How could we loose the beauty of the olden days, simplicity, self respect, & respect towards others?

Question

I mean, I remember people caring about the way they spoke, etiquette, self respect. There was a beauty in our country that was simple. Yards were kept up. Cars were beautiful, people cared if there was trash or dirt on the streets, so they maintained it clean (they did, not depending on city sweepers) People dressed beautifully. Most importantly people had faith in God, and respected God. Now a days everyone including corporate commercials are into, let's see how foul we can be and lets see how far we can go with foul language, and no principles or morals. How can we be so blind as to want all this instead of the goodness in all things around us? Are people actually weakening and going around blindly by the powers Satan has cast over them? Driving around in new cars, having credit cards, using foul language and thinking "oh it's cool". Never opening up the bible or getting on their knees to pray? It's not a pretty sight. from the vessel.

Answer 1

We lost it because we became disillusioned. War and scandals taught us not to trust or take anything at face value. Without basic trust and decency, it all fell apart.

Answer 2

The hippie movement came into affect and so did most people at that time. They were caught up in booze, drugs, and forgot about the respectful home life they were always in.
The movement created the80's to go further into the deep hole
of not caring.
As the economy got worse so did most people they basically gave up all they had worked for because they were tired of struggling.
So it became their way of life.
Not caring, not working,.
The people who have kept up with their family, homes, dress styles and so on are still keeping on, but there aren't as many .
Foul language is from the ignorant that swore around and to their children. It became an everyday thing , the children picked up on it and they use foul language .
Everything bad was passed down to these people.

Answer 3

To be quite honest, I think you have a pretty unrealistic vision of the past. No time is "ideal" so to say one time was really better than another is pointless. While it may seem that society has become more vuglar, if you really look underneath the surface of the past you will find that it was often just as bad if not worse. What about the other issues which were present outside of the "clean" streets? Issues of discrimination, violence, etc which still continue to this day.

I honestly do not think that all these people really had faith in God the way you see it. Unfortunately, religion is so involved with the social structure and issues of power that I find it hard to see it as simple and honest. People have always, and will always, use it to their advantage.

Morals today are the same as they were then-there are those who behave "morally" and those who do not. To put it bluntly- human nature does not change, at least not quickly, so to glorify the past and demonize the present really makes no sense.

Answer 4

Here's my opinion and since I'm 51 years old, I have some history to back it up. In the 50's and early 60's the US was in a boom period. We were still enjoying the economic benefits of WWII and yes, wars boost the economy. Viet Nam came a long and the Beat Generation and Hippies were gaining momentum. They spoke out openly against the war and the establishment. They were speaking peace and love on one hand and don't bug me on the other. They magnified the attention getting, off beat clothing styles that had always been around. It was that now, with the Hippies in particular, they wanted so much to set themselves apart from their parents ideals that they went over board. Then the Hippies had children and the ME Generation was upon us. It was all about me and forget about you. We were becoming more self absorbed and our respect for anyone other than ourselves waned. Vulgar language became more common in public. Along about this time came Dr Spock. "Give them a time out." "Give them their freedom." And suddenly the parents who had drifted toward those ideals anyway drifted away from parenting. So now we have people who are in business, on TV, in magazines, etc and they have a geneology of disrespect and self servitude. Shock instead of respect is the way to get attention. "Give it to me now", not because I deserve it but because I demand it from you just like I did my mother. We, as a society, have gone in the toilet. But it's been coming for almost a half century.
Oh, and just let me say that these responders who say morallity hasn't changed and those tiems didn't exist have nothing in their lives to support that. I was there! Things ARE different. Don't make yourselves something you're not by saying that it's always been this way or that it's in your mind. Baloney!!

Answer 5

Dear friend,

I do appreciate the deep concern you have for what seems to be a decaying society. What seems to be happening is that a shift is taking place; we are at an impasse as a civilation. To paraphrase Barbara Hubbard, we are either about to self destruct, or create anew. I believe that amidst the hatred and division, most human beings are unconsciously crying out for an evolution - a conscious evolution.

Some of us have religious comforters, while others practice conscious awareness. Neither is superior to the other, but what would impact the current state of things in a more effective way, would be for spirituality and religion to merge. We haven't yet defined God in a Universal way; we need to remember God as infinite and Loving. Right now, we are judging and diving from one another because we are divided in our vision of God; we see God as judgmental, and having conditional acceptance and love.

I feel the human race will overcome this obstacle, but not without a fight - thanks to Ego.

Answer 6

We got the world we created. The two supposed adults of the house off working to get whatever bauble seeks their mind. Letting the TV babysit at all hours. Letting judges and legislators enwrap are children in an impentable cocoon that no parent dare now penetrate to adminster needed discipline. We raise wild, unmanagable children who seek only their own self-gradification. By our apathy, we place before them video games, PDA's, cell phones, etc. Just so we don't have to deal with the nightmares we have created.

Answer 7

Sarah, it's a character these people play on tv. So sometime to tell the story they need to humiliate themselves. Do you think Regal wanted to kiss McMahon's ***? Of course not but it was telling a story. As for posing for Playboy a lot of these girls are so proud of their body they want people to see it. When they old and gross they can pull out that oold Playboy and say "Look what I looked like" Either that or the immortal words of a great man "Everyone has a price, everyone's gonna pay, because the Million Dollar Man always gets his way"

Answer 8

Hm, be careful that you're not going nostalgic for a time that realistically never was. Times have changed, methods of doing things, right or wrong, has changed. Maybe there's the capacity to do more evil, but people with the intent to do that now definitely existed in all time periods, it just showed through in different ways.

There were times of sacrifices and slavery. Of mass murders and genocide. Of accusing people of witchcraft they didn't like or for doing better than themselves. Of cheating families and children off their homeland to annex more to a people not in need. The list can go on forever. "A time of innocence and purity"? When was there ever such times?

Answer 9

The most important answer to your question is not to lose faith. Be the example of all of those beautiful attitudes towards life that you listed above and it may rub off onto someone else. Raise your family in this manner and I guarantee you will have a happy life no matter what. You just posted a big secret about life and happiness. SHH!

Answer 10

bottom line again is business and anything goes for a price. America sold out by the traveling salesman , now there are memories for the movies, again, business in the market place where we forgot to save some values for the big flood.

Answer 11

The good old days were a lot better if you were white. Also, you make a mistake in assuming that the problems the world faces today are due to lack of Christian faith.