Our society has become so obsessed with sex that we blithely dismiss fornication, adultery, and the very old-fashioned notion of "living in sin." A boyfriend or girlfriend now means someone a person is sleeping with. The idea of family has dissolved into some notion of grandparents and "my baby's daddy." Teenagers don't date with the intention of becoming engaged and married. They "hook up" to see if they are good in bed.
Is it any wonder that marriages don't last? Is it a shock to anybody that children are the liabilities of our foolish attitudes?
I don't know that civilization ever conformed human behavior to the ideal that men and women should commit to one another and form a loving relationship in marriage before they produce a child, but I think there was the idea presented in past decades.
Maybe somewhere there are a few people who remember that fine, romantic thought. It would take a few generations to see the proof and truth of it. Maybe a few would find comfort and security in the loving relationships and high integrity these ideas produce. Maybe God would be glorified by the obedience to the principles he laid down.
What if? What if we built that kind of society? Would it last a generation? Probably not. But it sure it something to think about.
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