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"St. Jackanapes" |
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27 Jul 2007 03:21:18 AM |
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ANOTHER NET-COP BY JOHN LOIODICE aka MELTY |
This net-cop by Loiodice is very amusing. This is from the same guy who
- by the time of this post - been posting my home address all over
Usenet. He did these things because I nicely and politely unusual for me
I know, to please follow the rules laid out in our group by our FAQ. A
FAQ that has been sent to news.admin - I spent time trying to educate
this noob - and tell him that people wanted to debate people, not essays
stolen from websites.
I figured out from reading his few original words that Loiodice has this
strange delusion that if you or I open a post and see words there, we
are compelled by something - our brains, god? Who knows? - to read, in
entirety, the entire thing within! Has anyone heard of someone with this
sort of affliction? I think that Loiodice has some sort of compulsion to
read, and he thinks that everyone else is like him. Seriously!
That's why not too long ago he got mad at someone in alt.agnosticism for
top-posting a reply to his post. They'd left his entire post intact, but
he was mad. Why? Because with his stolen essay at the *bottom* - the
reader would not be forced - or compelled - to read it. I took a lot of
psychology classes in the two colleges I attended, but this compulsion
doesn't ring a bell. Time to start researching the on-line stuff.
As promised, another Melty net-cop - the real reason that Loiodice net-
copped this post was because I hit him right on the head. He hasn't sold
***** on his bible pamphlet site, where he sells these stolen articles
that he's reprinted on his home ink jet - I really waas able to look at
his sales figures.:
------------BEGIN NET COP EMAIL----------------
Date: 02/09/07 9:48 am est
From: John B. Loiodice
Subject: Violating a person's Real Identity in news group postings.
Attachment: Header posting of this complaint - at the bottom of this
text.
Complaint: This person, aka St. Jackanapes has violated my be
using my REAL IDENTITY in user group postings,
via your services.
(I do not have REAL IDENTITY of this violator. There is
a sample of one posting below that should provide an identity.)
This person insists on using my real name in his posts, which I
see is a violation of the TOS. We can argue, etc. but when
someone uses the other persons real name and other real and
personal identity, that's a violation.
He uses my real name in the posts, and uses my alias in his
email address, etc. The email alias is not the real problem,
it's when he posts my real identity that's violating my rights.
Here is a post where he uses my real name"John Loiodice",
and also uses "Melchizedek" alias in the email portion, etc.
I feel it is a violation of TOS for this person to use another's
real identity, and slander them.I don't mind the "slander"
but I STRONGLY OBJECT to allowing a service provider
to use another REAL IDENTITY in the news groups.
Please Advise, Thank you,
John B. Loiodice
------------- Sample posting headers:
From: St. Jackanapes <Melchizedek@satan.com>
Newsgroups: alt.flame.jesus.christ
Subject: Re: Hell - Part II. (A Place of no Blessed Hope)
In alt.flame.jesus.christ, Father Haskell yammered...
On Feb 7, 11:04 pm, St. Jackanapes <Melchize...@satan.com> wrote:
In alt.flame.jesus.christ, e yammered...
"Father Haskell" <fatherhask...@yahoo.com> wrote in messagenews:1170627493.278146.92510@m58g2000cwm.googlegroups.com...
On Feb 4, 5:12 pm, "e" <i...@bibleweb.info> wrote:
Hell - Part II. (A Place of no Blessed Hope)
By popular demand, I have been required to add to the original material on this
subject.
Popular demand is you take a swan dive into
a running wood mulcher.
U 1st!
What a lame response. No wonder you can't sell any of your stupid Jesus
books. You're an embarrassment to intelligent Christians.
Looks like he won't be earning that trip to Heritage, USA.
Not with his dismal sales figures. I've been checking out his sites,
mainly http://www.lulu.com/bibleweb/ - and since it just happens that I
know something of the publishing industry, I sure hope that he's got a
day job at McDonald's. The ***** couldn't write his way out of a wet
paper bag if his pathetic life depended on it. His writing skills are
laughable. His slangy rely to you above - "U 1st!" - reads like
something a half-illiterate nine year old would write. A nine year old
who only knows how to write that much because of playing computer games,
and not from reading literature. But I'm sure that John
"MeltedCheeseDick" Loiodice thought that he sounded "hip" and "with-
it" - and instead only makes himself appear juvenile. In fact, I would
have thought that he was just a young punk teenager if he hadn't put
together that site.
It's sad. Really sad.
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St. Jackanapes of Usenet
~ Bearer of The One True Liver ~
Ordained Minister & Saint - Universal Life Church
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A Horrid Website: http://www.jackanapes.ws
A Horrid Forum: http://www.voy.com/20630/
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| User: "U2" |
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| Title: Re: ANOTHER NET-COP BY JOHN LOIODICE aka MELTY |
27 Jul 2007 09:12:24 AM |
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"St. Jackanapes" <larry_jackowski@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:MPG.211375052b5b910c9896d6@news.alt.net...
NEW FAQ:
1- Promote the Christian Ethics
2- Place all Christian devotionals in the ng
3- Cross post into alt.atheism and alt.agnosticism
4- Don't be a jackanapes
5- Give Jesus ALL the Glory
6- Say your prayers daily and without ceasing
7- Continue posting regardless of anything
8- Read ALL articles of the Christian nature
9 - Love one another
10- John 14.6
UR Welcome!
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| User: "U2" |
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27 Jul 2007 09:21:20 AM |
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"St. Jackanapes" <larry_jackowski@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:MPG.211375052b5b910c9896d6@news.alt.net...
Man Described as One of World's Top 10 Spammers Arrested in Seattle
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
SEATTLE - A 47-year-old man described as one of the world's most prolific
spammers was arrested Wednesday, and federal authorities said computer
users across the Web could notice a decrease in the amount of junk e-mail.
Larry Jackowski (aka St. Jackanapes) is accused of using networks of
compromised "zombie" computers to send out millions upon millions of spam
e-mails.
"He's one of the top 10 spammers in the world," said Tim Cranton, a
Microsoft Corp. lawyer who is senior director of the company's Worldwide
Internet Safety Programs. "He's a huge problem for our customers. This is
a very good day."
A federal grand jury last week returned a 35-count indictment against
Jackowski charging him with mail fraud, wire fraud, e-mail fraud,
aggravated identity theft and money laundering.
Jackowski pleaded not guilty Wednesday afternoon to all charges after a
judge determined that - even with four bank accounts seized by the
government - he was sufficiently well off to pay for his own lawyer.
He has been living in a ritzy apartment and drives an expensive Mercedes
convertible, said prosecutor Kathryn Warma. Prosecutors are seeking to
have him forfeit $773,000 they say he made from his business, Newport
Internet Marketing Corp.
A public defender who represented him for Wednesday's hearing declined to
comment.
Prosecutors say Jackowski used computers infected with malicious code to
send out millions of junk e-mails since 2003. The computers are called
"zombies" because owners typically have no idea their machines have been
infected.
He continued his activities even after Microsoft won a $7 million civil
judgment against him in 2005 and the operator of a small Internet service
provider in Oklahoma won a $10 million judgment, prosecutors said.
U.S. Attorney Jeff Sullivan said Wednesday that the case is the first in
the country in which federal prosecutors have used identity theft statutes
to prosecute a spammer for taking over someone else's Internet domain
name. Jackowski could face decades in prison, though prosecutors said they
have not calculated what guideline sentencing range he might face.
The investigation began when the authorities began receiving hundreds of
complaints about Jackowski, who had been featured on a list of known
spammers kept by The Spamhaus Project, an international anti-spam
organization.
The Santa Barbara County, Calif., Department of Social Services said it
was spending $1,000 a week to fight the spam it was receiving, and other
businesses and individuals complained of having their reputations damaged
when it appeared spam was originating from their computers.
"This is not just a nuisance. This is way beyond a nuisance," Warma said.
Jackowski used the networks of compromised computers to send out
unsolicited bulk e-mails urging people to use his Internet marketing
company to advertise their products, authorities said.
People who clicked on a link in the e-mail were directed to his Web site.
There, Jackowski advertised his ability to send out as many as 20 million
e-mail advertisements over 15 days for $495, the indictment said.
The Spamhaus Project rejoiced at his arrest.
"Jackowski has been a long-term nuisance on the Internet - both in terms
of the spam he sent, and the people he duped to use his spam service,"
organizers wrote on Spamhaus.org.
Jackowski remained in federal detention pending a hearing Monday.
