02-12-2018, 01:15 AM
This is a copy of an article I posted,in our local newspaper.
In a world that we share with over seven Billion people. I find it sad that the society we now have is probably the most selfish in History. The modern phenomenon known as the selfie means that the photo has you in front and others in the background. The background may contain a famous person or a famous landmark but you are in the foreground. Even the language has changed, once you would have said John and I, now it's me and John.
The other selfish behavior I have observed is to do with modern parenting. If you give a child everything they want or ask for, it’s more about you than them. Many parents now think this behavior will make their child love them and don’t want to upset the child. This method of parenting causes a child to be ungrateful and treat their parents with contempt. Instead of preparing children for the hard times that are ahead of them in life. This selfish parenting style causes a young adult to suffer from depression when things don’t go their way. The school system is also guilty of this current thinking and is also partly to blame for this lack of preparation for the real world.
The Christian principle of love your neighbor as yourself. Has been replaced with love yourself only, that is why churches, communities and clubs can no longer get people to volunteer for help. Radical Islam teaches that you go to heaven if you kill all the infidels around you. This again is a selfish teaching which only benefits that individual and not others. Jesus gave his life for others, his sacrifice was so all mankind could inherit a heavenly Kingdom. That is why it’s the so called Christian world that is called on to help in times of need, when other nations with other ideologies will not. Second Timothy Chapter 3 (1-6) speaks of the selfishness of this current time. Proverbs Chapter 23 (10-15) tells us not to move the old landmarks when it comes to dealing with our children. (The end of the article).
Many of the religious teachings today have individuals as the center of their universe and the power comes from themselves. My experience as a born again Christian is that the power, I can access comes from above not from me. I know the day I received the Holy Spirit, I received an incredible feeling of joy and love, for other human beings, that I didn't have before. That burning desire to share with others, what I have been given,is still as strong some 28 years after that day. In this post I am just sharing my observations along with my own experiences.
In a world that we share with over seven Billion people. I find it sad that the society we now have is probably the most selfish in History. The modern phenomenon known as the selfie means that the photo has you in front and others in the background. The background may contain a famous person or a famous landmark but you are in the foreground. Even the language has changed, once you would have said John and I, now it's me and John.
The other selfish behavior I have observed is to do with modern parenting. If you give a child everything they want or ask for, it’s more about you than them. Many parents now think this behavior will make their child love them and don’t want to upset the child. This method of parenting causes a child to be ungrateful and treat their parents with contempt. Instead of preparing children for the hard times that are ahead of them in life. This selfish parenting style causes a young adult to suffer from depression when things don’t go their way. The school system is also guilty of this current thinking and is also partly to blame for this lack of preparation for the real world.
The Christian principle of love your neighbor as yourself. Has been replaced with love yourself only, that is why churches, communities and clubs can no longer get people to volunteer for help. Radical Islam teaches that you go to heaven if you kill all the infidels around you. This again is a selfish teaching which only benefits that individual and not others. Jesus gave his life for others, his sacrifice was so all mankind could inherit a heavenly Kingdom. That is why it’s the so called Christian world that is called on to help in times of need, when other nations with other ideologies will not. Second Timothy Chapter 3 (1-6) speaks of the selfishness of this current time. Proverbs Chapter 23 (10-15) tells us not to move the old landmarks when it comes to dealing with our children. (The end of the article).
Many of the religious teachings today have individuals as the center of their universe and the power comes from themselves. My experience as a born again Christian is that the power, I can access comes from above not from me. I know the day I received the Holy Spirit, I received an incredible feeling of joy and love, for other human beings, that I didn't have before. That burning desire to share with others, what I have been given,is still as strong some 28 years after that day. In this post I am just sharing my observations along with my own experiences.