What is the biggest problem facing today?

[journeyman]

or my personal favorite - procrastination

[HS_Dad]

One candidate could be radical Islam combined with nuclear proliferation bringing discredit on all of monotheism (even the idea) in the non-monotheistic world (Europe, India, China, Japan, much of the elite in North and South America).

[Light Seeker]

I chose lust, because I feel that it is one of the hardest sins to defeat.

[goldenchild17]

[quote name='Apathy' post='690479' date='Aug 19 2005, 11:56 AM']So what do you believe to be the worst problem with the world today? If you pick 'other', please let us know why and what. (like I care, but do it anyways). Please? [/quote]

Liberalism, Modernism and the combined forces of Communism and Free-Masonry and that idiotic invention called "political-correctness"

Edited September 3, 2007 by goldenchild17

[Norseman82]

I voted "other", and here is my reason:

A lot of these things like sloth, greed, and lust have been around since before the time of Christ. And some of the others have been hanging around for a few generations.

However, as someone who came of age in the 1980s, I've seen where all these things have come to a head and gone downhill BIG TIME in the past 15-20 years, so if you want to know what I think today's biggest sin is, it seems to be a tie between these two things (and in some areas they overlap):

1) Loss of respect for human life
2) Assault on the traditional family

Back in the early 1980s, who would have thought that in vitro fertilization would be so common that it would be mandated by states to be covered by health insurance? Who could have thought that we would be afraid to donate to medical research funds because so many support embryonic stem cell research? And how much longer before we are cloning people simply for "spare parts"? And who would have envisioned international courts and treaties penalizing sovereign nations (like Ireland) in an attempt to impose abortion?

Also back in the early 1980s, there will still stigmas against cohabitation, and you could make plans with friends for the weekend without worrying who had custody that weekend. Now these things are commonplace - in fact, if you are not cohabitating, you are looked at strangely, and marketing textbooks, when referring to marketing demographics, make reference to the time when you divorce and remarry like it is an expected stage of life like retirement. Who would have thought that same-sex marriage would be forced on us by courts? How many nations (like Poland, if I am correct) are being pressured into recognizing homosexual rights because of treaties (either UN or EU)? I remember when people used to talk about "condominiums" to refer to prophylatics; now, they are advertised openly on TV and radio (as are strip clubs) and promoted in our schools. It used to be that if you conceived out of wedlock, either you married or put the baby up for adoption; now, it is accepted and is close to being as common as people who were married when they gave birth. People are so scarred by divorce of their parents, friends, and other family members that they are afraid to enter marriage. And if it isn't hard enough already trying to find a good Catholic spouse (we are told to expect "baggage", divorced people, and people who have kids, and we are made to feel like unforgiving self-righteous louts if we hold out for higher standards), people who seek marriage are made to feel like they are out of line (even at Catholic young adult gatherings!) and have "single vocation" and "alternate forms of lifegiving" nonsense shoved down their throats and are interrogated as to the reasons they want to get married and are told they are the wrong reasons.

Again, it was not this bad back in the early to mid-1980s.

Edited September 3, 2007 by Norseman82

[T-Bone _]

It all boils down to Apathy. Without Apathy, none of the other problems would be all that significant. It is the fault of Apathy.

[Apathy]

[quote name='T-Bone _' post='1377144' date='Sep 3 2007, 04:19 PM']It all boils down to Apathy. Without Apathy, none of the other problems would be all that significant. It is the fault of Apathy.[/quote]

GrandPa was saying just that. The only reasons those other problems have gained so much ground, is that no one cared enough to stop them.

Yet when my big brother War gets going with his friends Chaos and Havoc, I don't think anyone could stop them.

Whatever.


Sure, just keep blaming it all on me. Yet my twin brother Sloth didn't do any good in the last hundred years or so or ever.

I just don't care enough that I don't care and don't even care that you care. Time for a nap.

[fides quarens intellectum]

[quote name='Lil Red' post='690548' date='Aug 19 2005, 01:07 PM']i think the theology of liberalism promotes all that other jazz[/quote]

ditto.

