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| Posted by: | Roland Gilmore | |
| Date/Time: | 16/05/09 11:06:00 |
| You are absolutely right Bunny. A broad reassessment of how we got here and where we are now is essential in order to move forward in any meaningful way. We live in an age that has lost any sense of absolute truth and has reinvented a value system based upon the world's views; self-gratification, selfishness, self-seeking and self-will. These have caused many to become ravenous for pleasure, money, possessions, and power while dismissing those values promoting fairness and self-giving. Moral "myopia" has made us comfortable with perversions of both truth and love. For example, a human life is disposable if it comes about through an unfortunate error. Cohabitation has replaced the tedious work of commitment and faithfulness required by marriage. States such as ours have legalized same-sex marriages in the name of equality by qualifying partners to pension and insurance benefits. The reproductive act is promoted to become a loveless, sterile interlude to satisfy lust. Families face extinction through single-parent homes or children being shuttled between two angry, resentful people. Our forebears made huge sacrifices and fought so hard to achieve a just world and this generation is squandering it. The symptoms are everywhere. It will take courage to bring about the necessary changes and to realise the cure; re-establishing trust by returning to living in the true meaning of freedom and justice. |