tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post7519322271769359047..comments2024-03-26T09:49:07.212-07:00Comments on The Scratching Post: How Can You Earn Enough Money To Repay Your Debts?K T Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-50869066029985997122015-07-19T11:23:41.063-07:002015-07-19T11:23:41.063-07:00I visited Greece thirty odd years ago. The churche...I visited Greece thirty odd years ago. The churches had almost no one in them under forty. Those forty year olds are now in their eighties. <br /><br />The young Greeks I met here in the US were VERY involved in their churches. Anyone who married a non-Greek pretty much demanded the spouse convert to Greek Orthodoxy -- and it worked. (Better than what I saw with Conservative and Reform Jews I knew.)<br /><br />Church (or synagogue, as the case may be) is not supposed to be "fun" or "entertaining." I think it is HUGELY important to bring your children up in church -- attend services every week and holidays, Sunday school classes, day school if one exists (and to cab afford it.) And also to be a real part of the church community. It will make the children be better adults for it, and better parents. And society as a whole will be better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-85927961634875025552015-07-18T07:30:10.286-07:002015-07-18T07:30:10.286-07:00And here I thought the Greeks were at the forefron...And here I thought the Greeks were at the forefront of orthodontia! :-)<br /><br />I agree about the church part. There is no objective morality, no connection with the past, no connection with the future. It's all about getting what you want right now.K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-21656683965943182002015-07-17T15:36:55.496-07:002015-07-17T15:36:55.496-07:00BEACHES! Not "braces."BEACHES! Not "braces." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-54747544105663274182015-07-17T15:27:19.779-07:002015-07-17T15:27:19.779-07:00Great braces. Wonderful sweaters. Amazing yogurt (...Great braces. Wonderful sweaters. Amazing yogurt (and NOTHING like what is called "Greek Yogurt" in the grocery stores here.) <br /><br />I blame most of the contemporary woes: no/few children, moral relativism, and sexual licentiousness, on the fact that as a society, the West stopped going to Church (or changed "church" so much as to make it essentially irrelevant, e.g., the Anglican church.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-1952869327143023492015-07-17T15:10:52.281-07:002015-07-17T15:10:52.281-07:00It's kind of sad that Greece's best featur...It's kind of sad that Greece's best features are thousands of years old. We did like the food, though. Hubby keeps requesting Greek salad.Jedi Master Ivyannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-10010286825421469852015-07-17T13:04:48.203-07:002015-07-17T13:04:48.203-07:00Germany is going to have the same kind of problem ...Germany is going to have the same kind of problem very soon. German women aren't having children and soon, a majority of their population will be retired, supported by what's left of the working age population. At that point, debts are just water poured on a drowning man. Even without them, the Germans are screwed.K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-61038060173013875842015-07-17T11:53:34.759-07:002015-07-17T11:53:34.759-07:00One Facebook friend suggested that, owing to Germa...One Facebook friend suggested that, owing to Germany's immigration policies, that Greeks might consider emigrating to Germany. Interesting idea...<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com