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<li>Has the feminist movement, so proudly praised for servicing women, done a disservice to the family?</li>
<li><strong>By </strong><a href="https://pcg.church/authors/dennis-leap"><strong>Dennis Leap</strong></a><strong>June 2006</strong></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Feminism is under fire. Feminist philosophy has reigned—the queen unchallenged—since the end of the early 1980s. But in recent years, biologists, educators, law enforcement officials and thinking women have begun objecting to and rejecting some long-held feminist doctrines. The throne’s foundation has cracks! Many of the radical feminists’ sacred truths are now recognized for what they are: myths and lies.</li>
<li>Although there exists some strong opposition against the feminist fortress, we should not expect the feminist movement to topple any time soon. But is there truth in the criticism? Has the feminist movement, so proudly praised for servicing women, done a disservice to the family?</li>
</ul>
<h2>· Women’s Suffrage to NOW</h2>
<ul>
<li>Feminists claim the women’s suffrage movement as the beginning of modern feminism. The suffrage movement originated in the United States during the 19th century. Some famous early suffragists were Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stone. Originally, women’s suffrage sought to give women equal political rights with men—the right to vote in elections and referendums, the right to hold political office. We must remember that these political rights had only been given to the majority of the male population as a result of the democratic revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries. The women’s suffrage movement claimed its victory shortly after World War iwith the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution on Aug. 18, 1920, guaranteeing women the right to vote in state and federal elections.</li>
<li>In the 1960s, the women’s liberation movement was organized and became active. Betty Friedan is credited as one of the founders of modern feminism. Her 1963 book, <em>The Feminine Mystique,</em>challenged the traditional idea that women could find fulfillment only as wives and mothers. She taught that the idealization of the role of wife and mother was the product of a well-organized conspiracy by males to prevent women from competing with men.</li>
<li>In 1966, Friedan founded the National Organization for Women (now) to fight for equal rights for women, and served as its president until 1970. At that time, the women’s movement sought to liberate women from the tedious humdrum of babies, bottles, diapers, cleaning and cooking. Women’s movement leaders sought freedom from their “prison” at home. The key to freedom was equal opportunity with men, which meant equal jobs and equal pay.</li>
<li>Then, the women’s movement aligned itself with the civil rights movement. A clear message was being sent: Blacks had to fight white racism; enslaved women had to fight male sexism. Women everywhere had to be made aware of their oppression and oppressors. The women’s movement borrowed heavily from the attention-getting strategies of the civil rights movement. It skillfully employed rallies, demonstrations and marches to trumpet the women’s cause. Besides politicians and media, the struggle targeted young, impressionable, college-age women. What began as a tiny rumble soon roared into major discontent. Many angry, frustrated women joined the cause. The energy released by the women’s liberation movement was enormous. Old traditions came tumbling down.</li>
<li>Now, with over five decades of feminist history to look at, what do we see?</li>
<li>More than any other social movement in our time, feminism has changed the warp and weft of our society. Feminist philosophy has made major inroads into politics, the work place, the military, education, medical research and the building block of society—the family. Very few have questioned the changes. Many who balk at some feminist notions heartily embrace others.</li>
<li>Wisdom tells us not all change is good. Not all change is growth. Some bitter fruits are now being harvested from feminism in all areas it has infiltrated—in the personal lives of many women and especially in the family. Who will take the blame?</li>
<li>For decades, feminists blamed men for everything. Supposedly, our patriarchal society is the root cause of everything wrong. Of course, some men should be condemned for their mistreatment of women. But what has <em>feminism</em>brought us? Is life really better for women? Are families better off? Is society stronger?</li>
</ul>
<h2>· Attack on Motherhood</h2>
<ul>
<li>The fact that so many women identified with the liberation movement shows that there were real problems within the American home. The movement greatly publicized the dissatisfaction and desperation of housewives. Many American wives were indeed unhappy. But what was the <em>cause</em>of all the unhappiness?</li>
