I found these images in an e-mail, so I can’t exactly vouch for their authenticity. However, the statistics are easily researchable, and if you’re getting all your information from me, there’s already a problem, right?
So, the founder’s in their own words supported the Bible, and what it has to say for our lives. Cool.
So what do you think happens when we remove the Bible from our daily lives? Say, even, from our schools?
Since the court decisions removing the Ten Commandments and School Prayer passed in the 1962/1963 timeframe, SAT scores have plummeted.
Unwed Births have skyrocketed.
Sexually Transmitted diseases have skyrocketed.
Single parent households (and, by extension, poverty of these families) have skyrocketed.
Well, you get the picture.
Thank You, Madalyn Murray O’Hair. Your contributions to modern America are incalculable, and your end was poetic.
~Johnny~
I’d bet these things are all symptoms of the 60s (including losing school prayer), but the trends are rather telling.
These stats are all well and good, and I agree that they are accurate, but what good are they if nothing is being done! Just like so many other identified issues and problems from talk show hosts, TV personalities, politicians, etc.,who stir up those elements of society who are interested in seeing action and not the same old rhetoric–very little if anything is done. I am a senior citizen who grew up when prayer in school existed and the pledge of allegiance was expressed, and I believe they had a positive impact on such things as sex, marriage, crime, etc. Almost 50 years have come and gone since school prayer was eliminated and still nothing but talk. Well, enough talk; we need action and we need someone (regular old American citizen, pastor, politician, influential executive), someone, to take a stand and make a difference while there is still time. But, if there is no one out there who is willing and prepared and fearless to “go for it” (less talk, more action), then let’s just stop all the bellyaching and accept what has occurred and is yet to occur and move on. Alec Sawyer