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Jesus And Youths In America - College Term Paper

Jesus And Youths In America

The family unit is one of the most cherished institutions of American
society. Its function is one of philanthropy, to raise America's children in
accordance with our accepted norms and various proscriptions and prescriptions.
However, rising teenage pregnancy and juvenile crime seem to indicate
that the American family is not doing this. Many Americans insist that a family
is capable of producing a productive citizen in every instance and believe that
only a traditional family can do this.
So the conclusion one might draw baring in mind this paradigm is that
the traditional one mom and one dad family needs help as a function. Any Pat
Robertson-fearing Republican will tell you that ...

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in a productive and positive manner. Many of the Christian
right I am sure do not realize how offensive the notion is that Christianity is
the only faith to recognize that killing and stealing are bad.
What exactly are the "norms" that are so exclusive to Christianity? The
Christian world is more afflicted with crime than Singapore ever will be, just
take a walk through the super Catholic ghettos of Buenos Aires.
I personally believe that the break from moral traditions does not exist.
The vast majority of American youth hold murder and violence to be a
proscription, and so do their families whether they consist of two moms or two
dads or one of each. Certainly poverty has created a problem to compliment the
stress placed on those growing up in single parent families, and perhaps here is
where faith belongs. If people can just have something to believe in, to lift
up their spirits, perhaps the dread of daily life would not seem so terrible for
those it depresses, and here ...

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Added: 10/28/2007 07:04:24 AM
Category: Social Issues
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 832
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