<li>Leaders of the women’s liberation movement theorized that the real cause of women’s sorrow was the role of wife and mother. Many asked, shouldn’t women find fulfillment in a career like a man? Supposedly, those who wanted to hold a career had been made to feel guilty about it by oppressive males. Many women began to feel their real potential was being denied them. The proposed solution was that women seek real fulfillment outside of the home—without guilt.</li>
<li>Women fought hard for the right to choose a career outside the home. Yet labor statistics at that time show that a large number of women had already entered the workforce. Could the cause of unhappiness have been wrongly identified? Was a wrong solution given? Caught up in the movement, few seemed to ask these all-important questions in the ’60s and ’70s.</li>
<li>Today, many women understand that feminism really did not offer a choice in the ’60s. In fact, it demanded that women could only find fulfillment through a career outside the home. Though it has taken several decades for it to be recognized, in reality, <em>feminism led a vicious attack on motherhood</em>—one of two major underpinnings of strong families.</li>
<li>The ’60s woman complained that she was made to feel guilty for not desiring to stay home. Isn’t it ironic today that a woman who desires to stay home to be a wife and mother is made to feel guilty?</li>
<li>In an interview on abc’s <em>Good Morning America,</em>prominent feminist Linda Hirshman said, “I am saying an educated, competent adult’s place is in the office” (February 23). Feminist Rebecca Traister admitted that, somewhere along the line, the feminist movement declared stay-at-home mothers uneducated and incompetent: “[W]hen you lose your paycheck and lose your title, somehow you lose respect. And … that should not be the case” (Salon.com, Dec. 6, 2005).</li>
<li>Young women are made to feel that education should be directed toward career advancement only and not toward teaching and training their own young children. Stable families with educated, stay-at-home mothers would solve a large number of our current social troubles. We must learn to defend and praise the women who stay at home. Motherhood is noble and fulfilling, real work!</li>
</ul>
<h2>· Mothers as Nonpersons</h2>
<ul>
<li>Today, a stay-at-home mother is viewed as a kind of second-class woman. In fact, feminists do not even view stay-at-home mothers as persons. This derogatory view began with Betty Friedan. “[V]acuuming the living room floor—with or without makeup—is not work that takes enough thought or energy to challenge any woman’s full capacity. Down through the ages man has known that he was set apart from other animals by his mind’s power to have an idea, a vision, and shape the future to it. [W]hen he discovers and creates and shapes a future different from his past, he is a man, a human being” (<em>The Feminine Mystique</em>). The basic idea of feminism was that women should have a choice to go to the workplace and become less animal-like. What does that make a stay-at-home mother? Since being a wife and mother was supposedly glorified in the 1950s, the women’s movement fought to demote that role to the lowest level possible. Many impressionable young women wholeheartedly believed this 1960s philosophy.</li>
<li>Unfortunately, this feminist teaching has planted deep roots in the consciousness of American women. The feminist tree has blossomed. Today, it is considered a great shame to be a wife and mother only. In fact, being a wife and mother has become synonymous with the meaningless life of a lower, uneducated class of people.</li>
<li>What are today’s fruits of this philosophy?</li>
</ul>
<h2>· Families in Crisis</h2>
<ul>
<li>The fight for women’s rights has actually turned into a fight against the family. Even the mothers of modern feminism admit that radical feminists have worked hard to repudiate the family.</li>
<li>Feminist Stephanie Coontz, history professor at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, wrote in the <em>Washington Post,</em>“We cannot afford to construct our social policies, our advice to our own children, and even our own emotional expectations around the illusion that all commitments, sexual activities and caregiving will take place in a traditional marriage” (May 1). You don’t have to read between the lines to understand that such thinking is destroying the traditional family!</li>
<li>Feminism has been embraced most passionately in the Anglo-American world. These countries also have the highest divorce rates in the world and are producing record numbers of fatherless children—which in turn creates many other social problems. Robert Sheaffer writes, “One can try to argue that the U.S. family died of natural causes at precisely the same time feminists began shooting at it, but after examining the depth and ferocity of the feminist attack against women’s roles as wives and mothers, such an argument fails to convince” (<em>Feminism, the Noble Lie</em>). Let’s own up to it: Feminism has caused tragic results for the family.</li>