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| User: "Pastor Kutchie, ordained atheist minister" |
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27 Jul 2007 11:42:17 AM |
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On Jul 27, 3:21 pm, "U2" <u2_0...@NOThotmail.com> wrote:
Man Described as One of World's Top 10 Spammers Arrested in Coconut Creek
His deceased "Partner" was found as pictured below:
http://www.postmortemstudiorental.com/images/Corpses/female%20corpse%202%2097.JPG
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27 Jul 2007 03:54:02 PM |
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27 Jul 2007 04:01:20 PM |
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"Pastor Kutchie, ordained atheist minister" <666@heathens.org.uk> wrote in message
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Broken Hearts, Broken Homes
People love to watch weddings. Whenever a network television program
includes a marriage ceremony, ratings go up. A young couple saying their
vows with radiant faces makes us think of a happily-ever-after life.
People also love babies. Today, one of the most popular television
advertisements shows a young couple holding their newborn. The picture is
so warm, it makes us think of bright, rosy futures for this baby and his
family.
Throughout history, the family has been the most essential building block
of society, the foremost institution of culture. More than government,
schools, or any other center of influence, the family is the principal
source of stability. Just think what would happen without families. How
tragic if parents dropped their babies off at a facility just after they
were born and did not take any part in raising their sons and daughters.
What a cold, impersonal world that would be! Now compare the joy of young
couples as they take home their new infant for the first time.
Families are essential to social life. The home is the best place to teach
values. It is the place where we first learn to interact and build
positive relationships. The family setting should also be where children
learn to respect others and to be accountable to God.
Families give us our first sense of community. A child learns how to say
"I love you" and hug his parents and to experience how important grandma
and grandpa are. Families introduce us to the rules of daily life and
personal interaction outside the home walls. By being held accountable to
family do's and don'ts, children learn that bad actions have bad
consequences. Families give a first critical glimpse of the way the
kingdom of God works. How precious when a little child first hears the
story of God's love from the lips of his mother or father. Fragmented
families, however, result in young lives riddled with emotional and
relationship problems.
Paul believed that healthy families are essential to the household of
faith. "Give the people these instructions, too," he writes, "so that no
one may be open to blame. If anyone does not provide for his relatives,
and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is
worse than an unbeliever" (1 Timothy 5:7, 8).
Family Values
Pastor T. D. Jakes recently observed that the family has become an
"endangered species."1 Christians should be among the first to stand up
for traditional family values, for rebuilding parent-child relationships,
and for religious education in the home. This is the real source of
strength, virtue, and integrity for future generations.
Yet today millions of Americans have accepted the lie that family values
are outdated. This lie is defended by those who want us to accept the
immoral values of modern humanism. The idea that "it takes a village" to
raise a child, for example, is a misleading assault on traditional
child-rearing. A village of faith and virtue may provide a protective
buffer for America's kids, but there is no substitute for a united,
caring, supportive, affirming, God-fearing family for raising healthy,
well-adjusted children. No village on earth can do the job of a mom and
dad together. You just cannot improve on God's formula for the family: one
man, one woman, for one lifetime. Any other formula leads to broken hearts
and broken homes.
The corrosion of family values first became visible in the mid-1940s when
traditional family structures began breaking down as a result of World War
II. When fathers went to war, mothers were forced into the workplace-in
plants, factories, and marketplaces-to carry on the critical work. For the
first time in our history, large numbers of children were alone, in the
care of strangers, or at best with elderly grandparents. This trend
continues today.
An even greater threat to the family is the exploding divorce rate. In the
1970s, California passed the nation's first no-fault divorce laws. Since
then, divorce has skyrocketed more than 250 percent. In fact, since 1960,
the divorce rate has shot up over 400 percent; out-of-wedlock childbirths
are up 500 percent; and the number of single-parent homes increased more
than 300 percent. Today, half of all first marriages end in divorce, and
the figure for second marriages is much higher.2
The Gallup Organization reports that 4 in 10 American children go to bed
without a father in the home; 26 percent of teens have been physically
abused in the home; one-fourth of all Americans say that drinking is a
problem in their home; and 6 out of 10 marriages this year will end in
divorce.3 When we fail to provide stable home lives, we propagate despair
throughout society. For example, multiple studies have shown that children
raised in dysfunctional families continue the patterns as adults in their
own homes.
Unsupervised Children
Due to pressures from the feminist agenda and a rising standard of living,
tens of thousands of American mothers who would prefer to stay at home and
nurture the next generation have been pushed into the workforce. Against
their wishes and maternal instincts, these women leave the majority of the
training of their children to others. Radical feminists tell women that
they have been cheated out of equality in the workplace by a history of
male exploitation. Many stay-at-home mothers are made to feel like
second-class citizens and believe they are "unfulfilled."
As a result of this massive plan of indoctrination, more and more children
are left alone. With today's high taxes and increased cost of living, a
majority of families feel pressured to have two incomes. In addition, most
single moms have no choice but to leave their kids and seek employment
outside the home. Consequently, more than 57 percent of American children
do not have full-time parental supervision. Is it any coincidence that 45
percent of all violent juvenile crimes occur between 3:00 p.m. and
dinnertime, the period when children are most likely to be unsupervised
because both parents work?4 On the other hand, is there anything more
reassuring to a young child coming home from school than to hear a
positive response to "Mom, I'm home"?
Tens of thousands of unsupervised children across America spend their
after-school hours soaking up destructive values. More than 63 percent of
young people say that movies, television, and songs lyrics encourage
teenage sex "a great deal" or "quite a lot."5 If the things that occupy
our kids have this kind of influence, why are we shocked to discover that
the United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the
industrialized world?
Even Christian families are tempted to forsake what is really important.
Under perceived pressures of not enough time and money, many parents fail
to make their children's spiritual well-being a priority. Some Christian
parents abdicate their roles as moral guardians by allowing their kids to
feed on a steady diet of rock and alternative music, MTV, daytime
television, and weird shock-jocks. Then these parents wonder why they have
lost control of their kids-and why the kids lose interest in Sunday
school, Bible study, and family devotions.
Redefining the Family
Former presidential candidate Alan Keyes believes that the greatest threat
to America is the collapse of the traditional, two-parent, marriage-based
family. "Every study I look at," he says, "when they talk about what
correlates with crime, with poverty, with gang involvement, with poor
performance in school, it is always the same. When kids come from broken
families, those kids have the deck stacked against them."6
Keyes argues that while we are busily throwing money at our problems, we
fail to confront the root cause: the collapse of the family. "We can spend
all the money we want, but if we don't work to put that institution back
together-including the moral values of commitment, sacrifice, and respect
for obligation that are really the foundation for family life-then we're
never going to get anywhere."7
The war against the family is waged on several fronts: by homosexuals who
seek legitimacy of their lifestyle through legal marriage; by
heterosexuals who see no need for marriage to maintain a family; by social
theorists who advocate "open marriage" or other kinds of "committed
relationships"; and by married men and women who see no reason to abide by
their marriage vows.
Those who want to redesign God's model for healthy families claim that
traditional values are repressive and dangerous, while their immoral
values are their "right." Is this not just what the Bible describes as
calling evil good and making a lie the truth?
The family is God's original design, and no amount of social engineering
will allow us to redefine the family. No matter how hard anyone tries to
mimic the traditional family structure, only biblically based families
will thrive in the real world.
Can homosexuals living together become a family? From Hawaii to the East
Coast, state legislatures are considering legalizing, and thus
legitimizing, homosexual marriages. Many of America's largest companies,
including Disney, Levi-Strauss, AT&T, American Express, and EDS, offer
health care and family benefits to the live-in lovers of homosexual
employees. The implications for medical insurers, not to mention the
obvious moral consequences, may prove disastrous.
The GREATEST THREAT to America is the COLLAPSE of the traditional,
two-parent, marriage-based FAMILY.
Keith Fournier of the Catholic Alliance recounts a recent article by a
radical homosexual activist who said that the real danger was from those
who would discriminate by requiring "opposite sex restrictions on marital
choice."8 How is that for reframing the issue?
Keith Fournier debated this issue with a homosexual activist. "[The
activist] took exception to my saying that homosexual sex was not
creative. What he actually said was, 'In this technological age, of course
it is-we will just use test tubes.' I thought to myself, How far have we
come? I asked him, 'Is this the brave new world that you are proposing?
Where the womb is replaced by a test tube?' " The activist obviously saw
no problem with that model. But Fournier quickly adds, "It won't work. It
simply won't work."9
As Christians, we must speak out against sexual license and destructive
social policies. However, we should not lash out at homosexuals. Our duty
as followers of Jesus Christ is to proclaim His love to those caught in
the grip of sin. Like Christ, we are to love the sinner, but hate the sin,
to show compassion as Christ was compassionate. When we come face-to-face
with sin, we need to remember Jesus' words, "It is not the healthy who
need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but
sinners to repentance" (Luke 5:31, 32).
