It saddens me greatly that we have to go about making laws that should never have to be made in order to protect people who shouldn't need protecting. For example, child labor laws. Who would have ever thought that when this country was founded that children could become little better than slaves in their own families. What happened to the value of an education? In the early colonies, especially Pennsylvania, education was of utmost importance. Colonists wanted their children to be able to read the bible for themselves. Ironically, from our perspective in this age of separation of church and state, most early school houses also served as the community church. The education that children received in this setting was extremely bible based. This helped teach morals, obedience, and character. It is no wonder with the curriculum that is taught these days that children don't respect their parents. We tell them to question authority all the time, and we show them that what they want, no matter how awful, is truth for them, and so they are allowed to pursue it. Why do we teach skepticism to children, why do we lie to them? Our society could be a much more honest one if we didn't do this. Our children are not born good, they are born sinful. If we don't teach them proper morals the society will collapse upon itself because there will be no one willing to do for others, all instead working only to satisfy themselves. This brings about a problem, a society cannot function without some common moral values, therefore a basis in science has been substituted. While there is nothing inherently wrong with science, it was created by God, using a portion of God's creation as a substitute for Him will never work properly. Morality can not be procured from science, only from God.
It is just upsetting to think that we have to have laws determining the length of meal periods and that people would be willing to put children in harms way for monetary gain. What has this country come to? Where have our morals gone?
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