Monday, August 15, 2005
Values
While listening to Dennis Prager last week, I was struck by an interesting point. A recent survey shows that Detroit is the most liberal city in America while Provo, UT is the most conservative. The question asked was, "if Detroit adopted the values of Provo and if Provo adopted the values of Detroit, would Detroit be a better place to live in five years while at the same time would Provo have become worse?"
If you think that values matter, as many of the people who voted for Bush last November do, then you will answer the question in the affirmative. If you dont think values matter, if you think that it is all about money, then you would answer in the negative.
But that led me to thinking (yikes!): How much does money impact values? And, does the source of the money impact values.
More later.
If you think that values matter, as many of the people who voted for Bush last November do, then you will answer the question in the affirmative. If you dont think values matter, if you think that it is all about money, then you would answer in the negative.
But that led me to thinking (yikes!): How much does money impact values? And, does the source of the money impact values.
More later.
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It is the Love of Money that is the root of all evil, not money itself.
It would be nice if all we had to do was adopt values. In other words, put the best (values) with the worst (most liberal) and poof you end up with the best. Reality teaches us that values are ingrained--both good and bad.
It would be nice if all we had to do was adopt values. In other words, put the best (values) with the worst (most liberal) and poof you end up with the best. Reality teaches us that values are ingrained--both good and bad.
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: 12:07 PM
Prager stated that he thought if the people of Detroit adopted the general values of the people of Provo that they would be better off in five years. How long it would take them to be as well off as those people in Provo is debatable, but neither Prager nor I think that this is a "poof" situation. In fact, the values of the people of Provo are difficult to follow since it places responsibility on both the community (not the government) and the invidual. The values of the liberal machine in Detroit allow the individual to become, in the words of Larry Elder, a victicrat who can avoid responsibility, and it allows the community to feel and think the same way. Thus, the values of big government win out and not the values of God.
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