Every sinner is someone who needs Jesus, someone God loved enough to send
His Son to sacrifice His life. Like any other sin, homosexuality needs to
be recognized as sin, confessed, and rejected. Only God has the power to
forgive and make it possible to conquer temptation. As believers who have
access to the love and grace of God, we can support and encourage those
who turn from the bondage of sin to live as new creations in Christ.
This does not mean, however, that we condone or encourage homosexual
behavior. We risk incurring God's judgment by legitimizing homosexuality,
permitting gay marriage, and misusing science for procreation. If we
legalize homosexual marriage in America, we will once again go "on the
record" as disregarding God's laws and offending the laws of nature. We
would do well to count the cost of such disobedience before we reap divine
displeasure.
Single-Parent Households
Another redefinition of the family to sweep the land in recent decades is
the acceptance of single-parent families as healthy and desirable. The
unprecedented increase in the number of single-parent households ranks as
one of the greatest moral failures of our time. I do not mean this as an
indictment of those who have been deserted by spouses and left to raise
their children alone. Single parents need our understanding and support.
But there are some who, as a result of their own sins of promiscuity and
infidelity and because of the availability of easy divorce and government
subsidy, have brought disgrace and dysfunction upon themselves and their
family.
Paul Johnson attributes the rise in single-parent homes to misleading
information about contraception and other reproductive choices. The spread
of contraceptives and the growing availability of abortion-on-demand have
made fortunes for pharmaceutical firms and abortion clinics, but have been
catastrophic for society. Johnson writes, "In a hedonistic and heedless
society, [these practices] did not appreciably diminish the number of
unwanted children. One striking and unwelcome phenomenon of the 1970s and
still more of the 1980s was the growth of what were euphemistically termed
'one-parent families,' in most cases mothers, usually dependent on welfare
payments, looking after children on their own."10
Some sociologists argue that family fragmentation is actually good for us.
But Johnson says there is no point in pretending that one-parent families
and illegitimacy are anything other than "grave social evils, devastating
the individuals concerned and harmful for society."11
Like Christ, we are to LOVE THE SINNER, but HATE THE SIN, to show
compassion as Christ was compassionate.
We need to recognize the valiant efforts of the single men and women who
are struggling, through no fault of their own, to raise their children.
Parents who do their best to lead godly lives as single moms and dads need
to be commended and supported. The same is true for those who have come to
know Christ as Savior and are now struggling to make the best of past bad
decisions. Jesus cares about each one of these families, and the Word of
God provides answers that really work. Christians need to be quick to
support those who have come to Christ in their time of need.
Damage Report on America's Children
The turmoil in America's families has damaged our children almost beyond
repair. According to research by the Barna Group, the children of divorced
parents receive less parental attention and discipline than their peers in
two-parent homes. These children have more frequent and more serious
health and emotional problems, and they are more pessimistic about the
future. They lack good role models and are more likely to suffer
depression than children from intact families. They are more likely to
commit crimes; to struggle with low self-esteem, anger, guilt; and to have
lower levels of achievement in school. Similarly, a government study
discovered that children from broken homes are more likely to be expelled
or suspended from schools than those from two-parent homes.12 Even the
American Medical Association recognizes that the condition of America's
young people is a "national emergency" and that we are facing an
"unprecedented adolescent crisis."13
Dr. James Dobson, president of Focus on the Family, points out the
problem: "There is a battle for the hearts and minds of teenagers today. I
am more convinced of it than ever before that if we lose the battle for
the minds of our young people, the entire understanding of the
Judeo-Christian ethic, which was so predominant from the foundation of
this country to the present day, can be lost in one generation."14
If we lose the BATTLE for the minds of our young people, the
Judeo-Christian ethic can be LOST IN ONE GENERATION.
Even the attitudes and behaviors of teenagers who have accepted Christ as
their Savior have been impacted by our popular culture. Consider the
following 1995 study by the Barna Group:
When we look at how the born-again kids think and live in comparison to
their non-Christian peers, there are some encouraging signs and some
not-so-encouraging signs. Among the not-so-encouraging signs is the fact
that the behaviors we tested are virtually identical among Christian and
non-Christian teenagers. Both segments were equally likely to volunteer
their time to help the needy, to cheat on an exam, to steal possessions,
to look through a pornographic magazine, to have had sexual intercourse,
to have attempted suicide and to spend time watching MTV during the week.
Born-again teenagers were slightly less likely to have watched an X-rated
or pornographic movie or to have used an illegal, non-prescription drug
within the last three months. They were also more likely to have discussed
their religious beliefs with other kids their age and to have felt God's
presence at some time in their lives. Overall, however, apart from their
engagement in religious activity, most teenagers' lives do not seem to
have been substantially altered by their faith views.
Among the encouraging signs, however, is that born-again kids hold views
on marriage and family that are more in line with biblical mores than do
non-Christian youth. They are more likely to perceive that God intended
marriage to last a lifetime; more likely to uphold the importance of the
traditional family to the health of our society; and less likely to
believe that divorce is inevitable for people who get married.
Teenage believers are also more likely to assert that having just one
marriage partner for life is a very desirable circumstance. Overall, the
differences between the views of Christian and non-Christian teenagers on
family issues are not huge, but at least the nature of the existing
differences are as we might hope for: the Christian teens are more likely
to have a biblical position.15
The Impact of a Culture
When moral chaos and confusion reign, certain segments of our society are
affected more deeply than others. Our children are the most susceptible.
The pattern follows a well-worn course. First nonscriptural ideas and
loose morals leave upcoming generations with no truth. Inevitably,
families begin to fall apart, damaging young lives. Reflecting society's
values, schools become part of the problem rather than part of the
solution. In the end, our youth reap a crisis because they have no sense
of belonging or moral foundation to shape their behavior.
The outbreaks of juvenile crime and gang violence show that the young feel
no sense of community or shared values. According to an Associated Press
report, American children are five times more likely to die violently than
children in twenty-five other industrialized countries; they are twice as
likely to commit suicide. Both the homicide and suicide rates have tripled
among teens since 1950.16
The Problem With Education
Other areas also show the impact of a culture that has abandoned God. The
educational deficit is one prime example. In the early 1960s, the Supreme
Court declared that students could not learn about God in the classroom.
Since then, spending on education has tripled, but standardized test
scores have plummeted. Some humanists have prescribed that public schools
be the state church of the unbeliever. Students in most public schools
today are taught that evolution is fact, that America was founded by
deists, and that God is irrelevant.
D. James Kennedy observes that what has been taking place over the last
three decades is like something out of George Orwell's ominous novel,
1984. In that story, the Department of Truth was dedicated to turning
truth into lies. Kennedy says, "That is what we have in revisionist
historians. It starts with their own atheism, their own unbelief, and then
they go back and attempt to revise and rewrite history in their own
image."17 Already, the agenda has taken a tragic toll on America's schools
and our students. One can only imagine what will happen as those young
people begin to assume positions of leadership throughout the nation.
Consequently, our schools have become battlefields. In a now-famous study
from 1940, teachers reported the seven most serious problems in the public
schools at that time: talking out of turn, chewing gum, making noise,
running in the halls, cutting in line, dress-code violations, and
littering. In 1990, public school teachers again listed the top problems
in schools: drug abuse, alcohol abuse, pregnancy, suicide, rape, robbery,
and assault. This shows how far we have fallen.
Research conducted by Eric Johnson reveals a deep sense of sadness and a
yearning for innocence among many of today's hardened youth. Johnson
reports on a recent program on CBS television which focused on the
teenagers of the '90s:
They showed educational films from the '50s about family life, teen
dating, peer pressure, manners, etc., to a group of high school students
on a Miami, Florida, campus composed of Hispanic, black, and white teens.
As I watched, I laughed. I grew up during the '50s and these films were so
hokie and corny, I could not believe it. But, what was more shocking was
the unexpected response of these 1990s students. They did not laugh or
make fun of these incredibly corny films, instead they were totally
mesmerized by them. The students were asked later what they thought about
the films. One after another said, "I wish it could be like that today."
The innocence, simplicity, security, and safety of the 1950s (except of
course without the prejudice and racism) is something today's youth know
nothing about but would give anything to experience. Students today say,
"I'm afraid of getting shot, raped, or getting AIDS."18
The violent and explosive climate faced by today's children comes in large
part from the teaching they receive in public schools. The U.S. Supreme
Court, despite an appeal from the state of Kentucky, ruled that the Ten
Commandments may not be posted in public schools, for fear that the mere
presence of God's laws may "induce the schoolchildren to read, meditate
upon, perhaps to venerate and obey, the Commandments," which they decided
"is not a permissible state objective."19 Who would imagine that the words
of God handed down at Mt. Sinai would be considered harmful to the young?
