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QUESTION: > >Why somebody still try to practice Confucian's
> >teaching in this day and age?
> Because there are many wonderful aspects of his teachings that are
> relevant in our own times. Consider his doctrines on filial piety. When taken
> to heart, would relieve so much of the suffering of our elderly who are just
> tossed into a "senior-care-center" to shrivel up and die; the neglect of
> "unwanted" children; the problems associated with rampant divorce. Not
> everything he is supposed to have said is relevant for our times, but neither
> is any other work.
ANSWER: The elderly are sometimes put into senior care center because of the
younger ones
have no time to take care of their elderly parents because they all have
to
work. Of course there are those just wouldn't care less. But you have
to judge this
on a case by case basis.
It's not 15th Century any more. Life is a lot more complicated than ever
before.
Neglected children is a social disease. Especially in the US. Many
unqualified parents
just give birth to the child, but expected the society to raise the kids
for them.
Stupid parents raises stupid kids.
The trends have been "I'm okay, then you're okay" kind of thinking. Most
don't
understand life is a series of sacrifices in order to achieve something
else.
You just can't have everything and expect not having to pay for the
price.
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