homosexuality. Who is directly affected by homosexuality? From a Christian view point we know that it’s immoral and causes people to stumble and it’s a sin, but not everyone is a Christian. So how can we tell non-Christians who the victims are in homosexuality? People see things as harmful not to antagonize the opposing view point but because they think it is immoral. Conservatives may think homosexuality and gun control are wrong but liberals may think that religion in school is harmful to society. Besides having a religious bias how can we say that one or the other is right. You need prove to persuade peoples mind. No one will agree with you when you say it’s wrong because God says and I believe in God. Some say that the outbreak of homosexuality is equivalent to a nuclear holocast, but why? Who are actually effected by homosexuality besides the ones struggling with it thenselves. When you grow up with morals and beliefs and then something like this comes along making you question wether or not it's right, it makes you question whether or not you're whole belief system is right. Homosexuality distorts the sacred act of marriage. Marriage has always been between a women and man why should someone who agrees with that be forced to entertain the immorality of others. Conservatives and liberals like I said both believe that for something to be immoral there has to be a victim why then are they having conflicting views on topics? Shouldn't they have the same views if they both believe this? In conclusion there has to be harm for something to be immoral and wrong so to prove something is immoral you need to find what the harm and/or victim is.