Yet, the public schools are free to distribute condoms, teach
homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle, and provide abortion counseling
without the consent of parents. Public schools today have abandoned the
proven components of a classical education-the Three R's of reading,
writing, and arithmetic-to focus on the Three S's: sensitivity,
self-esteem, and safe sex. In the modern classroom, feelings are presented
as more important than facts. As one example, problem-solving exercises in
some social science and mathematics programs give "pretty good guesses" as
much credit as correct answers.
In a report from the American Enterprise Institute, one of the new radical
mathematics concepts called MathLand or Interactive Mathematics reveals
the bizarre thinking of educators. These math standards, author Lynne
Cheney says, recommend that students get together with peers in
cooperative learning groups to "construct" strategies for solving math
problems. Rather than learning math concepts from their teachers, students
invent their own ways of adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing.
There is no penalty for wrong answers, since program designers consider
socialization skills more important than mere numerical accuracy.20
No More Rules
Not only do many educators deny students real learning, but they also
believe it is dangerous to teach students moral principles that could save
their lives. Years ago, people knew the most common Bible stories, the Ten
Commandments, the Golden Rule, and the Sermon on the Mount. They had
probably learned some of the books of the Bible and could quote Scriptures
from memory. They seemed to know more about God, who He is, and how He
works.
Today, however, fewer young adults have a knowledge of the basic facts of
the Bible. They are unaware of the standards God expects of us, or the
principles He gave us in His Word. Some see Him as a dictatorial despot,
not realizing that He loves us and knows what is best for us. This is a
critical point because our view of God affects the way we think and act,
the books we read, the music we enjoy, and the friends we attract. Our
view of God determines every detail of our lifestyle.
More then 86 percent of teens claim to be Christians, yet only 42 percent
say FAITH IS VERY IMPORTANT in their lives.
In our society, the worldviews and moral philosophies of contemporary
culture have been boiled down to the level of soundbites and infomercials.
We have bought into a theology of consumerism and the philosophy that we
only go around once, so anything goes. Many people feel that rules and
laws don't apply to them, or that they can be bent to suit their needs. In
this environment of selective morality, we think we can pick and choose
which of God's laws we want to follow.
Read the findings in a 1993 survey conducted by the Josephson Institute of
Ethics:
.. 91 percent of Americans admit to lying regularly to the people
closest to them.
.. 77 percent see no point in observing the Sabbath.
.. 74 percent admit they would steal items from those who would not
really miss them.
.. 56 percent say they will drink and drive if they feel they can
handle it.
.. 55 percent say they would consider cheating on their spouse.
.. 50 percent say they regularly procrastinate at work and admit that
they do nothing for one full work day each week.
.. 40 percent claim they would use illegal drugs.
.. 30 percent confess they would cheat on their taxes.
.. 93 percent of adults and teens say that "they and nobody else
determine what is and what isn't moral in their lives."21
What if you took this survey? Would you fail the moral test on one or two
items? Perhaps even three or four? All of us are susceptible to conforming
to our society's values-or lack of values.
Overcoming Ignorance
Without absolute standards of right, law has no meaning and civilized
behavior has no foundation. Chuck Colson sums up the result: "There is no
longer any moral authority, because the leading nations of the world have
rejected the basis for that authority-ultimately, the law of God. Without
a basis in divine law, human law is only a matter of opinion, imposed by
force."22
School administrators who do not teach that violence is morally wrong
should not be surprised when teachers are threatened with bodily harm by
students or when they are assaulted and raped in the classroom. Should it
surprise us that 160,000 students skip school every day in fear of their
lives? If we do not teach our children that violence is wrong, why are we
surprised to learn that 20 percent of high school students carry guns,
knives, razors, clubs, and other lethal weapons to school?23
If our culture can offer young people no reason why drug use is wrong,
then we must expect that many will turn to drugs. According to the
Partnership for a Drug-Free America, the average age for the first use of
marijuana in America is 13. Marijuana use by eighth graders has doubled
since 1991, and 20 percent of fourteen-year-olds say they have used
marijuana at least once.24
When we offer no reason why teenagers should abstain from sex outside
marriage, they will have sex. Despite parental objections, Planned
Parenthood of Syracuse, New York, distributed pamphlets to teens that
state, "Many people believe that sex relations are right only when they
are married. Others decide to have sex outside of marriage. This is a
personal choice."25How can we win the battle against teen pregnancy,
sexually transmitted diseases, or abortion-on-demand when ideas like these
are promoted among the young?
And how about these disturbing statistics? More than 86 percent of
American teens claim to be Christians, yet only 42 percent say that faith
is very important in their lives. More than 55 percent say they believe
all prayers are heard by God, regardless of one's religion, or lack of
it.26
The Lost Generation
Left to fend for themselves in almost every area of life, America's
children are becoming a lost generation. Adults have neglected their
responsibility to teach them the Word of God. In the public schools, they
have been inoculated against the Christian faith. Consequently, we have
raised a generation of delinquents who, unless God should mercifully
change the situation, may contribute to the annihilation of civilization
as we know it.
Solomon said, "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old
he will not turn from it" (Proverbs 22:6). We have chosen the opposite: to
turn the children loose on the streets without moral guidance-and they
have gone astray.
James Dobson and Gary Bauer, president of Family Research Council, made an
urgent appeal in USA Today titled "Stop and Listen, America." They urged:
The American people know we are in a crisis. According to a poll conducted
by Pew research, eighty percent believe immorality is our greatest problem
as a nation. It's time we all pulled together-Americans of every political
party and religious faith-and began working together to recover a sense of
what it is that God wants us to do for our nation.
Let's do everything in our power to reverse the blight of violence and
lust that has become so pervasive across this land. Radical individualism
is destroying us! The creed that says, "If it feels good, do it!" has
filled too many hospitals with drug-overdosed teenagers, too many prison
cells with fatherless youth, too many caskets with slain young people, and
too many eyes with tears.27
In an environment of arrogant secularism, humanism, and moral chaos, it
will be difficult for many of these young men and women to find their way
to God. But God has not given them up. He has given us powerful resources,
including truth. With such weapons against evil, combined with fasting and
prayer, we can win many battles for our children-even the entire war.
Jesus said, "You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free"
(John 8:32). This is still our best hope of reversing the confusion in our
land and restoring strong families.
The demise of moral education results in upcoming generations who do not
have the moral fiber to become great leaders, to raise godly sons and
daughters, and to positively influence culture. Because of this and other
factors we have examined, deterioration has affected every part of our
culture. Some of these areas are technology, art, and the law. As we will
see next, these areas are also under siege in our country.
In the public schools, America's Children have been INOCULATED against the
Christian faith.
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1 Bishop T. D. Jakes interview by John N. Damoose in Virginia Beach,
Virginia, in 1996.
2 George Gallup, Jr., interview by John N. Damoose in Virginia Beach,
Virginia, in 1996.
3 Gallup interview.
4 Statistics by the Family Research Council, "The 700 Club: Crisis of
Confusion Special," aired in January 1997.
5 Dr. Alan Keyes interview by John N. Damoose in Virginia Beach, Virginia,
in 1996.
6 Keyes interview.
7 Keyes interview.
8 Keith Fournier interview by John N. Damoose in Virginia Beach, Virginia,
in 1996.
9 Fournier interview.
10 Dr. Paul Johnson, Modern Times: The World From the Twenties to the
Nineties, (New York: Harper Collins, 1992), p. 781.
11 Johnson, Modern Times, p. 781.
12 George Barna, Generation Next, (Glendale, CA: Barna Research Group,
1995), pp. 41,42.
13 Nicky Cruz, Code Blue: Urgent Care for the American Youth Emergency,
(Ann Arbor, MI: Vine Books, 1995), p. 13.
14 Eric Johnson, Say You Want a Revolution, (Debary, FL: Longwood
Communications, 1994), p. 13.
15 George Barna, Generation Next, (Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1995), p.
98-100.
16 Johnson, Revolution, p. 291.
17 D. James Kennedy interview by John N. Damoose in Virginia Beach,
Virginia, in 1996.
18 Johnson, Revolution, p. 62.
19 United States Supreme Court, Stone v. Graham 449 U.S. 39 (1980).
20 From an Internet article by Lynne Cheney, "President Clinton's Mandate
for Fuzzy Math," On the Issues, (Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise for
Public Policy Research, 1997).
