Family Philosophy Papers
There are many facets of “process philosophy” that have altered and impacted the American society throughout the past years. These include, but are not limited to, the shifts seen in specific pieces of legislation, “party platforms” including the Democratic and Republican parties, family and marriage, economics, civil rights, and education. For this assignment I have chosen to discuss educational shifts and the impact it has made on society. I will also discuss the impact that similar shifts have made on the family and marriage.
I would like to focus specifically on the idea that the United States has shifted from a once very religious based nation, and transformed to a more rationalistic society.
The Christian worldview presents the …show more content…
For the Biblical Christian, marriage is a holy matrimony, which means that the framework of marriage revolves around three parties, the male, the female, and God (Martin). However, in present day society the divorce rate is high, marriage is seen between all genders, and the family is largely affected by the change. As a result of the Enlightenment, “God is cut away from the institution of marriage, as He is cut away from all life, and thus, marriage can no longer be a vertical, triangular, covenantal, spiritual relationship” (Martin). Instead, marriage seems to be just some sort of contractual relationship, bound together by a piece of paper. I would argue, similarly to Martin, that the term family and the meaning associated with it is deteriorating today because we as a society have gravitated very far from Biblical Christianity that the people no longer understand the nature, structure, or purpose of the family (Martin). Influenced by rationalism society has shifted towards a very loose system of life with almost no sense of true direction, purpose, and passion. We have drifted so far that many people cannot explain why they do things or why they believe what they believe because they simply comply with sociological norms without true explanation behind his or her actions and or
I would like to focus specifically on the idea that the United States has shifted from a once very religious based nation, and transformed to a more rationalistic society.
The Christian worldview presents the …show more content…
For the Biblical Christian, marriage is a holy matrimony, which means that the framework of marriage revolves around three parties, the male, the female, and God (Martin). However, in present day society the divorce rate is high, marriage is seen between all genders, and the family is largely affected by the change. As a result of the Enlightenment, “God is cut away from the institution of marriage, as He is cut away from all life, and thus, marriage can no longer be a vertical, triangular, covenantal, spiritual relationship” (Martin). Instead, marriage seems to be just some sort of contractual relationship, bound together by a piece of paper. I would argue, similarly to Martin, that the term family and the meaning associated with it is deteriorating today because we as a society have gravitated very far from Biblical Christianity that the people no longer understand the nature, structure, or purpose of the family (Martin). Influenced by rationalism society has shifted towards a very loose system of life with almost no sense of true direction, purpose, and passion. We have drifted so far that many people cannot explain why they do things or why they believe what they believe because they simply comply with sociological norms without true explanation behind his or her actions and or