I preface this by saying that I am a Christian. I do not feel the need to share my beliefs....
The problem is not God in schools. I have seen hundreds of Facebook messages this past week explaining how much better our society would be if God was allowed back into school....
News Flash....
God is in schools......God is omnipresent...He is everywhere at all times....He is in our schools constantly and this tragedy still happened. There are many countries that have no religious affiliation, yet they do not have these types of tragedies. America leads the world in school shootings...as of last count (since columbine) it was America 31---rest of the world 14, yet we blame God?
So if God is in our schools (because God is omnipresent), why do we use this excuse as a scapegoat?
Maybe it's because we are afraid to look at ourselves.....
Americans are the problem...
We blame God not being in schools, but He is not in the homes either...
Is is the school systems job to teach morality, discipline, patience, kindness and love? The answer is NO! But there are many families that feel that it is.....
We have lost our morality...We have become self centered, we do not invest in our children, we do not teach them the value of life, we let others raise our kids and then punish them for not meeting our standards, we do not take blame for their shortcomings because it will expose ours as parents......
So what is the problem?
The American dream is the problem.....
We do not believe it in anymore....Our parents wanted us to have a better life than they had, their parents felt the same and so on....Now we have grown to EXPECT the American dream. We are a spoiled society and when we do not get our way, we act out in various ways.
We have forgotten about the hard work that many sacrificed in order for us to have a better life, we have become un-american. We do not have pride in the flag any more and consequently do not have pride in our future as a nation.... We care only about ourselves and not our neighbor
We are an instant gratification society, and when that gratification is not met instantly, we demand it. Just this week in my home town, there was a murder over a playstation as an example....
We are fragile.....
Our ability to handle hardships is gone....I'm broke.....I'll go get a loan instead of selling my car.....I am poor....I'll rely on the Government instead of getting an education or finding a job.....I'm unattractive....Your parents failed you by not teaching you self-confidence.....I'm not smart....I'll cheat my way through instead of spending the time to learn....I was told NO.....I'll quit and let someone else figure it out.....
The media and freedom of speech is our problem.....
I always turn to the sports page first while reading the paper, it is the only place that discusses peoples accomplishments....This is fading now as well....
There is limited positivity in the media....They know what sells and the exploit is well......Can you imagine the impact it would have on a persons life, if all they saw on the news was the accomplishments of others???? It is difficult to turn on the television, open a newspaper or log on without being exposed to negativity....We have forgotten how to dream....
Freedom of speech is stupid....I say something that offends you, you sue me....This goes back to our thin skin....There are times when you must call a spade a spade and it is almost impossible to do it....A quick story I heard the other day, young man wanted to speak to city council, as he approached the council, the Mayor asked him to take his hat off....Did the kid do it? No! The Mayor was accused of being racist because the kid was Hispanic....We have lost the standards that once defined us.....
We are not the America that we were founded on, we are a completely different and screwed up version of it. The only thing that connects us to the America we learned about is that we use it as a fall back when things do not go our way...."you can't do that to me, I have freedom of speech!"
I'll end my saying this.....Why do we focus on issues such as gun control, God in school ect... and not focus on the solution? I believe it's because the solution will offend people.....and in America we cannot do that.....
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