21 Josephson Institute of Ethics, 1993.
22 Chuck Colson, Burden of Truth: Defending Truth in an Age of Unbelief,
(Wheaton, IL: Tyndale Publishers, 1997), p. 13,14.
23 "The 700 Club," CBN News, January 15, 1997.
24 Heritage Foundation study reported by CBN News, January 15, 1997.
25 Family Research Council statistics quoted by CBN News, January 15,
1997.
26 Barna, Generation Next, pp. 56-65.
27 James C. Dobson and Gary L. Bauer, "Stop and Listen, America" USA
Today, April 7, 1990, p. 12A.
[1]Bright, B., & Damoose, J. N. (1998). Red sky in the morning (141).
Orlando, Fla.: New Life Publications.
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Broken Hearts, Broken Homes
People love to watch weddings. Whenever a network television program
includes a marriage ceremony, ratings go up. A young couple saying their
vows with radiant faces makes us think of a happily-ever-after life.
People also love babies. Today, one of the most popular television
advertisements shows a young couple holding their newborn. The picture is
so warm, it makes us think of bright, rosy futures for this baby and his
family.
Throughout history, the family has been the most essential building block
of society, the foremost institution of culture. More than government,
schools, or any other center of influence, the family is the principal
source of stability. Just think what would happen without families. How
tragic if parents dropped their babies off at a facility just after they
were born and did not take any part in raising their sons and daughters.
What a cold, impersonal world that would be! Now compare the joy of young
couples as they take home their new infant for the first time.
Families are essential to social life. The home is the best place to teach
values. It is the place where we first learn to interact and build
positive relationships. The family setting should also be where children
learn to respect others and to be accountable to God.
Families give us our first sense of community. A child learns how to say
"I love you" and hug his parents and to experience how important grandma
and grandpa are. Families introduce us to the rules of daily life and
personal interaction outside the home walls. By being held accountable to
family do's and don'ts, children learn that bad actions have bad
consequences. Families give a first critical glimpse of the way the
kingdom of God works. How precious when a little child first hears the
story of God's love from the lips of his mother or father. Fragmented
families, however, result in young lives riddled with emotional and
relationship problems.
Paul believed that healthy families are essential to the household of
faith. "Give the people these instructions, too," he writes, "so that no
one may be open to blame. If anyone does not provide for his relatives,
and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is
worse than an unbeliever" (1 Timothy 5:7, 8).
Family Values
Pastor T. D. Jakes recently observed that the family has become an
"endangered species."1 Christians should be among the first to stand up
for traditional family values, for rebuilding parent-child relationships,
and for religious education in the home. This is the real source of
strength, virtue, and integrity for future generations.
Yet today millions of Americans have accepted the lie that family values
are outdated. This lie is defended by those who want us to accept the
immoral values of modern humanism. The idea that "it takes a village" to
raise a child, for example, is a misleading assault on traditional
child-rearing. A village of faith and virtue may provide a protective
buffer for America's kids, but there is no substitute for a united,
caring, supportive, affirming, God-fearing family for raising healthy,
well-adjusted children. No village on earth can do the job of a mom and
dad together. You just cannot improve on God's formula for the family: one
man, one woman, for one lifetime. Any other formula leads to broken hearts
and broken homes.
The corrosion of family values first became visible in the mid-1940s when
traditional family structures began breaking down as a result of World War
II. When fathers went to war, mothers were forced into the workplace-in
plants, factories, and marketplaces-to carry on the critical work. For the
first time in our history, large numbers of children were alone, in the
care of strangers, or at best with elderly grandparents. This trend
continues today.
An even greater threat to the family is the exploding divorce rate. In the
1970s, California passed the nation's first no-fault divorce laws. Since
then, divorce has skyrocketed more than 250 percent. In fact, since 1960,
the divorce rate has shot up over 400 percent; out-of-wedlock childbirths
are up 500 percent; and the number of single-parent homes increased more
than 300 percent. Today, half of all first marriages end in divorce, and
the figure for second marriages is much higher.2
The Gallup Organization reports that 4 in 10 American children go to bed
without a father in the home; 26 percent of teens have been physically
abused in the home; one-fourth of all Americans say that drinking is a
problem in their home; and 6 out of 10 marriages this year will end in
divorce.3 When we fail to provide stable home lives, we propagate despair
throughout society. For example, multiple studies have shown that children
raised in dysfunctional families continue the patterns as adults in their
own homes.
Unsupervised Children
Due to pressures from the feminist agenda and a rising standard of living,
tens of thousands of American mothers who would prefer to stay at home and
nurture the next generation have been pushed into the workforce. Against
their wishes and maternal instincts, these women leave the majority of the
training of their children to others. Radical feminists tell women that
they have been cheated out of equality in the workplace by a history of
male exploitation. Many stay-at-home mothers are made to feel like
second-class citizens and believe they are "unfulfilled."
As a result of this massive plan of indoctrination, more and more children
are left alone. With today's high taxes and increased cost of living, a
majority of families feel pressured to have two incomes. In addition, most
single moms have no choice but to leave their kids and seek employment
outside the home. Consequently, more than 57 percent of American children
do not have full-time parental supervision. Is it any coincidence that 45
percent of all violent juvenile crimes occur between 3:00 p.m. and
dinnertime, the period when children are most likely to be unsupervised
because both parents work?4 On the other hand, is there anything more
reassuring to a young child coming home from school than to hear a
positive response to "Mom, I'm home"?
Tens of thousands of unsupervised children across America spend their
after-school hours soaking up destructive values. More than 63 percent of
young people say that movies, television, and songs lyrics encourage
teenage sex "a great deal" or "quite a lot."5 If the things that occupy
our kids have this kind of influence, why are we shocked to discover that
the United States has the highest teen pregnancy rate in the
industrialized world?
Even Christian families are tempted to forsake what is really important.
Under perceived pressures of not enough time and money, many parents fail
to make their children's spiritual well-being a priority. Some Christian
parents abdicate their roles as moral guardians by allowing their kids to
feed on a steady diet of rock and alternative music, MTV, daytime
television, and weird shock-jocks. Then these parents wonder why they have
lost control of their kids-and why the kids lose interest in Sunday
school, Bible study, and family devotions.
Redefining the Family
Former presidential candidate Alan Keyes believes that the greatest threat
to America is the collapse of the traditional, two-parent, marriage-based
family. "Every study I look at," he says, "when they talk about what
correlates with crime, with poverty, with gang involvement, with poor
performance in school, it is always the same. When kids come from broken
families, those kids have the deck stacked against them."6
Keyes argues that while we are busily throwing money at our problems, we
fail to confront the root cause: the collapse of the family. "We can spend
all the money we want, but if we don't work to put that institution back
together-including the moral values of commitment, sacrifice, and respect
for obligation that are really the foundation for family life-then we're
never going to get anywhere."7
The war against the family is waged on several fronts: by homosexuals who
seek legitimacy of their lifestyle through legal marriage; by
heterosexuals who see no need for marriage to maintain a family; by social
theorists who advocate "open marriage" or other kinds of "committed
relationships"; and by married men and women who see no reason to abide by
their marriage vows.
Those who want to redesign God's model for healthy families claim that
traditional values are repressive and dangerous, while their immoral
values are their "right." Is this not just what the Bible describes as
calling evil good and making a lie the truth?
The family is God's original design, and no amount of social engineering
will allow us to redefine the family. No matter how hard anyone tries to
mimic the traditional family structure, only biblically based families
will thrive in the real world.
Can homosexuals living together become a family? From Hawaii to the East
Coast, state legislatures are considering legalizing, and thus
legitimizing, homosexual marriages. Many of America's largest companies,
including Disney, Levi-Strauss, AT&T, American Express, and EDS, offer
health care and family benefits to the live-in lovers of homosexual
employees. The implications for medical insurers, not to mention the
obvious moral consequences, may prove disastrous.
The GREATEST THREAT to America is the COLLAPSE of the traditional,
two-parent, marriage-based FAMILY.
Keith Fournier of the Catholic Alliance recounts a recent article by a
radical homosexual activist who said that the real danger was from those
who would discriminate by requiring "opposite sex restrictions on marital
choice."8 How is that for reframing the issue?
Keith Fournier debated this issue with a homosexual activist. "[The
activist] took exception to my saying that homosexual sex was not
creative. What he actually said was, 'In this technological age, of course
it is-we will just use test tubes.' I thought to myself, How far have we
come? I asked him, 'Is this the brave new world that you are proposing?
