The Christian Post reported on a survey done by the Associated Press and MTV on what makes American Youths happy. When asked what made them most happy, a large majority said a good relationship with parents; next was relationships with friends as well as romantic relationships. 8o percent of youths who thought spirituality was most important in their lives said they were happy with life.
The folks at Focus on the Family were giddy with the results of this survey saying, “A groundbreaking survey from an unlikely source backs up what family groups have been saying about kids all along and reveals teens are on the right track when it comes to their role models, family and sex. This is truly good news.” I am glad to see youth being family oriented and such, and I am glad to see youth going the opposite way of what MTV and Hollywood tell them. However, I cannot share in Focus on the Family’s giddiness because I still don’t think that youth are on the right track.
What is our ultimate source of happiness? Is it family? Is it relationships? Is it spirituality? Or is it God? I heard a lot of talk about family, friends, and spirituality being a sources for happiness, but these things do not have the capacity to make us happy. Our only source of happiness is God who is infinitly happy in himself. Read this sermon by John Piper and see if you can still conclude that those youths who were polled are really happy.
Folly’s a sentimentalist too…
Causa Nostra (aka the mafia) minions receive FOF and TCP survey well. They have for a long time advocated these values: a good relationship with parents; next was relationships with friends as well as romantic relationships, and spirituality is the most important for them.
“Ya know,” said Vinnie LaFollia, “this is landmark. I think there’s actually hope now for acceptance of our families. For the longest time people have thought us a bunch of thugs that were the total opposite of what a family’s supposed ta be. We Causa Nostra always take our thing seriously, and now these two outsidas tellus what we’ve been sayin all along. What do ya think ’bout that? We’re normal.”
Manic panic was in abundance for that orange bearded man…
CHANGE THE STINKING POST YOU BLIGHT ON HUMANITY!