"The cost of premarital sex" So The Candles say, and so it is.
In my opinion you have opened up a can of worms and in due respect to you, rightfully so.
Rome did not last a thousand years, and very much because of the evil of man, and who am I to dispute your words and you're reasoning? And yet I am.
I am the one from Norway that got slapped across the face if you dared to oppose your elders, or the system.
I read your article with interest and concern, and though I agree with your overall message, premarital sex is a fact of life, and you and I, nor anybody else, is never going to change it.
Sad to say, it is getting worse, not better, and yet I "demand" it be changed.
You speak of peer pressure as one evil, but the whole of this goes much deeper, and peer pressure is but one obstacle to address and is but a minor or major part of the problem, pending ones point of view.
I have always said and believed that our children are a byproduct, or image of their Mom and Dad.
That still holds true, but I will twist it around a little.
I have always said and believed that our children was a byproduct or image of their Mom and Dad.
Take notice how I am applying "was" versus "are."
Since beginning of time, premarital sex has always been a part of life. Some can deal with it, and some cannot, and it appears to me that many are blaming much of this woe upon our children.
That is wrong and a copout!
Let us attempt to get to the root of the evil and what to do about it, and I am asking everybody in SearchWarp to give me a helping hand Yesterday I wanted to holler and punish the kids on the street corner and send them home to their Mom and Dad.
Today I have to side and defend them. There are lots of exceptions, but for now I will say that most of the time children will follow in Mom and Dads footsteps.
However, let me go back a step, and incorporate "was" VS. "are"
In yesterdays society a woman was not allowed marry a woman.
In today's society a woman are allowed to marry a woman.
In yesterdays society a man was not allowed to marry a man.
In today's society a man are allowed to marry a man.
And there they are, a teacher and minister, a priest or a nun, and above all, Mom and Dad, attempting to teach their children right from wrong, and if the children do not toe the line, what do we do?
Or should I say: What can they do?
First thing first.
Stop the hypocrisy and apathy. Stand up and be counted.
Mom and Dad; you plead, beg, "borrow and steal," - anything to make your children listen.
Yes, keep at it, but still I ask you to heed my warning.
Many children ridicule us grownups, and why not?
"Why holler at us? Look at yourself!" they say.
And they are right!
Look at ourselves. Look at Massachusetts and California where a man can marry a man, and a woman can marry a woman, and I, Olof A. Eriksen say:
Boys? You want to live with your boyfriend?
Rent an apartment and live happily ever after, but do not marry, or raise a child because chances are you will destroy it.
Girls? You want to live with your girlfriend?
Rent an apartment and live happily ever after, but do not marry, or raise a child because chances are you will destroy it.
Children raised in this environment will invariably, when they get older, start wondering about where their Mom versus Dad, or the missing link in this equation.
The root of this anti-bible movement is the authorities and judges, our lawmakers who because of our apathy, rule in against the teaching of the bible, making the marriage as we know it into a farce.
We, and our children, do not have to go very far.
Buy any local newspaper and there it is, "trumpets" blaring, priests and teachers, and others, man and woman, grownups arrested for fondling our children, and other evils.
And then you have numerous parents who are fighting an uphill battle, telling and teaching their children right from wrongs.
And then the evil; the children all confused, wanting to be like Mom and Dad, and the next minute they reads about priests, ministers and teachers fondling and having sex with 12 and 14 year old kids.
The Candles, sad to say; what you have brought forth is only the beginning of what will get worse and it will never end.
We are the once to blame.
We, you and I, are the once who are allowing our lawmakers and judges to override the bible and Gods commandments, and though objections are raised everywhere in this land, the man and woman of righteousness are ridiculed and laughed at.
And then I frown at the kids hanging out late at night, drinking, smoking and having sex in every which locale.
"And why cant I," the kids will answer, and sad to say, many of them know their parents are at home, or at work, or sitting in a cocktail lounge somewhere, not caring where their children are.
Do not blame the kids.
Get to your representatives who promised to make this a better and safer place to live and raise our children.
Demand they mend their evil ways and self serving purposes.
Let them know you will "meet them face to face" at the voting booth and that you will throw them out, there and then.
Let's clean up the mess that we ourselves have allowed to happen.
