QUOTES:
"A God without
wrath brought men without sin into a kingdom without judgment through
the ministrations of a Christ without a cross." - William N.
Clarke, 1894, "An Outline of Theology"
"Has a
man the right to examine, to investigate the religion of his own
country - the religion of his father and mother? - Ingersoll
"We find
now that the prosperity of nations has depended, not upon their
religion. . .but on soil and climate and commerce upon the ingenutiy,
industry, and courage of the people, upon the development of the
mind, on the spread of education, . . reason has built and superstition
has destroyed."- Ingersoll
"For my
part, I prefer the books that inspiration has not claimed. Such
is the nature of my brain that Shakespeare gives me greater joy
than all the prophets of the ancient world. . . I believe in the
religion of reason - the gospel of this world" - Ingersoll
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QUOTES:
"Schools do have a role - and an important one - in production
of social change." - John Dewey
"The
educational system must move one way or another, either backward
to the intellectual and moral standards of a pre-scientific age
or forwerd to ever greater utiliztion of scientific method in the
develoopment of the possibilities of growing, expandeing experience."
-John Dewey
"So
far as education is concerned, those who believe in religion as
a natural expression of human experience must devote themselves
to the development of the ideas of life which lie implicit and are
still new science and are still newer democracy. They must interest
themselves in the transformation of these institutions which still
bear the dogmatic and the feudal stamp (and which do not?) till
they are in accord with these ideas." - John Dewey
"Te
time has come for widespread recognition of the radical changes
in religious beliefs throughout th e modern world. The time is past
for mere revision of traditional attitudes. Acience and economic
change have disrupted the old beliefs." -Humanist Manifesto
I, 1933
"There
is great danger of a final, and we believe fatal, identification
of the word religion with doctrines and methods which have
lost their significance and which are powerless to solve the problem
of human living in the Twentieth Century. . .any religion that can
hope to be a synthesizing and dynamic force for today must be shaped
for the needs of this age. To establish such a religion is a major
necessity of the present. It is a repsonsibility whcih rests upon
this generation." - Humanist Manifesto 1933
"Though
we consider the religious forms and ideas of our fathers no longer
adequate, the quest ofor the good life is still the central task
for mankind. Man is at last becoming aware that he alone is repsonsible
for the realization of the world o f his dreams, that he has within
himself the power for its achievement. He must set intelligence
and will to the task." - Humanist Manifesto 1933
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QUOTES:
"What are the differentiating factors between the "we" generation
of the 1960's, the "me" generation of the 1980's, and the current
generation Xers? -Question from a research laboratory at University
of Illinois
"One of
the most talked about and controversial magazines of the 1980s was
Vanity Fair, which editor in chief
Tina Brown turned into a near-perfect representation of the interests
and
tastes of the "yuppie" (young urban professional) or "me" generation.
She successfully exploited their obsession with wealth, status,
and celebrity to create a magazine . . " -history @
EVENTS:
1962 Prayer
Removed
From Public Schools
1963 Ten Commandments
Removed From Public Schools
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QUOTES:
"Enron
didn't happen because of a core group of villains; that core group
has always been with us," he said. Instead, he pinned the scandal
on "more good people willing to do bad things, and more good people
willing to look the other way." - Michael Josephson quoted byDave
Ranney in "Ethicist
Bemoans 'me' Generation"
"Josephson
warned that an ever-increasing acceptance of "dishonesty, irresponsibility,
selfishness and disrespect" had created a "generation predisposed
to rationalization, gamesmanship and me-first entitlement attitudes."
The trend, he said, threatens the nation's democratic principles."
- Michael Josephson quoted byDave Ranney in "Ethicist
Bemoans 'me' Generation"
EVENTS:
September
11, 2001
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JUDGMENT
FULFILLED:
1918 Influenza Epidemic -28% of Americans where infected; it killed
10 times more Americans than WWI and in 24 months it decreased the
lifespan of the average American by 10 years. Read
More Here
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JUDGMENT
FULFILLED:
Stock
Market Crash 1929 - in one day $30,000,000,000 vanished into thin
air.
Great Depression 1930's - the price of crops fell 40-60%
Dust Bowls of
1930's -
50 million acres of land where ruined.
FDR says in
1937:
"I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished."
The Drought
of the 1920' and 1930's were the most devastating weather driven
event in American history. They had significant impacted on economic,
social, and natural landscapes. Abnormally dry and hot growing season
weather throughout the better part of two decades turned 100 million
acres of farm fields to dust and small lakes into muddy ponds. The
parched soil was easily taken up by strong winds, often turning
day into night. The drought peaked with the heat of the summer of
1936, setting many high temperature records that still stand today.
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JUDGMENT
FULFILLED:
- The United
States Crime Index Rates Per 100,000 Inhabitants went from 1,887.2
in 1960 to 5,897.8 in 1991.
- By 1991 the
crime rate was 313% the 1960 crime rate.
- In 1960 these
rates were 1.89% of being a victim of a crime and 0.161% of becoming
victim of a violent crime.
- In 1996 your
risk of being a victim of a crime in the United States was 5.079%,
and of a violent crime 0.634%.
- Recent trends
from 2003 to 2004, etc. seem to show a stabalizing and at times
a decline.
- There were
55,775 deaths in the Vietnam War to young people ages 17-29.
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JUDGMENT
FULFILLED :
September 11, 2001was
the first attack ever of America within its own homeland borders.
This event signified
the beginning
of the fourth and final generation unless we respond.
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