The Rule.
The future of any nation lies with its youth. So
corrupt them; since religion teaches moral virtue,
erode the churches and divert the young from religion.
Make them interested only in themselves. Get them
involved in drugs, alcohol, and sex. Get them addicted
to privileges and rights.
The Reality.
Church attendance is at its lowest rate ever in the
United States.
Traditional values are mocked constantly by every arm
of the media and attacked viciously in the courts by
the American Civil Liberties Union and other left-wing
groups (Roger Baldwin, founder of the ACLU, has baldly
stated that "Communism is the goal)."
Teenage pregnancy, suicide, alcoholism, drug addiction,
abortion, rape, child abuse, murder, prostitution, and
the rate of runaway children are all at an all-time
high.
Any attempt to combat this trend in the public school
system by teaching values is instantly attacked by the
National Education Association (NEA) and others as "a
pernicious violation of the separation of church and
State."
Many of today's youth are grossly overprivileged,
committed to fashion, physically flabby and lazy, and
mentally undisciplined. If they don't want to do
something, they simply will not do it. And if they
want to do something to indulge themselves, no law or
moral standard will hold them back.
They feel that they are entitled to the 'good things in
life,' not as a reward for hard work, but as an
expected gift, to be received without effort and even
without asking.
And where do they learn such slovenliness? Just spend
two hours in front of a television watching a random
selection of situation comedies to find out.
Unfortunately, kids who fit the above description
usually model themselves after their parents.
The prevailing attitude among today's pampered American
youth is one of nihilism ( I am nothing, life has no
meaning, I don't care) -- and for good reason.
For further information on these attitudes, see Chapter
2 of Volume I, "The Anti-Life Mentality."
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