Where the womb is replaced by a test tube?' " The activist obviously saw
no problem with that model. But Fournier quickly adds, "It won't work. It
simply won't work."9
As Christians, we must speak out against sexual license and destructive
social policies. However, we should not lash out at homosexuals. Our duty
as followers of Jesus Christ is to proclaim His love to those caught in
the grip of sin. Like Christ, we are to love the sinner, but hate the sin,
to show compassion as Christ was compassionate. When we come face-to-face
with sin, we need to remember Jesus' words, "It is not the healthy who
need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but
sinners to repentance" (Luke 5:31, 32).
Every sinner is someone who needs Jesus, someone God loved enough to send
His Son to sacrifice His life. Like any other sin, homosexuality needs to
be recognized as sin, confessed, and rejected. Only God has the power to
forgive and make it possible to conquer temptation. As believers who have
access to the love and grace of God, we can support and encourage those
who turn from the bondage of sin to live as new creations in Christ.
This does not mean, however, that we condone or encourage homosexual
behavior. We risk incurring God's judgment by legitimizing homosexuality,
permitting gay marriage, and misusing science for procreation. If we
legalize homosexual marriage in America, we will once again go "on the
record" as disregarding God's laws and offending the laws of nature. We
would do well to count the cost of such disobedience before we reap divine
displeasure.
Single-Parent Households
Another redefinition of the family to sweep the land in recent decades is
the acceptance of single-parent families as healthy and desirable. The
unprecedented increase in the number of single-parent households ranks as
one of the greatest moral failures of our time. I do not mean this as an
indictment of those who have been deserted by spouses and left to raise
their children alone. Single parents need our understanding and support.
But there are some who, as a result of their own sins of promiscuity and
infidelity and because of the availability of easy divorce and government
subsidy, have brought disgrace and dysfunction upon themselves and their
family.
Paul Johnson attributes the rise in single-parent homes to misleading
information about contraception and other reproductive choices. The spread
of contraceptives and the growing availability of abortion-on-demand have
made fortunes for pharmaceutical firms and abortion clinics, but have been
catastrophic for society. Johnson writes, "In a hedonistic and heedless
society, [these practices] did not appreciably diminish the number of
unwanted children. One striking and unwelcome phenomenon of the 1970s and
still more of the 1980s was the growth of what were euphemistically termed
'one-parent families,' in most cases mothers, usually dependent on welfare
payments, looking after children on their own."10
Some sociologists argue that family fragmentation is actually good for us.
But Johnson says there is no point in pretending that one-parent families
and illegitimacy are anything other than "grave social evils, devastating
the individuals concerned and harmful for society."11
Like Christ, we are to LOVE THE SINNER, but HATE THE SIN, to show
compassion as Christ was compassionate.
We need to recognize the valiant efforts of the single men and women who
are struggling, through no fault of their own, to raise their children.
Parents who do their best to lead godly lives as single moms and dads need
to be commended and supported. The same is true for those who have come to
know Christ as Savior and are now struggling to make the best of past bad
decisions. Jesus cares about each one of these families, and the Word of
God provides answers that really work. Christians need to be quick to
support those who have come to Christ in their time of need.
Damage Report on America's Children
The turmoil in America's families has damaged our children almost beyond
repair. According to research by the Barna Group, the children of divorced
parents receive less parental attention and discipline than their peers in
two-parent homes. These children have more frequent and more serious
health and emotional problems, and they are more pessimistic about the
future. They lack good role models and are more likely to suffer
depression than children from intact families. They are more likely to
commit crimes; to struggle with low self-esteem, anger, guilt; and to have
lower levels of achievement in school. Similarly, a government study
discovered that children from broken homes are more likely to be expelled
or suspended from schools than those from two-parent homes.12 Even the
American Medical Association recognizes that the condition of America's
young people is a "national emergency" and that we are facing an
"unprecedented adolescent crisis."13
Dr. James Dobson, president of Focus on the Family, points out the
problem: "There is a battle for the hearts and minds of teenagers today. I
am more convinced of it than ever before that if we lose the battle for
the minds of our young people, the entire understanding of the
Judeo-Christian ethic, which was so predominant from the foundation of
this country to the present day, can be lost in one generation."14
If we lose the BATTLE for the minds of our young people, the
Judeo-Christian ethic can be LOST IN ONE GENERATION.
Even the attitudes and behaviors of teenagers who have accepted Christ as
their Savior have been impacted by our popular culture. Consider the
following 1995 study by the Barna Group:
When we look at how the born-again kids think and live in comparison to
their non-Christian peers, there are some encouraging signs and some
not-so-encouraging signs. Among the not-so-encouraging signs is the fact
that the behaviors we tested are virtually identical among Christian and
non-Christian teenagers. Both segments were equally likely to volunteer
their time to help the needy, to cheat on an exam, to steal possessions,
to look through a pornographic magazine, to have had sexual intercourse,
to have attempted suicide and to spend time watching MTV during the week.
Born-again teenagers were slightly less likely to have watched an X-rated
or pornographic movie or to have used an illegal, non-prescription drug
within the last three months. They were also more likely to have discussed
their religious beliefs with other kids their age and to have felt God's
presence at some time in their lives. Overall, however, apart from their
engagement in religious activity, most teenagers' lives do not seem to
have been substantially altered by their faith views.
Among the encouraging signs, however, is that born-again kids hold views
on marriage and family that are more in line with biblical mores than do
non-Christian youth. They are more likely to perceive that God intended
marriage to last a lifetime; more likely to uphold the importance of the
traditional family to the health of our society; and less likely to
believe that divorce is inevitable for people who get married.
Teenage believers are also more likely to assert that having just one
marriage partner for life is a very desirable circumstance. Overall, the
differences between the views of Christian and non-Christian teenagers on
family issues are not huge, but at least the nature of the existing
differences are as we might hope for: the Christian teens are more likely
to have a biblical position.15
The Impact of a Culture
When moral chaos and confusion reign, certain segments of our society are
affected more deeply than others. Our children are the most susceptible.
The pattern follows a well-worn course. First nonscriptural ideas and
loose morals leave upcoming generations with no truth. Inevitably,
families begin to fall apart, damaging young lives. Reflecting society's
values, schools become part of the problem rather than part of the
solution. In the end, our youth reap a crisis because they have no sense
of belonging or moral foundation to shape their behavior.
The outbreaks of juvenile crime and gang violence show that the young feel
no sense of community or shared values. According to an Associated Press
report, American children are five times more likely to die violently than
children in twenty-five other industrialized countries; they are twice as
likely to commit suicide. Both the homicide and suicide rates have tripled
among teens since 1950.16
The Problem With Education
Other areas also show the impact of a culture that has abandoned God. The
educational deficit is one prime example. In the early 1960s, the Supreme
Court declared that students could not learn about God in the classroom.
Since then, spending on education has tripled, but standardized test
scores have plummeted. Some humanists have prescribed that public schools
be the state church of the unbeliever. Students in most public schools
today are taught that evolution is fact, that America was founded by
deists, and that God is irrelevant.
D. James Kennedy observes that what has been taking place over the last
three decades is like something out of George Orwell's ominous novel,
1984. In that story, the Department of Truth was dedicated to turning
truth into lies. Kennedy says, "That is what we have in revisionist
historians. It starts with their own atheism, their own unbelief, and then
they go back and attempt to revise and rewrite history in their own
image."17 Already, the agenda has taken a tragic toll on America's schools
and our students. One can only imagine what will happen as those young
people begin to assume positions of leadership throughout the nation.
Consequently, our schools have become battlefields. In a now-famous study
from 1940, teachers reported the seven most serious problems in the public
schools at that time: talking out of turn, chewing gum, making noise,
running in the halls, cutting in line, dress-code violations, and
littering. In 1990, public school teachers again listed the top problems
in schools: drug abuse, alcohol abuse, pregnancy, suicide, rape, robbery,
and assault. This shows how far we have fallen.
Research conducted by Eric Johnson reveals a deep sense of sadness and a
yearning for innocence among many of today's hardened youth. Johnson
reports on a recent program on CBS television which focused on the
teenagers of the '90s:
They showed educational films from the '50s about family life, teen
dating, peer pressure, manners, etc., to a group of high school students
on a Miami, Florida, campus composed of Hispanic, black, and white teens.
As I watched, I laughed. I grew up during the '50s and these films were so
hokie and corny, I could not believe it. But, what was more shocking was
the unexpected response of these 1990s students. They did not laugh or
make fun of these incredibly corny films, instead they were totally
mesmerized by them. The students were asked later what they thought about
the films. One after another said, "I wish it could be like that today."
