"Ignorant," even if it had been applied, would be a term of endearment, Canuckus, as, unlike stupidity, it can be remedied, by acquiring additional knowledge and/or experience.
Rather than looking at the personal views of any one family, I was expressing the viewpoint, as I understand it, of God's Word, as it relates to a macro-view (the big picture) of society-at-large.
In Mark 7:10-13, Jesus rebuked the Pharisees, by saying: "For Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother’; and, ‘Whoever reviles father or mother must surely die.’
11 But you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever you would have gained from me is 'Corban”’ (that is, given to God, as an offering) -
12 then you no longer permit him to do anything for his father or mother,
13 thus making void the word of God by your tradition that you have handed down. And many such things you do.”
Proverbs 23:25
"Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice."
IMHO, sending elderly parents away to a Home for Seniors, to be cared for by strangers is truly an abomination of our modern "materialistic" age.
During a bygone era in this country, a time of more devout Christianity, and of larger families, suggesting to those earlier generations that they should forego the responsibility of caring for their own parents would have been labeled both a disgrace and an insult.
1 Timothy 5:8, "But those who won't care for their relatives, especially those in their own household, have denied the true faith. Such people are worse than unbelievers."
Personal sacrifice, as it applies to multi-generational family, is now, as often as not, labeled "co-dependence," as though it were a character flaw.
Proverbs 23:22
"Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old."
Canuckus Deploracus wrote:
Thanks... I don't get called youthful much anymore... Although the term ignorant gets thrown around more often then I care for
I watched my grandfather descend into dementia... It wasn't pretty and the last three years involved no lucidity at all...
I'm not alone in this... My family has discussed it at length and we are aware of our various desires should tell time come..
I often wonder if dementia is not exacerbated by the isolation factor that many homes present... One of the less savory aspects of our "progress" as a species...
Thanks... I don't get called youthful much anymor... (
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