In recently thinking about how society changed from once honoring elders, police, etc, I wondered what caused that change. At the time I had thought about the scripture Rick mentions today about honoring fathers and also thought some about the behavior of people in Israel in the OT when they were rebelling against God. I know God spoke to Rick that a major gate of hell was through not honoring the fathers but I remembered how one of the curses Israel experienced in turning from God was children ruling over the people, Is 3:4-5, which is what it seems like in our society today; kids mocking kids who would generally show respect to their elders, and adults allowing their kids to behave that way, the kids directing the adults in how the kids will act and directing the adults in how they should even believe about life, how they should behave and dress. The parents seeming to love the kids' attitudes of rebellion. It is so prevalent just walk through any store. A horrible graphic example is how many adults even defended a school in Massachusetts wanting to give condoms to eleven year olds (and I think younger). The kids actions and attitudes ruling over the adults. I couldn't help wondering if our problems of not honoring the fathers began with the sin of the children or the fathers. Why did children seem to in one generation begin not honoring the fathers? Did it begin with the children?