Why have the family declined in our days, the church doesn?t mutter
that much? and more people are getting divorced and open up to out of
wed lock relationships? who to blame ? and why ? will this decline
stop by it self? if not what will happen to civilisation ?

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Clarification of Question by theyinquisitor-ga on 22 Apr 2005 01:44 PDT

Why have the family declined in our days?who to blame ? and why ? will
this decline stop by it self? if not what will happen to civilisation
?

What you are describing are signs of what the Bible calls the "Last
Days". The 'sign' is a composite one and noted in chapters 24 & 25 of
Matthew, Mark 13 and Luke 21. Also at 2Timothy 3;1-5 and 2Peter 3;3,4.
Some of the signs are food shortages in some countries while more
affluent countries waste food to maintain the price [Matthew 24;7]
There will be great earthquakes [ Luke 21;11]and haven't we seen them
in the last few months, with great loss of life. Also an increase in
diseases like aids, Marbo and Ebola. A great increase in cancers.
There is increased lawlessness. [Matthew 24;11,12]. But the scripture
that really caps it is 2Timothy 3;1-5. It reduces down to the bad
behaviour of individuals...unthankful, disloyal, slanderers, not open
to agreement. The individual to blame is mentioned at Revelation
12;12. The decline of behaviour will not stop until Armageddon, God's
cleansing of the earth.[Rev. 16;14,16] And what is the future of men
on the earth..[Psalms 37;9-12, 29,34].

I think that Socrates said: "The country is going to the dogs"

However less enthusiastic support of single mothers and divorcees
could change things a bit.
- choice is a function of affluence

The decline in respect for traditional institutiions is cyclical in
history. Partly due to scandals in politics, business and religious
groups. Also, partly to do with technology. It is easier to
communicate instantly world-wide. The focus on negative news which
draws a far bigger audience, creates the impression of accelerating
decline. The advent of birth control has given women more options. The
growing disparity between rich nations and very poor ones will require
greater maturity of citizens to vote responsibly and to act as
citizens in a more mature manner. This isn't new.

Some of the material in this answer may be of interest:

http://www.answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=408989

"On the farm, the family had always been the center of economic
activity.  Now the traditional family structure began to crumble as
men went to work in the new factories, mills, stores and offices,
leaving their women at home.  Or the women, and occasionally the
children, also went out to work as the manufcture of textiles moved
from the spinning wheel at home to the mill-powered factories along
the route of the Erie Canal.  By the 1830s, children accounted for
more than a quarter of the workforce on the canal itself, working long
hours as drivers who handled the horses and mules or doing menial
tasks on the boats. . .

A resident of the town of Watervliet near Albany -- the original home
of the Shaker religion -- testified in 1839 to the canal board that
'the Boys who Drive the horses I thik I may safely say that these boys
are the most profane beings that now exist on the face of this whole
erth (sic) without exception."

All of this -- prompted by the Erie Canal -- led to a new wave of
religious fundamentalism in New York state, according to Peter
Bernstein in "Wedding of the Waters," published earlier this year. It
also coincided with the founding of the Mormon Church by Joseph Smith,
who lived about 25 miles from the Canal.

Best regards,

Omnivorous-GA