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edwest2
Guest
First of all, I’d like to explode the myth of the “modern” woman. There is no modern woman. For Catholics, there is living by Biblical principles that are unchanging. Sure, people outside of the faith can and do make their own choices. I’m sure not going house to house to see what other people are doing. I don’t want to bother anyone. But, if we call ourselves Catholics, we should live as Catholics. Sometimes, non-believers feel that the Church is pressing in on their ‘rights.’ Nothing could be further from the truth. Conversely, Catholics should not be afraid to explain our lives as a witness to the Truth, even if only one person is listening.
There have been various movements over the years with lifelong commitments. Some have been good, others bad. In 1968, the Church knew that The Pill was enticing to people. Have sex, enjoy yourself. That’s what it should be all about. But there is such a thing as social engineering. The makers of Birth Control Pills would lose money if they couldn’t sell them to Catholics who listened to the Pope.
Too many of us looked at our neighbors shacking up or swinging or getting divorced and said, you know, maybe I should do one of those things. Too many of us became addicted to porn, becoming prisoners. And too many of us confused the idea that if something was legal that also made it OK to actually do.
Contraception tells people to separate sex from responsibility. It also helps sell the lie that young people cannot control themselves.
The assault on the family began in the 1960s in a vicious campaign that used words and images designed to affect people. Some of us understood what it was and that it was no reason to change our way of living.
1960s
Betty Friedan writes The Feminine Mystique. She goes on to call the family “a comfortable concentration camp.”
Hippies and anarchists promote sex with anyone and no need for marriage.
1970s
Adult bookstores open everywhere selling images of prostitutes.
Gloria Steinem publishes Ms. magazine, a sort of playboy for women. She goes on to say “A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.” Today, Miss Steinem is a signatory to a document promoting marriage with multiple conjugal partners.
The National Organization for Woman was a powerful propaganda organization designed to scare women to death – to create fear, suspicion and mistrust between women and men. They have a “no position” position on prostitution. This group was instrumental in laying the emotional groundwork for No-Fault Divorce in the 1980s.
By the 1990s, with enough families torn apart by divorce, the movies, TV programs and the radio just got dirtier and dirtier. Throw in the internet with access to porn 24/7 and make most characters on TV and the movies profoundly dysfunctional, and now, welcome to the rotten fruit of it.
Peace,
Ed
There have been various movements over the years with lifelong commitments. Some have been good, others bad. In 1968, the Church knew that The Pill was enticing to people. Have sex, enjoy yourself. That’s what it should be all about. But there is such a thing as social engineering. The makers of Birth Control Pills would lose money if they couldn’t sell them to Catholics who listened to the Pope.
Too many of us looked at our neighbors shacking up or swinging or getting divorced and said, you know, maybe I should do one of those things. Too many of us became addicted to porn, becoming prisoners. And too many of us confused the idea that if something was legal that also made it OK to actually do.
Contraception tells people to separate sex from responsibility. It also helps sell the lie that young people cannot control themselves.
The assault on the family began in the 1960s in a vicious campaign that used words and images designed to affect people. Some of us understood what it was and that it was no reason to change our way of living.
1960s
Betty Friedan writes The Feminine Mystique. She goes on to call the family “a comfortable concentration camp.”
Hippies and anarchists promote sex with anyone and no need for marriage.
1970s
Adult bookstores open everywhere selling images of prostitutes.
Gloria Steinem publishes Ms. magazine, a sort of playboy for women. She goes on to say “A woman needs a man like a fish needs a bicycle.” Today, Miss Steinem is a signatory to a document promoting marriage with multiple conjugal partners.
The National Organization for Woman was a powerful propaganda organization designed to scare women to death – to create fear, suspicion and mistrust between women and men. They have a “no position” position on prostitution. This group was instrumental in laying the emotional groundwork for No-Fault Divorce in the 1980s.
By the 1990s, with enough families torn apart by divorce, the movies, TV programs and the radio just got dirtier and dirtier. Throw in the internet with access to porn 24/7 and make most characters on TV and the movies profoundly dysfunctional, and now, welcome to the rotten fruit of it.
Peace,
Ed