<li>If we are going to fix our social problems, we must recognize that feminism has led our Western families into serious crises. Here is how it happened. Although many young women answered the call to pursue a career, they could not deny their natural desire for a husband and children. Many then opted to have a husband, children and a career. Realizing that certain feminine desires could not be denied, a new movement slogan was quickly pushed into public view—“having it all.” This slogan lives on. But it ignores a hard reality for many working mothers: Having it all also means handling it all. Working career mothers were forced into a high-stress rat race. Having it all was supposed to be fulfilling, but it was not. Now, almost four decades later, women find they are not any closer to finding true, satisfying fulfillment. For some, “having it all” has meant losing it all.</li>
<li>The truth is, working mothers suffer. The children of working mothers always suffer. And should we forget, the husband suffers too.</li>
<li>Severe fatigue plagues many working mothers. Balancing career, marriage and childcare is an impossible task. Few can actually do it all. To do it all, corners have to be cut. Unfortunately, because of feminist peer pressure, marriage and family are sacrificed before career. Many two-career marriages have crumbled. Children have been left at home alone. Can we begin to see the harm that working motherhood has done to families?</li>
</ul>
<h2>· Absentee Mothers</h2>
<ul>
<li>Our society of working mothers is a disaster. Experts agree that the industrial revolution produced families with absentee fathers. Now feminism has given us families with absentee mothers. What does this mean? Essentially, our children are growing up alone.</li>
<li>It is estimated that as many as 60 percent of American children do not have full-time parental supervision. Think about it. If children are blessed enough to be in a two-parent home, generally they still have both parents working outside the home. The children are left home alone. If the family is run by a single parent, that parent (whether male or female) is working. Again, the children are home alone. This means our youth are growing up with an ever dwindling amount of parental love, nurturing and supervision. The average latchkey child (a child returning home after school with no parent to greet him) is alone three hours per day. Some of these children are as young as 8; most are in their teens. When we think about parents arriving home after a difficult day at the office, we can logically surmise that there is not much quality time left for the child.</li>
<li>All children and teens fundamentally need acceptance, praise, teaching and discipline. Children need to be taught right from wrong. Children need to learn how to be successful. This requires experience and activities. These needs are best met by parents. If these needs are not met at home, children have no other choice than to look elsewhere. This makes our children frustrated, angry and vulnerable to many dangers.</li>
<li>Unfortunately, many children and teens are falling prey to unscrupulous adults and other youth who lead them in the wrong direction. For example, law enforcement officials recognize that gang membership is up. The sale of illegal drugs to elementary and middle school children is also escalating.</li>
<li>One proverb states, “The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame” (Proverbs 29:15). Many adults are shocked by headlines about school shootings and other youth crime, but is anybody doing anything about it? Experts are looking for causes and solutions. It is a proven fact that children and youth living under the loving attention of parents generally do not get involved with crime. Most experts now agree that to fix our social problems, the family has to be restored. But how?</li>
<li>The solution to restoring families can only be found by understanding God’s intended purpose for men and women.</li>
</ul>
<h2>· God’s Purpose for Women</h2>
<ul>
<li>Herbert W. Armstrong taught for many years that if you start from a wrong hypothesis, then the solution will be in error and the problem will grow worse. Isn’t that exactly what we are seeing today? When it was discovered that so many American women were unhappy, the women’s liberation movement assumed that the role of wife and mother was the cause of all the unhappiness; the solution to the problem was to have women reject the role of wife and mother. Did this solution produce the desired result? Today, many women admit they have not found true fulfillment in careers, and our social problems have increased. As Mr. Armstrong forewarned, the problem has grown worse.</li>
<li>What is the cause of women’s unhappiness? We must look to the Bible for our answer. The cause for women’s unhappiness and frustration predates even the women’s suffrage movement of the 1900s.</li>
<li>For millennia, women (and men) have not understood the God-intended purpose for women. Elizabeth Cady Stanton stated about the Bible: “I know of no other books that so fully teach the subjection and degradation of women” (<em>Eighty Years and More,</em>1898). I am sure many of today’s feminists would agree, but this comment reveals a total lack of understanding of a woman’s true purpose in life—of what true womanhood is and how to achieve it.</li>