Clean your front steps and then go across to your neighbors and tell them to do the same.
Let's clean up this house, The United States of America.
Any authority, anyone who rules in favor of gay marriages.
Throw them out! Then tell your children what we have done. They will like that.
Then we will get rid of the priests, ministers and teachers, or anyone that is fooling around and way-leading our children.
Throw them out also. Then tell your children what we have done. They will like that.
We have to lead and set an example for our children. Only then will they listen, respect and follow in our footsteps. Here is one, all too simple, and I am sure many have experienced it.
You and I, getting a speeding ticket, and if you disobey the law, you deserve it.
The law is simple. No emergency vehicle shall exceed the speed limit either unless lights or sirens, or both are engaged.
Let your local police and emergency departments know we will not tolerate them zooming by at speeds far above the speed limit without lights or sirens engaged, or we will report this flagrant violation.
That done we will tell our children what we have done.
They will like that, and you and I will also.
No punt intended, and I mean to say.
We can, and we must teach our children right from wrong by setting an example.
If not, this land will go the way of the Romans.
And if I stepped on any ones toes, please accept my sincere apology.
That was not the intent of this rebuttal.
Olof A. Eriksen, Author of Memoirs of an Immigrant.
Owner and President of Unique Systems, Inc.
You may visit his website, www.uniquesystems.com to learn more about him and his company.
Great article, Olof. Some very strong sentiments--as well they should be. You are absolutely right. Our children are what we make them--what we teach them. If something is wrong in the life of our children, the first place we should look is deep within ourselves. Sure we can say, "it's not my fault, he/she didn't learn that from me!" Then we had better look again and be totally honest about what we find--it's there--we just have to be strong enough to admit it. I'm not saying we can control our children's homosexuality--I truly believe that is an issue of nature; but we do have the where withal to teach our children good Christian values.
Thanks for sharing your feelings. And good to hear from you again.
» left by Olof A. Eriksen from Cedar Knolls. NJ (94 days 11 hours ago.)
TO: Sandra Graham.
From: Olof Eriksen
Subject:
Thank you for responding to my artickle.
Not hearing or seeing any responses from anyone on SearchWarp, I started to wonder if I had overstepped my bounderies; that the subject is to sensitive, that what I said was wrong, and that I should leave it to the experts, whatever that is.
Apperently few to none wants to touch it, and if so, I fall right back on the word, apathy.
I was just about ready to throw in the towel, sending a second appology on the subject and there you were, picking me up, giving me a helping hand and some needed support.
I agree that we are on an uphill battle. If we can't take responsibility for ourselves as adults and parents then we have a serious dysfunction. I am from CA and I am completely apalled at the same-sex marriage law plus others, and the only thing I can do is pray and write my congressmen. Our church finally disassociated with a certain denomination (PTL) who endorsed same-sex marriage. I was elated and then the stupid (excuse my tone) Supreme Court passed the law and made it okay. It is not okay nor Biblical. You might want to read my article "Same Sex Marriage - Should We Teach It In School?" Proposition 8 for CA actually wants to make public schools teach that this marriage is okay.
By the way, I can't wait for your book to come in the mail. Thank you my friend.
» left by Olof Eriksen from Cedar Knolls. NJ (93 days 17 hours ago.)
Michelle Mackin,
To you, and also to Sandra Graham once more.
Thank you for your encouraged responses, and if you read my reply to Sandra, you get my meaning, but I shall add one thing with all the muster I can.
When the Supreme Court passed the law and made gay marriges legal, what is happening to our consience, our bible and our beliefs in something that is far more powerful then all mankind combined.
Simply stated: What is happening to our belief in God?
And I think of this.
IN GOD WE THRUST
Our forefatheres did not not put it on our currency to be funny or cute. I refuse to believe that.
They agoniced, I am sure, how to best remind us that we are here by the grace of God, and knew we always had to handle money, and I believe they put it there to remind everybody everyday of our responsibility to our God and country.
And so I fight every day for what this country did for me, a loosing battle, and I get angrier every day, to the point where my employees raise their eyebrows, but -
they all read my book and then they foregive me for being as outspoken as I am.
Or maybe I am entering the ugly realms of apathy myself, saying: "What is the use?"
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