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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We've taken a lot out of our social fabric--prayer in school, Columbus Day, National Anthem. What have we put in that connects people, really? I have nothing against the taking something out if you put something in, but we haven't. Just a lot of lonely people on their phones out their and kids raising themselves apparently.[/quote]

Weakest troll comment ever. [/quote]

I would say more prayer is not to the answer and probably contributed to this tragedy. Organized religion and Christian prayer was used as a tool during slavery era to control and subdue slaves and to make them passively accept their plight. Christianity taught them to be obedient. Christianity also advocates for no birth control and keeping kids in the dark about sexuality. Essentially, sex is a sinful act unless it’s done in marriage. These kids are the legacy of Christian induced slavery, the legacy of poor family planning, poverty, and probably fatherless homes. All Christianity does is exacerbate problems. Instead of prayer and intangible efforts, how about funding programs to help alleviate the effects of the legacy of Christianity and slavery?[/quote]

I'm sorry you had such a bad historical interaction with Christianity. The Christians I know are pretty cooll and contribute a lot to society. I am also totally in favor of the separation of church and state. With that being said, as a society we have stripped away so many of the ties that bind, the shared rituals, the coming together. I can think this has accelerated in the past ten years as every institution, routine, practice, touchstone, historical figure, holiday, rite etc has come under some sort of fire. You know the line of verse "things fall apart, the center cannot hold"? Perhaps THIS is what chaos and anarchy look like. Who knows, it will probably go full circle--hopefully not more restrictive. I feel like there was a good balance at some point that has been lost somehow. This is a charmless era.[/quote]

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