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CatholicELATeacher
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And neither those 27 nor any others had Christ in their hearts. None.
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Beryllos
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And you know this how?
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CatholicELATeacher
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Figure it out.
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Economist
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And today the mass shootings barely merit a “ho-hum” moment.
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Jimbo
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I read that. I’m disgusted by it. We have boys in a crisis in this country; and in my opinion it’s one of the spiritual crisis that we face that contributes to a mass murder problem that we have.
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We have created a scene where boys live without fathers; or significant male role models. Where their (good) instincts towards masculinity are left unguided and unchecked but for bad popular examples (half the songs on the radio my kids try to listen to are just bad. The videos worse. And the stuff on YouTube terrifying).
As a young boy you’re sexualized early and told that anything goes in sex so long as you have consent. But that even sometimes consent doesn’t matter because its constantly revocable. That sex is just a thing, totally natural and with few boundaries so long as the constantly revocable consent is followed. "Enjoy the porn, son! It’s just natural! "They’re told that their natural instincts for sex are good; and Lord knows people try to use it to sell things to them… but if they follow the behavior they might see on a music video or other videos then they are bad…
Then we have this idea that Fathers are often superfluous or negative. I heard that one in college.
Oh, and now we question what it is not only to be a man, but male period. (Hey, aren’t all these things just gender constructs! Look at my sociology study! Don’t pay any attention to the biological differences men have behind the curtain!)
We have an epidemic of fatherless boys who are learning how to be a man from TV and video games, and other anchorless friends. We people spouting off to kids about the patriarchy and how they are a part of it (yeah, I heard that one in college). So the young man (not me, a buddy) who got into college by busting his butt, working and studying every night, and helping with the family while his Dad was serially out of work in a bad economy is told ‘Oh yeah, you’re the one really in power…you’re an oppressor…’)
We have a crisis of boys. But we won’t attend to the problem because to do the things that have worked better in the past we have to ‘curtail our sexual freedom’ or ‘Sign on to the patriarchy’.
ARGH.
Then we wonder why the hell they get confused.
I was very, very blessed to have good male role models. I had Dad. I had my wrestling coach. I had a Priest who taught philosophy in High School. We were taught bout the difference between authority and power. We were taught to value; 1) God. 2) Family, and 3) then your job and your friends.
Happiness and my own pleasure weren’t a priority. But rather a by product of prioritizing right things.
Yeah, we screwed up and did stupid things. Yes, my Dad and those men had their own failings. We’re all sinners after all. But we had a standard against which to judge ourselves.
This may sound Norman Rockwell but the all boys school I went to was serious about creating Men.
And I think if we focused on that, and focused on young men to teach them what real masculinity is about: dying to ones self like Christ died for his Church, then we’d be better off. I think a significant step towards fixing societal ills is to make GOOD MEN.
end of rant.
sorry.
rant on:
We have created a scene where boys live without fathers; or significant male role models. Where their (good) instincts towards masculinity are left unguided and unchecked but for bad popular examples (half the songs on the radio my kids try to listen to are just bad. The videos worse. And the stuff on YouTube terrifying).
As a young boy you’re sexualized early and told that anything goes in sex so long as you have consent. But that even sometimes consent doesn’t matter because its constantly revocable. That sex is just a thing, totally natural and with few boundaries so long as the constantly revocable consent is followed. "Enjoy the porn, son! It’s just natural! "They’re told that their natural instincts for sex are good; and Lord knows people try to use it to sell things to them… but if they follow the behavior they might see on a music video or other videos then they are bad…
Then we have this idea that Fathers are often superfluous or negative. I heard that one in college.
Oh, and now we question what it is not only to be a man, but male period. (Hey, aren’t all these things just gender constructs! Look at my sociology study! Don’t pay any attention to the biological differences men have behind the curtain!)
We have an epidemic of fatherless boys who are learning how to be a man from TV and video games, and other anchorless friends. We people spouting off to kids about the patriarchy and how they are a part of it (yeah, I heard that one in college). So the young man (not me, a buddy) who got into college by busting his butt, working and studying every night, and helping with the family while his Dad was serially out of work in a bad economy is told ‘Oh yeah, you’re the one really in power…you’re an oppressor…’)
We have a crisis of boys. But we won’t attend to the problem because to do the things that have worked better in the past we have to ‘curtail our sexual freedom’ or ‘Sign on to the patriarchy’.