<li>In truth, the Bible’s purpose for women (and men), when fully understood, reveals a potential so incredible it is nearly unbelievable. Request your free copy of <a href="https://www.thetrumpet.com/literature/books_and_booklets/24"><em>The Incredible Human Potential</em></a>by Herbert Armstrong for an eye-opening explanation of God’s purpose for all mankind.</li>
<li>The Bible shows that God created women to be wives and mothers. “And the LordGod said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him” (Genesis 2:18). This one verse reveals that man by himself was not complete. God designed a woman to be his perfect counterpart.</li>
<li>A woman was not created to be a man’s slave, but his co-regent (Genesis 1:28). Neither could achieve success in life without the other. To be successful and happy in life, both would have to fulfill their respective created roles. Simply put, the man was to be a loving leader and provider; the woman was to help and inspire the man. She was also given the exalted responsibility to bear and train children. Men and women were created to work together to build a happy society that fosters growth and success. All this training on Earth was intended as a preparation for a future, more permanent afterlife. God intended that men and women share equally the opportunity to obtain eternal life (1 Peter 3:7). When men and women work together to achieve their designed purpose, they will experience satisfying fulfillment.</li>
<li>So how do we restore families? What about putting fathers back in charge of families and having mothers stay at home? To many, this solution may seem oversimplified, yet it is the only solution that will work. As long as men and women forsake the position in life God intended for them, unhappiness, frustration and catastrophe will be the result.</li>
<li>Our first parents, Adam and Eve, rejected what God taught them. They rejected their intended roles and they produced a murderous child delinquent. Remember, Cain killed Abel (Genesis 4). Sounds thoroughly modern, doesn’t it?</li>
<li>Will society fix our family problems? The answer is no. But if you seriously consider this article, you can change <em>your</em>family situation.</li>
</ul>
<h2>· It’s All About Me</h2>
<ul>
<li>The problems in our society and families go much deeper than feminism. What is the real problem? Feminism is a symptom of a deeper human sickness. After over 50 years of history, it is clear that feminism’s agenda has always been to seize power and change society to suit its own purpose. Feminists have been selfish and self-centered. Little thought has been given to the impact on others. Many now recognize that feminists have grown excessively selfish. The movement is now best defined, not as <em>we,</em>but me!</li>
<li>The current trends in feminism are a sign of our times. It is typical of a human problem that has existed since Adam and Eve: Men, women and children have all become extremely selfish.</li>
<li>The Apostle Paul prophesied this sickness in our society nearly 2,000 years ago. He wrote to Timothy, “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men [and women and children] shall be <em>lovers of their own selves,</em>covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, <em>heady, highminded,</em> lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away” (2 Timothy 3:1-5). If we are truly honest with ourselves, we can easily recognize that this scripture perfectly describes our time.</li>
<li>We live in dangerous times. Why? Remember, there is a cause for every effect. As Mr. Armstrong said so many times, all human beings are living the way of get! Everyone selfishly seeks only what he perceives as good for himself. What are the results? Isaiah gives us the answer. Referring to our time, he wrote, “And the people shall be <em>oppressed,</em>every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable” (Isaiah 3:5). When human beings live only for self, everyone eventually suffers. The Bible shows us that the worst time of human suffering is just ahead of us (Matthew 24:15-21). Mankind—which includes men, women and children—is bringing this suffering upon itself.</li>
<li>But there is hope. Although the Bible shows us there are some very serious times just ahead, afterward there will be the best of times. Jesus Christ will return. He will restore the family. Women’s high calling as wife and mother will be reestablished. Fathers will be taught how to lovingly guide their families. Peace, success and abundance will break out worldwide. May God speed us to that day.</li>
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Feminism is under fire. Feminist philosophy has reigned—the queen unchallenged—since the end of the early 1980s. But in recent years, biologists, educators, law enforcement officials and thinking women have begun objecting to and rejecting some long-held feminist doctrines. The throne’s foundation has cracks! Many of the radical feminists’ sacred truths are now recognized for what they are: myths and lies.