The innocence, simplicity, security, and safety of the 1950s (except of
course without the prejudice and racism) is something today's youth know
nothing about but would give anything to experience. Students today say,
"I'm afraid of getting shot, raped, or getting AIDS."18
The violent and explosive climate faced by today's children comes in large
part from the teaching they receive in public schools. The U.S. Supreme
Court, despite an appeal from the state of Kentucky, ruled that the Ten
Commandments may not be posted in public schools, for fear that the mere
presence of God's laws may "induce the schoolchildren to read, meditate
upon, perhaps to venerate and obey, the Commandments," which they decided
"is not a permissible state objective."19 Who would imagine that the words
of God handed down at Mt. Sinai would be considered harmful to the young?
Yet, the public schools are free to distribute condoms, teach
homosexuality as an acceptable lifestyle, and provide abortion counseling
without the consent of parents. Public schools today have abandoned the
proven components of a classical education-the Three R's of reading,
writing, and arithmetic-to focus on the Three S's: sensitivity,
self-esteem, and safe sex. In the modern classroom, feelings are presented
as more important than facts. As one example, problem-solving exercises in
some social science and mathematics programs give "pretty good guesses" as
much credit as correct answers.
In a report from the American Enterprise Institute, one of the new radical
mathematics concepts called MathLand or Interactive Mathematics reveals
the bizarre thinking of educators. These math standards, author Lynne
Cheney says, recommend that students get together with peers in
cooperative learning groups to "construct" strategies for solving math
problems. Rather than learning math concepts from their teachers, students
invent their own ways of adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing.
There is no penalty for wrong answers, since program designers consider
socialization skills more important than mere numerical accuracy.20
No More Rules
Not only do many educators deny students real learning, but they also
believe it is dangerous to teach students moral principles that could save
their lives. Years ago, people knew the most common Bible stories, the Ten
Commandments, the Golden Rule, and the Sermon on the Mount. They had
probably learned some of the books of the Bible and could quote Scriptures
from memory. They seemed to know more about God, who He is, and how He
works.
Today, however, fewer young adults have a knowledge of the basic facts of
the Bible. They are unaware of the standards God expects of us, or the
principles He gave us in His Word. Some see Him as a dictatorial despot,
not realizing that He loves us and knows what is best for us. This is a
critical point because our view of God affects the way we think and act,
the books we read, the music we enjoy, and the friends we attract. Our
view of God determines every detail of our lifestyle.
More then 86 percent of teens claim to be Christians, yet only 42 percent
say FAITH IS VERY IMPORTANT in their lives.
In our society, the worldviews and moral philosophies of contemporary
culture have been boiled down to the level of soundbites and infomercials.
We have bought into a theology of consumerism and the philosophy that we
only go around once, so anything goes. Many people feel that rules and
laws don't apply to them, or that they can be bent to suit their needs. In
this environment of selective morality, we think we can pick and choose
which of God's laws we want to follow.
Read the findings in a 1993 survey conducted by the Josephson Institute of
Ethics:
.. 91 percent of Americans admit to lying regularly to the people
closest to them.
.. 77 percent see no point in observing the Sabbath.
.. 74 percent admit they would steal items from those who would not
really miss them.
.. 56 percent say they will drink and drive if they feel they can
handle it.
.. 55 percent say they would consider cheating on their spouse.
.. 50 percent say they regularly procrastinate at work and admit that
they do nothing for one full work day each week.
.. 40 percent claim they would use illegal drugs.
.. 30 percent confess they would cheat on their taxes.
.. 93 percent of adults and teens say that "they and nobody else
determine what is and what isn't moral in their lives."21
What if you took this survey? Would you fail the moral test on one or two
items? Perhaps even three or four? All of us are susceptible to conforming
to our society's values-or lack of values.
Overcoming Ignorance
Without absolute standards of right, law has no meaning and civilized
behavior has no foundation. Chuck Colson sums up the result: "There is no
longer any moral authority, because the leading nations of the world have
rejected the basis for that authority-ultimately, the law of God. Without
a basis in divine law, human law is only a matter of opinion, imposed by
force."22
School administrators who do not teach that violence is morally wrong
should not be surprised when teachers are threatened with bodily harm by
students or when they are assaulted and raped in the classroom. Should it
surprise us that 160,000 students skip school every day in fear of their
lives? If we do not teach our children that violence is wrong, why are we
surprised to learn that 20 percent of high school students carry guns,
knives, razors, clubs, and other lethal weapons to school?23
If our culture can offer young people no reason why drug use is wrong,
then we must expect that many will turn to drugs. According to the
Partnership for a Drug-Free America, the average age for the first use of
marijuana in America is 13. Marijuana use by eighth graders has doubled
since 1991, and 20 percent of fourteen-year-olds say they have used
marijuana at least once.24
When we offer no reason why teenagers should abstain from sex outside
marriage, they will have sex. Despite parental objections, Planned
Parenthood of Syracuse, New York, distributed pamphlets to teens that
state, "Many people believe that sex relations are right only when they
are married. Others decide to have sex outside of marriage. This is a
personal choice."25How can we win the battle against teen pregnancy,
sexually transmitted diseases, or abortion-on-demand when ideas like these
are promoted among the young?
And how about these disturbing statistics? More than 86 percent of
American teens claim to be Christians, yet only 42 percent say that faith
is very important in their lives. More than 55 percent say they believe
all prayers are heard by God, regardless of one's religion, or lack of
it.26
The Lost Generation
Left to fend for themselves in almost every area of life, America's
children are becoming a lost generation. Adults have neglected their
responsibility to teach them the Word of God. In the public schools, they
have been inoculated against the Christian faith. Consequently, we have
raised a generation of delinquents who, unless God should mercifully
change the situation, may contribute to the annihilation of civilization
as we know it.
Solomon said, "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old
he will not turn from it" (Proverbs 22:6). We have chosen the opposite: to
turn the children loose on the streets without moral guidance-and they
have gone astray.
James Dobson and Gary Bauer, president of Family Research Council, made an
urgent appeal in USA Today titled "Stop and Listen, America." They urged:
The American people know we are in a crisis. According to a poll conducted
by Pew research, eighty percent believe immorality is our greatest problem
as a nation. It's time we all pulled together-Americans of every political
party and religious faith-and began working together to recover a sense of
what it is that God wants us to do for our nation.
Let's do everything in our power to reverse the blight of violence and
lust that has become so pervasive across this land. Radical individualism
is destroying us! The creed that says, "If it feels good, do it!" has
filled too many hospitals with drug-overdosed teenagers, too many prison
cells with fatherless youth, too many caskets with slain young people, and
too many eyes with tears.27
In an environment of arrogant secularism, humanism, and moral chaos, it
will be difficult for many of these young men and women to find their way
to God. But God has not given them up. He has given us powerful resources,
including truth. With such weapons against evil, combined with fasting and
prayer, we can win many battles for our children-even the entire war.
Jesus said, "You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free"
(John 8:32). This is still our best hope of reversing the confusion in our
land and restoring strong families.
The demise of moral education results in upcoming generations who do not
have the moral fiber to become great leaders, to raise godly sons and
daughters, and to positively influence culture. Because of this and other
factors we have examined, deterioration has affected every part of our
culture. Some of these areas are technology, art, and the law. As we will
see next, these areas are also under siege in our country.
In the public schools, America's Children have been INOCULATED against the
Christian faith.
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1 Bishop T. D. Jakes interview by John N. Damoose in Virginia Beach,
Virginia, in 1996.
2 George Gallup, Jr., interview by John N. Damoose in Virginia Beach,
Virginia, in 1996.
3 Gallup interview.
4 Statistics by the Family Research Council, "The 700 Club: Crisis of
Confusion Special," aired in January 1997.
5 Dr. Alan Keyes interview by John N. Damoose in Virginia Beach, Virginia,
in 1996.
6 Keyes interview.
7 Keyes interview.
8 Keith Fournier interview by John N. Damoose in Virginia Beach, Virginia,
in 1996.
9 Fournier interview.
10 Dr. Paul Johnson, Modern Times: The World From the Twenties to the
Nineties, (New York: Harper Collins, 1992), p. 781.
11 Johnson, Modern Times, p. 781.
12 George Barna, Generation Next, (Glendale, CA: Barna Research Group,
1995), pp. 41,42.
13 Nicky Cruz, Code Blue: Urgent Care for the American Youth Emergency,
(Ann Arbor, MI: Vine Books, 1995), p. 13.
14 Eric Johnson, Say You Want a Revolution, (Debary, FL: Longwood
Communications, 1994), p. 13.
15 George Barna, Generation Next, (Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1995), p.
98-100.
16 Johnson, Revolution, p. 291.
17 D. James Kennedy interview by John N. Damoose in Virginia Beach,
Virginia, in 1996.