ARGH.
Then we wonder why the hell they get confused.
I was very, very blessed to have good male role models. I had Dad. I had my wrestling coach. I had a Priest who taught philosophy in High School. We were taught bout the difference between authority and power. We were taught to value; 1) God. 2) Family, and 3) then your job and your friends.
Happiness and my own pleasure weren’t a priority. But rather a by product of prioritizing right things.
Yeah, we screwed up and did stupid things. Yes, my Dad and those men had their own failings. We’re all sinners after all. But we had a standard against which to judge ourselves.
This may sound Norman Rockwell but the all boys school I went to was serious about creating Men.
And I think if we focused on that, and focused on young men to teach them what real masculinity is about: dying to ones self like Christ died for his Church, then we’d be better off. I think a significant step towards fixing societal ills is to make GOOD MEN.
end of rant.
sorry.
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JulianN
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Well, they still have 26 million print circulation. Not what it once was, but still not negligible.
Tis_Bearself
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I suspect a lot of that circulation is institutional (libraries, schools etc) and offices.
Can’t imagine anybody under about age 65 actually buying a print subscription these days.
Kindle or online subscription maybe.
I’ll confess I’ve never been a big TIME fan other than Time-Life history magazines, so I wouldn’t cry if I saw it go.
Edited to add, this is the sort of garbage that Time has always foisted on the world…
en.wikipedia.org
Can hardly wait for the “Is TIME Dead?” cover.
Can’t imagine anybody under about age 65 actually buying a print subscription these days.
Kindle or online subscription maybe.
I’ll confess I’ve never been a big TIME fan other than Time-Life history magazines, so I wouldn’t cry if I saw it go.
Edited to add, this is the sort of garbage that Time has always foisted on the world…
Is God Dead? - Wikipedia
Can hardly wait for the “Is TIME Dead?” cover.
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JulianN
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While they may not buy a subscription, young people are definitely reading print magazines. In the U.S., 91% of adults read magazine media, and that number increases to 94% for adults under 35 and 96% for adults under 25.
That said, I’m not actually a fan of TIME either.
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It would only come in a new magazine with the title: “GOD”.
Tis_Bearself
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I meant “a print subscription to TIME”. There are definitely print magazines that younger people still read. Many of them are longform journalism, literary, or just plain newer/ more relevant than the old news magazines.
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JulianN
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OK – that’s definitely true. The median age for their readership is 50.
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Beryllos
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The Time cover reminds me of word frequency graphs like the following one generated from this thread (font size indicating word frequency):
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Tis_Bearself
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That looks like it’s describing the average content of their issues 
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CTBcin
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Yeah. Alarming, isn’t it?
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Anrakyr
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As you are aware it’s America with the gun problem. Lots of non Christain countries not having them.
I know it’s fun to say “ya’ll need Jesus.” Realistically morals are ingrained in us all so don’t even.
I’m going to ask you to pump the breaks. Many many studies have failed to show any link between what’s consumed and what the consumer does.
That’s exactly what sex is. Again what are you doing.
Dear God here we go invoking the video games…
I got like a mountain of counter arguments here. Bring it.
Glad that’s over, it was the most useless rant ever.
You know for a long time I hated my father because he let my mother abuse me. You know who became my father figure? My grandfather, later my uncles and going into adulthood my older friends.
In the end I forgave my real father and I like to think we are closer now.
In the end a mentor can be anyone.
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TheLittleLady
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Seriously?
The good news is that it is not a zero sum game. People can be against abortion and against shootings all at the same time.
The good news is that it is not a zero sum game. People can be against abortion and against shootings all at the same time.
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CatholicELATeacher
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Amen. Good rant. These shootings are symptomatic.
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Economist
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Yes. Very much so.
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on_the_hill
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As a CAF member, and a Catholic, I don’t think my religion makes a difference in how I feel about it the cover or the shootings. I hate the shootings. I’m ambivalent about the cover.
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CatholicELATeacher
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Wrong. Jimbo has articulated Catholic moral teaching. These are Catholic forums.
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