How dare we say, 'They should have known better'

With all the media hype that is saturating our televisions about the atrocities that have taken place overseas, these words continually come out, "they should have known better."

Let me ask the simple question, how should they have known better? The following is a poem that reflects the outcome of the children we raise.

Children Learn What They Live

By Dorothy Law Nolte

If a child lives with criticism, he learns to condemn.

If a child lives with hostility, he learns to fight.

If a child learns to live with ridicule, he learns to be shy.

If a child lives with shame, he learns to be feel guilty.

If a child lives with tolerance, he learns to be patient.

If a child lives with encouragement, he learns confidence.

If a child lives with praise, he learns to appreciate.

If a child lives with fairness, he learns justice.

If a child lives with security, he learns to have faith.

If a child lives with approval, he learns to like himself.

If a child lives with acceptance and friendship, he learns to find love in the world.

Depending on how our children have been raised, the society they've been raised in and the education they've been influenced by, will determine the outcome of their ability to reason in every situation in what would have been a moral and ethical way.

We have allowed the Ten Commandments to be eradicated out of the public eye, out of the educational system, to the point they have become taboo. Our society no longer embraces moral absolutes but teaches, in our public school systems, a mindset of situational ethics.

The only way for a child to understand and learn morals and ethics is to be taught the Absolute Truth, which is the basis of the entire Bible. "But know this, in the last days perilous times will come." 2 Timothy 3:1-9

Rev. Pat Propster is pastor of Carson City Christian Fellowship - Calvary Chapel.