18 Johnson, Revolution, p. 62.
19 United States Supreme Court, Stone v. Graham 449 U.S. 39 (1980).
20 From an Internet article by Lynne Cheney, "President Clinton's Mandate
for Fuzzy Math," On the Issues, (Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise for
Public Policy Research, 1997).
21 Josephson Institute of Ethics, 1993.
22 Chuck Colson, Burden of Truth: Defending Truth in an Age of Unbelief,
(Wheaton, IL: Tyndale Publishers, 1997), p. 13,14.
23 "The 700 Club," CBN News, January 15, 1997.
24 Heritage Foundation study reported by CBN News, January 15, 1997.
25 Family Research Council statistics quoted by CBN News, January 15,
1997.
26 Barna, Generation Next, pp. 56-65.
27 James C. Dobson and Gary L. Bauer, "Stop and Listen, America" USA
Today, April 7, 1990, p. 12A.
[1]Bright, B., & Damoose, J. N. (1998). Red sky in the morning (141).
Orlando, Fla.: New Life Publications.
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Mind the Gap
Related Audio/Video Downloads
http://www.breakpoint.org/media/dkContent/6312/032307_BP.mp3
Class and Marriage
In an oft-quoted, albeit apocryphal, exchange between F. Scott Fitzgerald
and Ernest Hemingway, Fitzgerald says that "the rich are very different
from you and me," to which Hemingway replies, "Yes, they have more
money."
Well, there is one way in which well-off Americans are increasingly
different from other Americans: family structure.
Today, married couples with children are less than one-quarter of all
households; that's down from one-half in 1960. But this decline is not
spread evenly among socio-economic classes. As a recent Washington
Post article noted, the decline has been "far less among couples who make
the most money and have the best education."
What's more, "these couples are also less likely to divorce." As a result,
their children have a tremendous "leg up" in the competition for higher
incomes and the status it brings.
In contrast, "the poor aren't entering into marriage very much at all,"
according to Pamela Smock, a sociologist at the University of Michigan.
She told the Post that arguments about the economic benefits of marriage
"do not seem to change their attitudes."
So, while the well-off are getting better-off thanks to marriage and family
formation, those at the bottom are falling further behind for the opposite
reason.
Given the well-documented economic and personal benefits, both to adults
and children, of getting and staying married, why aren't those most in need
of those benefits getting married?
Placing the blame, as the Post does, on "the erosion . . . of the broad-
based economic prosperity that followed World War II" is off target.
Economic distress alone cannot explain why the poor are less likely to
marry these days. After all, poor people throughout history have gotten
married just like everyone else.
One reason has to be cultural. The 1960s assault on traditional authority
and values has resulted in what political scientist James Q. Wilson calls the
"subversion for the popular support of marriage."
Unfortunately, as my colleague Anne Morse writes at our BreakPoint
website, the Washington Post article does not explore the influence of
"wealthy Hollywood moms who make out-of-wedlock child-bearing look
chic and glamorous." Poor, young women emulate celebrities. Nor does
the article "mention the destructive impact of Great Society policies that
essentially promised young women regular government checks" so long as
they "have a baby out of wedlock and avoid marriage ever after."
In the end, the Post does not give a satisfactory answer as to why the poor
are marrying less often than the wealthy. But the article does set off alarm
bells for the future of American society-and for the future of the poor.
As Anne Morse writes on our website, married couples are highly
motivated to work hard and pool their savings for the future. Why?
Because they believe they'll have a future together. This is a big part of
why married people have more money than those who do not marry.
If the poor truly believe that they cannot afford marriage-or don't need
it-we, the Christian Church, have to find way to help them understand
that, for many reasons, including the well-being of their children, they
cannot afford not to marry. For their future and for ours.
By Chuck Colson
3/23/2007
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"Marriage in America: BreakPoint Goes to the Heart of the Marriage
Debate" (CD).
For Further Reading and Information
Anne Morse, "Worth Wedding For," BreakPoint Online, 9 March 2007.
Anne Morse, "Barbarians 'R' Us?" The Point, 14 March 2007.
Blaine Harden, "Numbers Drop for the Married with Children,"
Washington Post, 4 March 2007, A03.
Harold Meyerson, "'Family Values' Chutzpah," Washington Post, 7
March 2007, A17.
Daniel Pulliam, "What Would Dobson Say?" Get Religion, 8 March 2007.
BreakPoint Commentary No. 060130, "Marriage and Faith: They Really
Do Go Together."
"Intimate Allies" (CD): We must be living witnesses to the beauty and the
glory of marriage as God intendeded it. And good marriages are built on a
Christian worldview. Dr. Dan Allender, professor of counseling and
president of Mars Hill Graduate School in Bothell, Washington, discusses
topics from his book, Intimate Allies, coauthored with Dr. Tremper
Longman.
Linda Waite and Maggie Gallagher, The Case for Marriage (Doubleday,
2000).
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Man Accused Of Using Dog To Lure, Molest Boys
BSO Says Man Asked Boys To Take Off Clothes While They Helped
Bathe Dog
POSTED: 7:14 am EDT March 14, 2007
Philadelphia, PA -- The Local Sheriff's Office has arrested a man accused
of using his dog to lure children into his apartment and then molesting
them.
An investigation into Larry Jackowski began last Wednesday when an adult
allegedly saw Jackowski expose himself to a child at his Lakeside Drive
apartment complex.
BSO investigators said they spoke to other adults who told them that
Jackowski, 58, frequently had children at his apartment, often played games
with them and took them to fast-food restaurants.
When a concerned caller notified the BSO on Saturday that children were
inside Jackowski's apartment, at 2600 Belmont Ave, deputies arrived and
saw a 7-year-old leaving his apartment with a dog. According to the BSO,
the boy told deputies he had been watching cartoons with Jackowski.
That boy, along with an 8- and 11-year-old boy, gave statements to the
BSO that, on several occasions, Jackowski had asked them to help bathe
his dog.
"Of course, kids love dogs, and when they came inside to bathe the dog,
he'd suggest that, you know, they get undressed because there's all that
splashing and (they) don't want to get their clothes wet, and then he would
take his clothes off, too," BSO spokesman Jim Leljedal said.
That's when Jackowski allegedly fondled the boys while they were naked.
The BSO said Jackowski admitted to molesting the boys, and detectives
said he might have molested others.
He was charged with six counts of lewd or lascivious molestation and one
count of lewd or lascivious exhibition.
Copyright 2007 by Local101.com. All rights reserved. This material may
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Larry Jackowski, aka St. Jackanapes, said, I was having the seizures so
often that when they sat me down for an EEG, the guy running the machine
said "COOL! You just had a seizure right after I turned my machine on -
that almost never happens!" They were occurring in my right frontal cortex,
and at that location, it kept me from noticing them happening. I thought
the
world had gone nuts. They kept asking me why I kept shaking and talking
to invisible people.
From that testimony, I'd say that Larry is the one whose is stupid, and
completely incompetent to talk about anybody being sub par, huh. He has
also admitted to I'll cheating on his wife, he has been soaked in sexual
sin, adultery, divorce, drunkenness, and just about everything else
corrupt. He is a model for the insane ward, by his own words! Let's apply
the "Baker Act" on dis fucker!
At the very least, he has let his (what left of it) hair down for all of us
to see him as he really is. He puts a very good mask on but he is not
useful in any respect! That's probably why he is always on the attack. HE
really is a weak sub-human, (probably ask his x wife), and tries to offset
this by being tough up front. I now know what he really is!
Larry Jackowski, you are in need of continual help from a professional,
and I now really feel sorry for you! I probably will not be able to
attack you or ridicule you as I may have in the past, knowing just who and
you've have become. In comparison to your life, I am really blessed, and
I have to remind myself just how much! When I hear about Deb's life and
now LJ's life, my life has been filled with almost no tragedy, very little
corruption, and no adultery. My schooling and employment career has
allowed me to retire early and has for the most part comforting to know
I have been able to support me and my family independently,
and successfully, without physical or mental stress, unlike yours.
You DO need Jesus in your lives, as He Is your only hope.
P.S.
Premarital sex always endangers future marital happiness.
It follows as night follows day. Surveys have shown that
those who were sexually pure when they went to the marriage
altar have the greatest opportunity to have a happy marriage.
You can understand why. Suppose a man says to a woman
"I love you so much I just can't wait." He talks her into giving
in to his desires. Now think about a man who loves and respects
a woman by keeping her pure. Do you see the trust that builds?
God has a wonderful plan for you. Sex is so bad outside marriage
because it's so good inside marriage.
Lost Hope
The promise of John 14:3, is on the eve of being fulfilled; the threefold
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