Although there exists some strong opposition against the feminist fortress, we should not expect the feminist movement to topple any time soon. But is there truth in the criticism? Has the feminist movement, so proudly praised for servicing women, done a disservice to the family?
· Women’s Suffrage to NOW
Feminists claim the women’s suffrage movement as the beginning of modern feminism. The suffrage movement originated in the United States during the 19th century. Some famous early suffragists were Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucy Stone. Originally, women’s suffrage sought to give women equal political rights with men—the right to vote in elections and referendums, the right to hold political office. We must remember that these political rights had only been given to the majority of the male population as a result of the democratic revolutions of the 18th and 19th centuries. The women’s suffrage movement claimed its victory shortly after World War iwith the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution on Aug. 18, 1920, guaranteeing women the right to vote in state and federal elections.
In the 1960s, the women’s liberation movement was organized and became active. Betty Friedan is credited as one of the founders of modern feminism. Her 1963 book, The Feminine Mystique,challenged the traditional idea that women could find fulfillment only as wives and mothers. She taught that the idealization of the role of wife and mother was the product of a well-organized conspiracy by males to prevent women from competing with men.
In 1966, Friedan founded the National Organization for Women (now) to fight for equal rights for women, and served as its president until 1970. At that time, the women’s movement sought to liberate women from the tedious humdrum of babies, bottles, diapers, cleaning and cooking. Women’s movement leaders sought freedom from their “prison” at home. The key to freedom was equal opportunity with men, which meant equal jobs and equal pay.
Then, the women’s movement aligned itself with the civil rights movement. A clear message was being sent: Blacks had to fight white racism; enslaved women had to fight male sexism. Women everywhere had to be made aware of their oppression and oppressors. The women’s movement borrowed heavily from the attention-getting strategies of the civil rights movement. It skillfully employed rallies, demonstrations and marches to trumpet the women’s cause. Besides politicians and media, the struggle targeted young, impressionable, college-age women. What began as a tiny rumble soon roared into major discontent. Many angry, frustrated women joined the cause. The energy released by the women’s liberation movement was enormous. Old traditions came tumbling down.
Now, with over five decades of feminist history to look at, what do we see?
More than any other social movement in our time, feminism has changed the warp and weft of our society. Feminist philosophy has made major inroads into politics, the work place, the military, education, medical research and the building block of society—the family. Very few have questioned the changes. Many who balk at some feminist notions heartily embrace others.
Wisdom tells us not all change is good. Not all change is growth. Some bitter fruits are now being harvested from feminism in all areas it has infiltrated—in the personal lives of many women and especially in the family. Who will take the blame?
For decades, feminists blamed men for everything. Supposedly, our patriarchal society is the root cause of everything wrong. Of course, some men should be condemned for their mistreatment of women. But what has feminismbrought us? Is life really better for women? Are families better off? Is society stronger?
· Attack on Motherhood
The fact that so many women identified with the liberation movement shows that there were real problems within the American home. The movement greatly publicized the dissatisfaction and desperation of housewives. Many American wives were indeed unhappy. But what was the causeof all the unhappiness?
