I ask the same question about articles containing gruesome stories of child abuse and neglect. We all know it goes on. It always has. How does it serve this community to post those stories here?
>>>I ask the same question about articles containing gruesome stories of child abuse and neglect. We all know it goes on. It always has. How does it serve this community to post those stories here?<<<
Here is another such example of junk that doesn’t belong here.
For the benefit of young people, it pays to be realistic about the issues we now face in a Democrat-ridden society.
I was raised in a largely Republican community; yet somehow the reality that evil exists and that some people are evil just did not sink in, because I was pretty much surrounded by Christians and observant Jews at home, in school and in our neighborhood. Granted, this was a long time ago. But because people were generally "nice", it wasn't hard to imagine that they were universally "good" as well. I went out into the dog-eat-dog business world with a very superficial understanding, believing that old-time mantra, "People are basically good"—and I suffered accordingly for the first 20 years.
I had many harsh experiences before I recognized that 1) people aren't basically good, 2) being good requires discipline within a JudeoChristian spiritual code that one believes and accepts without twisting it towards one's own imagination, 3) some people are downright evil, and 4) no matter how good most people strive to be, everyone fails and does hurtful or evil things from time to time. Everyone.
So, while these articles may be unpleasant, they are a reminder how ardently we need to pray for the salvation of souls, and shoulder the Great Commission with humility and diligence. Only the individual salvation of many will produce a revival of godliness, virtue and rightousness in our nation. As John Adams observed, our constitutional republican system was created for a virtuous society, and won't work for any other kind.