Tuesday, May 18, 2004
Being Traditional
I post this especially for my students, but it's helpful for everyone. Here's proof that I'm not the only one talking about this: John Mark Reynolds.
When we argue for the traditional view of marriage we're not advocating that the women stay at home while the men go out and work. The traditional view was that husband and wife are home together, and the family works as a unit. Fundamentally the problem was that men left the home; they thought the industrial revolution forced them to. Another potential argument against technology.
When I teach on this I'm always (without exception) asked what I think about women pursuing careers. There's an assumption now in our culture that if you have the right to something you should pursue it, no matter how impractical or silly it is. So, since women have the right to pursue careers, they should. What happened to our priorities? When did "careers" become more important than being a parent? I'm not against women having careers, as long as motherhood is not neglected. A society committs suicide when it neglects motherhood.
The home use to be more than "where your heart is." Home used to be where you grew up, where you lived, AND where you worked, AND where you learned. Now the government takes care of education, and society takes care of employment. No wonder no one wants to stay at home, we took all of the neat stuff out.
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When we argue for the traditional view of marriage we're not advocating that the women stay at home while the men go out and work. The traditional view was that husband and wife are home together, and the family works as a unit. Fundamentally the problem was that men left the home; they thought the industrial revolution forced them to. Another potential argument against technology.
When I teach on this I'm always (without exception) asked what I think about women pursuing careers. There's an assumption now in our culture that if you have the right to something you should pursue it, no matter how impractical or silly it is. So, since women have the right to pursue careers, they should. What happened to our priorities? When did "careers" become more important than being a parent? I'm not against women having careers, as long as motherhood is not neglected. A society committs suicide when it neglects motherhood.
The home use to be more than "where your heart is." Home used to be where you grew up, where you lived, AND where you worked, AND where you learned. Now the government takes care of education, and society takes care of employment. No wonder no one wants to stay at home, we took all of the neat stuff out.