Leaders of the women’s liberation movement theorized that the real cause of women’s sorrow was the role of wife and mother. Many asked, shouldn’t women find fulfillment in a career like a man? Supposedly, those who wanted to hold a career had been made to feel guilty about it by oppressive males. Many women began to feel their real potential was being denied them. The proposed solution was that women seek real fulfillment outside of the home—without guilt.
Women fought hard for the right to choose a career outside the home. Yet labor statistics at that time show that a large number of women had already entered the workforce. Could the cause of unhappiness have been wrongly identified? Was a wrong solution given? Caught up in the movement, few seemed to ask these all-important questions in the ’60s and ’70s.
Today, many women understand that feminism really did not offer a choice in the ’60s. In fact, it demanded that women could only find fulfillment through a career outside the home. Though it has taken several decades for it to be recognized, in reality, feminism led a vicious attack on motherhood—one of two major underpinnings of strong families.
The ’60s woman complained that she was made to feel guilty for not desiring to stay home. Isn’t it ironic today that a woman who desires to stay home to be a wife and mother is made to feel guilty?
In an interview on abc’s Good Morning America,prominent feminist Linda Hirshman said, “I am saying an educated, competent adult’s place is in the office” (February 23). Feminist Rebecca Traister admitted that, somewhere along the line, the feminist movement declared stay-at-home mothers uneducated and incompetent: “[W]hen you lose your paycheck and lose your title, somehow you lose respect. And … that should not be the case” (Salon.com, Dec. 6, 2005).
Young women are made to feel that education should be directed toward career advancement only and not toward teaching and training their own young children. Stable families with educated, stay-at-home mothers would solve a large number of our current social troubles. We must learn to defend and praise the women who stay at home. Motherhood is noble and fulfilling, real work!
· Mothers as Nonpersons
Today, a stay-at-home mother is viewed as a kind of second-class woman. In fact, feminists do not even view stay-at-home mothers as persons. This derogatory view began with Betty Friedan. “[V]acuuming the living room floor—with or without makeup—is not work that takes enough thought or energy to challenge any woman’s full capacity. Down through the ages man has known that he was set apart from other animals by his mind’s power to have an idea, a vision, and shape the future to it. [W]hen he discovers and creates and shapes a future different from his past, he is a man, a human being” (The Feminine Mystique). The basic idea of feminism was that women should have a choice to go to the workplace and become less animal-like. What does that make a stay-at-home mother? Since being a wife and mother was supposedly glorified in the 1950s, the women’s movement fought to demote that role to the lowest level possible. Many impressionable young women wholeheartedly believed this 1960s philosophy.
Unfortunately, this feminist teaching has planted deep roots in the consciousness of American women. The feminist tree has blossomed. Today, it is considered a great shame to be a wife and mother only. In fact, being a wife and mother has become synonymous with the meaningless life of a lower, uneducated class of people.
What are today’s fruits of this philosophy?
· Families in Crisis
The fight for women’s rights has actually turned into a fight against the family. Even the mothers of modern feminism admit that radical feminists have worked hard to repudiate the family.
Feminist Stephanie Coontz, history professor at the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, wrote in the Washington Post,“We cannot afford to construct our social policies, our advice to our own children, and even our own emotional expectations around the illusion that all commitments, sexual activities and caregiving will take place in a traditional marriage” (May 1). You don’t have to read between the lines to understand that such thinking is destroying the traditional family!
Feminism has been embraced most passionately in the Anglo-American world. These countries also have the highest divorce rates in the world and are producing record numbers of fatherless children—which in turn creates many other social problems. Robert Sheaffer writes, “One can try to argue that the U.S. family died of natural causes at precisely the same time feminists began shooting at it, but after examining the depth and ferocity of the feminist attack against women’s roles as wives and mothers, such an argument fails to convince” (Feminism, the Noble Lie). Let’s own up to it: Feminism has caused tragic results for the family.
