Traditional Families?
What I see today which I find very sad is people that do not see the *IDEAL* as a home with a loving Mother and Father
and a closeness with extended family members...
As a child my grandma lived with us and my family as many others kids in my neighborhood had family all arouind, The family that prays together stay's together.
What about other faiths do they see this as the ideal?
2007-05-21 07:05:44 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Id have to disagree with you and say that Mormons are far more family oriented than Christians. As are the Amish. Both of whom you consider to be CULTS.
2007-05-21 07:09:08 · answer #1 · answered by Athiests_are_dumb 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
1 - most Faiths do emphasise the family
2 - the family as we now see it is a modern construct. Back before the 1950's most people in the UK lived in extended families, ie step out their front door and there are aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents. This was a massive support to the nuclear family. Now there is no support for many and thus a little problem becomes out of control.
3 - However the family is also the most abusive to. Most murders happen withing the family. So also, paedophilia, rape, violence, physiological and emotional abuse.
2007-05-21 14:26:35 · answer #2 · answered by Freethinking Liberal 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry we aren't all from "ideal" families. We never lived close to any extended family, because my mother was in the military.
Cultures/societies rather than religions are usually the ones that emphasize certain family types. Luckily, in America, we realize that as long as it is a home full of love, it is still an ideal family.
2007-05-21 14:19:53 · answer #3 · answered by KS 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Really, Christians get divorced at the same rate as non Christians.
Most people think a family with a mother and a father is a good thing. There are other kinds of families that are just as supportive though.
Most pagan cultures live in extend family units.
Your assumption is wrong
2007-05-21 14:10:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Do you realize the irony in calling them "Traditional Families" and saying that monotheistic faiths (those that are some of the youngest in history) promote them? "Traditional" seems to imply that there is a long history of them, but the Nuclear family that you describe is less than 1000 years old, young even by Creationist timelines. For a long time, monotheistic faiths promoted polygomy, it is only very recently that mynogomy became the standard.
2007-05-21 14:14:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Considering the divorce rate is over 50%...the ideal nuclear family obviously does not exist any more.
Yes, because of society it is probably best for a child to be raised by June and Ward Cleaver, in a loving home with parents of both genders present.
However, becauseJune and Ward Cleaver homes no longer exist...I think that gay couple homes, are better homes for children, than homes with one parent and homes with irate parents.
I think people should have to be able to financially and emotionally support a child before having one...but, people dive into parenthood too often with too little thought...and the effect is a society with criminals and people with no regards to human life.
2007-05-21 14:12:18 · answer #6 · answered by G.C. 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
That's very nice, but even that is limited. I take it a step further and on top of nuturing relationships with my extended family, I enjoy a 'tribal' mentality - that anyone who cares about me and would be there if I needed them is part of my family, even if they aren't related by blood. And blood relations who are abusive are not of my tribe.
But neither paganism nor Taoism administrate family structure. Taoism merely recommends being 'fully present' for your family, and does not attempt to define it. It's up to the individual to decide what works best for them.
2007-05-21 14:13:32 · answer #7 · answered by KC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Definitely not. The family is a pretty universal human ethic, although it varies. The Abrahamic faiths might be the only ones holding on to the ridiculous idea that the parents need to be of an opposite gender though.
2007-05-21 14:08:56 · answer #8 · answered by WWTSD? 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Excuse me? As a Hellenic Pagan, I find your thinking that my family doesn't matter highly insulting. While I may personally be cynical, the family is the basic level of socity.
And no. I don't. Here's some red word [That means Jesus said it].
""If anyone comes to Me, and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be My disciple." (Luke 14:26)"
2007-05-21 14:12:19 · answer #9 · answered by Squishy Mckay 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
This is far more common among Hindus and Sikhs actually. All the various generations of the family living together.
2007-05-21 14:18:07 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