FEBRUARY 10 "DECLINE OF CIVILIZATION"

Sociologist and Historian Carle Zimmerman wrote a book titled “Family and Civilization” based on his observations that the disintegration of various cultures directly paralleled the decline of family life in those cultures. The eight common threads that Zimmerman identified as running through each documented civilization that has come to ruin thus far include:
1. Marriage loses it’s sacredness and divorce become common.
2. The traditional meaning of the marriage ceremony is lost.
3. Feminist movements abound.
4. Public disrespect for parents and authority increase.
5. Juvenile delinquency, promiscuity and rebellion accelerate.
6. People with traditional marriages refuse to accept family responsibilities
7. Desire for and acceptance of adultery grow
8. Interest in sexual perversions and sex related crimes increase.
While you may think that based on the current ills of our society, Zimmerman wrote this book recently, he actually published this in 1947! Do these common threads also run throughout our society today? You be the judge?
1.  Approximately 50% of all marriages end in divorce.
2. 65% of children will grow up fatherless
3. Almost 50% of women will be raped or date raped by someone they know.
4. shacking up is at an all time high.
5. 95% of couples say they do not want a marriage like that of their parents, in the traditional sense.


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