If we are going to fix our social problems, we must recognize that feminism has led our Western families into serious crises. Here is how it happened. Although many young women answered the call to pursue a career, they could not deny their natural desire for a husband and children. Many then opted to have a husband, children and a career. Realizing that certain feminine desires could not be denied, a new movement slogan was quickly pushed into public view—“having it all.” This slogan lives on. But it ignores a hard reality for many working mothers: Having it all also means handling it all. Working career mothers were forced into a high-stress rat race. Having it all was supposed to be fulfilling, but it was not. Now, almost four decades later, women find they are not any closer to finding true, satisfying fulfillment. For some, “having it all” has meant losing it all.
The truth is, working mothers suffer. The children of working mothers always suffer. And should we forget, the husband suffers too.
Severe fatigue plagues many working mothers. Balancing career, marriage and childcare is an impossible task. Few can actually do it all. To do it all, corners have to be cut. Unfortunately, because of feminist peer pressure, marriage and family are sacrificed before career. Many two-career marriages have crumbled. Children have been left at home alone. Can we begin to see the harm that working motherhood has done to families?
· Absentee Mothers
Our society of working mothers is a disaster. Experts agree that the industrial revolution produced families with absentee fathers. Now feminism has given us families with absentee mothers. What does this mean? Essentially, our children are growing up alone.
It is estimated that as many as 60 percent of American children do not have full-time parental supervision. Think about it. If children are blessed enough to be in a two-parent home, generally they still have both parents working outside the home. The children are left home alone. If the family is run by a single parent, that parent (whether male or female) is working. Again, the children are home alone. This means our youth are growing up with an ever dwindling amount of parental love, nurturing and supervision. The average latchkey child (a child returning home after school with no parent to greet him) is alone three hours per day. Some of these children are as young as 8; most are in their teens. When we think about parents arriving home after a difficult day at the office, we can logically surmise that there is not much quality time left for the child.
All children and teens fundamentally need acceptance, praise, teaching and discipline. Children need to be taught right from wrong. Children need to learn how to be successful. This requires experience and activities. These needs are best met by parents. If these needs are not met at home, children have no other choice than to look elsewhere. This makes our children frustrated, angry and vulnerable to many dangers.
Unfortunately, many children and teens are falling prey to unscrupulous adults and other youth who lead them in the wrong direction. For example, law enforcement officials recognize that gang membership is up. The sale of illegal drugs to elementary and middle school children is also escalating.
One proverb states, “The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame” (Proverbs 29:15). Many adults are shocked by headlines about school shootings and other youth crime, but is anybody doing anything about it? Experts are looking for causes and solutions. It is a proven fact that children and youth living under the loving attention of parents generally do not get involved with crime. Most experts now agree that to fix our social problems, the family has to be restored. But how?
The solution to restoring families can only be found by understanding God’s intended purpose for men and women.
· God’s Purpose for Women
Herbert W. Armstrong taught for many years that if you start from a wrong hypothesis, then the solution will be in error and the problem will grow worse. Isn’t that exactly what we are seeing today? When it was discovered that so many American women were unhappy, the women’s liberation movement assumed that the role of wife and mother was the cause of all the unhappiness; the solution to the problem was to have women reject the role of wife and mother. Did this solution produce the desired result? Today, many women admit they have not found true fulfillment in careers, and our social problems have increased. As Mr. Armstrong forewarned, the problem has grown worse.
What is the cause of women’s unhappiness? We must look to the Bible for our answer. The cause for women’s unhappiness and frustration predates even the women’s suffrage movement of the 1900s.
For millennia, women (and men) have not understood the God-intended purpose for women. Elizabeth Cady Stanton stated about the Bible: “I know of no other books that so fully teach the subjection and degradation of women” (Eighty Years and More,1898). I am sure many of today’s feminists would agree, but this comment reveals a total lack of understanding of a woman’s true purpose in life—of what true womanhood is and how to achieve it.
