Posted on 05/14/2007 3:01:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Mother's Day is, to be honest, somewhat of an annoyance. It's manifestly one of those tedious Hallmark holidays wherein everyone is supposed to run out and support the revenue stream of cardboard manufacturers in the name of expressing gratitude to mothers, fathers, grandparents and anyone else to whom we might be related.
I imagine it won't be long until Sept. 18 is declared Anonymous Sperm Donor's Day, which will probably be celebrated by giving matching card sets to one's two mommies and lighting a candle for dear old anonymous sperm donor, whoever he might be.
Mothers are not only important, they are absolutely vital due to their position as front-line shock troops in the ongoing, centuries-long struggle for the survival of Western civilization. Despite the fact that their maternal instinct has been harassed, criticized, mocked, belittled and subjected to a 40-year effort to indoctrinate it out of existence, our mothers stubbornly continue doing the only thing we actually need women to do in order for our civilization to survive, bearing and raising children.
We don't need female doctors. We don't need female scientists. We don't need female entrepreneurs. We don't need female producers of PowerPoint presentations. And we really don't need female politicians.
While we can argue about whether such luxuries are beneficial or detrimental to society, there is no arguing the empirical evidence which proves that civilization has survived without them before and could easily do so again.
But without mothers, there is no civilization. Without mothers, there is no future for the civilized.
Europe is in the process of discovering what a world without mothers is like. It is an ugly picture, a brutal picture. It is a probable future that promises to be much worse than the most exaggerated images of past patriarchal oppression ever painted by Betty Friedan or Gloria Steinhem. Without mothers, there is only barbarism and the choice between the brothel and the burqa.
Motherhood is a sacrifice. It may mean putting off a college education and a career, or even giving them up entirely. It may mean sacrificing a flawless figure. It may mean sacrificing dreams. It definitely means putting two, three, four or more lives ahead of your own. But motherhood is also an expression of hope. Motherhood is a vote of confidence in the future of mankind. Motherhood is the brave voice of a woman saying, "I will not live life for today. I will create life for many tomorrows."
Cards, gifts and flowers are no adequate expressions of gratitude for this living statement of faith.
In the ongoing war against Christian civilization, it is the mothers who matter most. The sterile secularists don't fear Christian intellectuals or Christian pastors, they regard the former as petty annoyances and there's little need to worry about one weekly hour of Christian teaching on Sundays overcoming 40 hours of secular reprogramming from Monday to Friday. But they fear our mothers who can create children faster than they can manage to indoctrinate them. And they are downright terrified of our homeschooling mothers who rob them of their primary means of creating a new generation of secular barbarians.
Every time a woman says "I do," every time a wife turns to her husband and says "let's have another baby," every time a mother hugs her child and says "how would you like me to be your teacher?" she is striking a powerful blow in defense of her faith, her family, her church and God. We should celebrate these bold decisions – these audacious acts – as victories, not just for the family and the faith, but for civilization and mankind.
It is not enough to thank our mothers. We owe them a debt that cannot be repaid. But we can, and we must, love them, honor them, support them and sustain them as they faithfully continue to wage their mother's war.
And they are downright terrified of our homeschooling mothers who rob them of their primary means of creating a new generation of secular barbarians. Every time a woman says "I do," every time a wife turns to her husband and says "let's have another baby," every time a mother hugs her child and says "how would you like me to be your teacher?" she is striking a powerful blow in defense of her faith, her family, her church and God.
Ping to the ladies with more children than me :-).
Shiela Keuhl Radical Lesbian Feminist in California is attempting to remove from the California textbooks the terms Mother and Father as discriminatory. Yes the New World Order crowd and Live and Let Live Scum want to eliminate the rights of Biological Parents. Already Canada has replaced Biological Parents with Legal Parents.
How soon before the Sheep in the US allow this outrage to happen here? Conservative Women must speak up. Since Men are no longer heard in America unless they shoot up a bunch of people or run for Public Office.
Excellent points. Don’t forget Spain, with “Progenitor A” and “Progenitor B.”
Hey! Thanks for the ping.
I’ve been busy doing that mothering thing. :) I don’t often come across teachers who are worried about indoctrinating our children. On the contrary, most teachers our children have had are happy to have children with sane parents. But they have all been elementary teachers. Things change on the middle and high school levels. Our children in that age range are AT HOME.
In my experience (admittedly out of date) things started to get weird in junior high ... and that was 25 years ago!
I have some issues with my older kids, but I’m still glad they’re not in school. My oldest (16), if you’ll believe it, recently said, “When Daddy gets me a car, I’ll be able to go to Mass every day!” Now if I could just get her Dad to buy the car (I brought home *another* Auto Trader today, and my parents gave us the money), I can have her go to Wal-mart for milk, diapers, or bread every day :-).
How’s your baby doing? I’m not pregnant yet, which is unusual!
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