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Cultural Amnesia: The Fracturing of History

We've all heard the stories about kids who don't know
who won the Civil War, or adults who couldn't
identify Woodrow Wilson if their life depended on it.
But one respected observer is now saying that things
may be so bad in America as to threaten our country's future.

Syndicated columnist Georgie Anne Geyer writes that
the signs of national memory loss are clearly evident
in results of several recent studies. A recent Roper
Poll, for example, shows that even our most elite
college seniors apparently slept their way through
civics class. Almost 100 percent of them had no
problem identifying Beavis and Butt-head. But only
one-third knew that the Constitution was the document
that established the division of powers in the U.S. government.

Even worse, Stephen Bertman, the author of the book
CULTURAL AMNESIA, reports that Americans finished dead
last in a nine-nation survey asking basic geography
questions. Fourteen percent of the American adults
surveyed could not even find the U.S. on an unmarked map.

Geyer attributes this ignorance in part to the
"intellectual fracturing within the history
profession." This fracturing has taken place, she
says, because of the infiltration of our culture by
Marxist and leftist academics.

These ideologues have deliberately recast history for
political purposes. For example, feminists have
dismissed much of Western history as the irrelevant
myths of Dead White Males. Then there are black
scholars who see history through the lens of
Afrocentrism. Some insist that the great figures of
Western history were actually black, from Plato to Jesus Christ.

In the same way, gay activists are constantly combing
through history to augment their cause, claiming that
many historical figures were gay.

These folks are tearing up history by the roots and
replanting it in their own ideological garden. Is it
any wonder Americans no longer know what to believe?

And it may only get worse, Geyer notes. "Since so
many cannot agree on what American history means,
they prefer not to teach it at all." Unbelievably,
only half of our states even require the teaching of
civics in public school. The result is that we are
gradually forgetting the ideas our country was
founded on -- and this puts our future in jeopardy
because people lose their sense of connection with
and debt to those who have gone before. We lose sight
of the ideals that make this nation worth working to
preserve and fighting for if necessary.

Here's one issue where Christians ought to be on the
front lines -- because Christianity is firmly rooted
in key historical events. Christianity teaches that
Jesus was born 2,000 years ago in Bethlehem. That He
performed miracles, died on the Cross, and rose from the dead.

These historical events are not incidental to our
faith, they are its very basis. Our spiritual
teachings rest squarely on divine acts in history.

But the revisionists are treating history as though
it can be stretched and manipulated to accommodate
every special interest group. If that's the case,
Christians would be reduced to just one more special
interest, interpreting history through the prism of
our own personal preferences.

We urgently need to help people to understand what is
at stake. The place to start is to teach your kids
our own history. The revisionists may control the
schools but we control our homes. And it's important.
If we fail, we may end up with an America our
Founders would not recognize.
 

1. Anger is a condition in which the tongue works faster than the mind.

2. You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying
over the future.

3. Love ......and you shall be loved.

4. God always gives His best to those who leave the choice with Him.

5. All people smile in the same language.

6. A hug is a great gift..One size fits all. It can be given for any
occasion and it's easy to exchange.

7. Everyone needs to be loved...especially when they do not deserve it.

8. The real measure of a man's wealth is what he has invested in eternity.

9. Laughter is God's sunshine.

10. Everyone has beauty but not everyone sees it.

11. It's important for parents to live the same things they teach.

12. Thank God for what you have, TRUST GOD for what you need.

13. If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of
tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.

14. Happy memories never wear out....re-live them as often as you want.

15. Home is the place where we grumble the most, but are often treated
the best.

16. Man looks at outward appearance but the Lord looks within.

17. The choice you make today will usually affect tomorrow.

18. Take time to laugh, for it is the music of the soul.

19. If anyone speaks badly of you, live so none will believe it.

20. Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like
stripping your gears.

21. Love is strengthened by working through conflicts together.

22. The best thing parents can do for their children is to love each other.

23. Harsh words break no bones but they do break hearts.

24. To get out of a difficulty, one usually must go through it.

25. We take for granted the things that we should be giving thanks for.

26. Love is the only thing that can be divided without being diminished..

27. Happiness is enhanced by others but does not depend upon others.

28. You are richer today if you have laughed, given or forgiven.

29. For every minute you are angry with someone, you lose 60 seconds of
happiness that you can never get back.

30. Do what you can, for who you can, with what you have, and where you are.