| Recover Society |
1. Society has moved into a direction that is not good
for people of the Western countries and other countries because they follow
the Western countries.
2. This move is Society has been due to specific decisions
and influences since World War 2.
3. Moves to contain things like crime, delinquency,
drink, drugs, violence, dis-honesty, lack of ethics, overwork, ......
have not been successful because they do not tackle the root cause of the
problems but are palliative in trying to make life better despite them.
4. By applying the Bible (particularly the 10 Commandments)
to today's life principles. With this at the root of Societies laws and
principles of life the situation can be turned round.
5. This does not mean that everyone will become a believing
Christian. But many of other faiths or no faith will accept the principles
set out in the Bible.
6. It means that Society's leaders, the media, psychologists,
social scientists, MPs and other politicians, the police, the Judiciary,
Stock Exchange, and lots more will examine the principles of behaviour
as set out in the Bible and will also assess how they were applied in past
years, and then modify the law and procedures that Society adopts.
7. We would then expect to see a gradual falling in
crime and delinquency and violence as schools teach proper standards of
behaviour, falling divorce rate, falling illegitimate births. falling child
abuse and child neglect, fall in overwork. In fact a fall in all
the bad things in society.
8. Each generation is born new and is not characteristic
of anything until the environment conditions it. At birth each generation
is the same. Therefore it is possible to change the characteristics of
the next generation by changing the environment. Hence it may take
3 generations to reverse Society's problems. Each generation is influenced
by Parents, Family, Friends, Clubs, Churches, Media, School, College, University.
And when things go wrong the Police, Social Services, Probation Service.
All of these would need to modify their teaching and handling of young
people.
9. So far in this write up I have not dealt with many other
matters that need consideration. For instance: Teaching sex
in schools, Royalty and it's essential role in the Commonwealth, The handling
of Commonwealth countries with the demise of the British Empire, the whole
unfortunate world of Political Correctness and feminism. These will
have a direct bearing on the future.
10. Here is a shortened modern form of the 10 commandments:
Abridged from the NIV translation of the Bible.
Each second line, in italics, is
a colloqual form of each commandment.
1. I am the Lord your God,
.......you shall have no other gods before me.
1. Only I am God, do not think anything else is as important
as me.
2. You shall not make for
yourself an idol.
2. Do not consider anything else as influential as me.
3. You shall not misuse
the name of the Lord your God, for the Lord will not
hold him guiltless who misuses His name.
3. Only use my name, God, respectfully.
4. Remember the Sabbath
day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labour and do all your
work,
but
the seventh day is a Sabbath is to the Lord your God. On it you shall
not do any work......
4. Keep Sunday set apart for me and for worshipping me. Do not do
your ordinary work on that day
but use it for worship, rest and relaxation.
5. Honour your father and mother.
5. Love, respect and help your father and mother.
6. You shall not murder.
6. Do not kill or be angry or antaganistic towards anyone.
7. You shall not commit adultery.
7. Do not sleep with anyone you are not married to, or act indecently towards
anyone.
8. You shall not steal.
8. Respect other people's property and do not try to take it.
9. You shall not give false testimony
against your neighbour.
9. Do not tell lies.
10. You shall not covet your neighbour's
house......wife......man servant......maid servant.......
or anything that belongs to your neighbour.
10. Do not unjustly long for what you have not got, inluding a person,
property of money. Do not gamble.
The
metronome keeps ticking but it is never too late to take action and play
a great tune.