[eperez874]

no moral values, that is the problem.
sex it is seen normal,
like example young people now at days kiss their girlfriends lips instead their cheeks what if she is not your future wife what if she is some one elses?
that in mexico it is seen as amoral. it is disrespect.

also profanity it is seen normal in anywhere in the world when it is actually not even for expressions now when people use "o my G** " they are using it in vain even for expression the lord's name is sacred and holy i wonder where is respect.
people do not see it as a problem anymore because

A: his/her perants never thought their children
B: they removed it from their concince by a friend or some one, that it is in vain.
c: just becasue they do not really care

another is
dar*, freeki**, what the He**?

we should not substitute a made up word for a cus word at all because it has the same intension wich equals the same word.

now people even if it is old they do not stand for the teacher or when a lady comes in the room or near you we guys do not stand and stay sitting down.(for this one God will not punish. but still it is morals it is very important to distinguish each others honor roll.)

moral values are disapearing but it won't disapear what ever we whant to do. because God will punish these people. they are there for some reason.

We are catholics not protestant or other religions we are not hee to make our lives easy or conftable but to honor, serve God, and he never promiused us to live an easy life. so this is societys probelm that they do not like the hole idea of life it is made by preassure.

protestants and other religions do not live according to God. humility is hard for them they do not confess to a priest because they do not belive that he represents God on earth. they are too proud to admit their mistakes
they might live here conftable but what about the next world.
it is not God's will for us to be lazy and sit watch tv 24/7 we have many people to help to enjoy and to live by.

there is part of the culture that we must remove and change it to God's culture
in order to live by his will.

humility is the biggest problem in society of all the world including my home town.

Edited September 3, 2007 by eperez874

[jeffpugh]

[quote name='T-Bone _' post='1377144' date='Sep 3 2007, 05:19 PM']It all boils down to Apathy. Without Apathy, none of the other problems would be all that significant. It is the fault of Apathy.[/quote]
Dude, now you're goona get GrandPa all "I told you so" on Apathy...

[quote name='Apathy' post='1377202' date='Sep 3 2007, 06:34 PM']GrandPa was saying just that. The only reasons those other problems have gained so much ground, is that no one cared enough to stop them.

Yet when my big brother War gets going with his friends Chaos and Havoc, I don't think anyone could stop them.

Whatever.


Sure, just keep blaming it all on me. Yet my twin brother Sloth didn't do any good in the last hundred years or so or ever.

I just don't care enough that I don't care and don't even care that you care. Time for a nap.
[/quote]
Nap sounds goood

[quote name='eperez874' post='1377234' date='Sep 3 2007, 07:12 PM']...
humility is the biggest problem in society of all the world including my home town.[/quote]
That last line sums it all up. Amen, brotha!

[Anomaly]

Most of the responses are missing the logic of Apathy's response. The point he's making is tha any problem will continue to grow and become bigger and bigger when 'apathy' immobilizes us and keeps us from doing anything about it. T-bone got it. This is a 'trick' question you will get in and ethics course. Apathy is a fundamental aid to all problems, whether is greed, lust, modernization, etc.

[T-Bone _]

[quote name='Anomaly' post='1377777' date='Sep 4 2007, 10:58 AM']Most of the responses are missing the logic of Apathy's response. The point he's making is tha any problem will continue to grow and become bigger and bigger when 'apathy' immobilizes us and keeps us from doing anything about it. T-bone got it. This is a 'trick' question you will get in and ethics course. Apathy is a fundamental aid to all problems, whether is greed, lust, modernization, etc.[/quote]

We must all fear evil men, but the greatest evil is when good men do nothing.

[Apathy]

[quote name='T-Bone _' post='1377781' date='Sep 4 2007, 12:06 PM']We must all fear evil men, but the greatest evil is when good men do nothing.[/quote]

What about when bad men do nothing?
Is that good?


Whatever. Sloth says hi by the way.

[dairygirl4u2c]

i find it ironic that i saw that apathy had posted when perusing the phorum. then i was like... who's that, and what thread is this... and it happened to be "the biggest problem facing us" thread.
ie apathy is the biggest problem ?

[T-Bone _]

[quote name='Apathy' post='1377800' date='Sep 4 2007, 11:27 AM']What about when bad men do nothing?
Is that good?
Whatever. Sloth says hi by the way.[/quote]

The lack of goodness is bad. But since badness doesn't really exist, the lack of badness isn't good.