In truth, the Bible’s purpose for women (and men), when fully understood, reveals a potential so incredible it is nearly unbelievable. Request your free copy of The Incredible Human Potentialby Herbert Armstrong for an eye-opening explanation of God’s purpose for all mankind.
The Bible shows that God created women to be wives and mothers. “And the LordGod said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him” (Genesis 2:18). This one verse reveals that man by himself was not complete. God designed a woman to be his perfect counterpart.
A woman was not created to be a man’s slave, but his co-regent (Genesis 1:28). Neither could achieve success in life without the other. To be successful and happy in life, both would have to fulfill their respective created roles. Simply put, the man was to be a loving leader and provider; the woman was to help and inspire the man. She was also given the exalted responsibility to bear and train children. Men and women were created to work together to build a happy society that fosters growth and success. All this training on Earth was intended as a preparation for a future, more permanent afterlife. God intended that men and women share equally the opportunity to obtain eternal life (1 Peter 3:7). When men and women work together to achieve their designed purpose, they will experience satisfying fulfillment.
So how do we restore families? What about putting fathers back in charge of families and having mothers stay at home? To many, this solution may seem oversimplified, yet it is the only solution that will work. As long as men and women forsake the position in life God intended for them, unhappiness, frustration and catastrophe will be the result.
Our first parents, Adam and Eve, rejected what God taught them. They rejected their intended roles and they produced a murderous child delinquent. Remember, Cain killed Abel (Genesis 4). Sounds thoroughly modern, doesn’t it?
Will society fix our family problems? The answer is no. But if you seriously consider this article, you can change yourfamily situation.
· It’s All About Me
The problems in our society and families go much deeper than feminism. What is the real problem? Feminism is a symptom of a deeper human sickness. After over 50 years of history, it is clear that feminism’s agenda has always been to seize power and change society to suit its own purpose. Feminists have been selfish and self-centered. Little thought has been given to the impact on others. Many now recognize that feminists have grown excessively selfish. The movement is now best defined, not as we,but me!
The current trends in feminism are a sign of our times. It is typical of a human problem that has existed since Adam and Eve: Men, women and children have all become extremely selfish.
The Apostle Paul prophesied this sickness in our society nearly 2,000 years ago. He wrote to Timothy, “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men [and women and children] shall be lovers of their own selves,covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away” (2 Timothy 3:1-5). If we are truly honest with ourselves, we can easily recognize that this scripture perfectly describes our time.
We live in dangerous times. Why? Remember, there is a cause for every effect. As Mr. Armstrong said so many times, all human beings are living the way of get! Everyone selfishly seeks only what he perceives as good for himself. What are the results? Isaiah gives us the answer. Referring to our time, he wrote, “And the people shall be oppressed,every one by another, and every one by his neighbour: the child shall behave himself proudly against the ancient, and the base against the honourable” (Isaiah 3:5). When human beings live only for self, everyone eventually suffers. The Bible shows us that the worst time of human suffering is just ahead of us (Matthew 24:15-21). Mankind—which includes men, women and children—is bringing this suffering upon itself.
But there is hope. Although the Bible shows us there are some very serious times just ahead, afterward there will be the best of times. Jesus Christ will return. He will restore the family. Women’s high calling as wife and mother will be reestablished. Fathers will be taught how to lovingly guide their families. Peace, success and abundance will break out worldwide. May God speed us to that day.
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General Terms and Conditions
§ 1 General
a) Area of Validity The following terms and conditions shall apply in the version valid at the time of signing the contract for all legal relationships between Mr. Christian Pälchen, Herminenstraße 6, 31675 Bückeburg (hereafter called: Fit for Family) and his customers. Conflicting General Terms and Conditions of the customers are hereby expressly rejected.
b) Contract Agreement Contract language is German. As far as English-language texts are used, they are only used to simplify communication. The German text version shall always override questions regarding interpretation or linguistic variations.
c) Registration To use the full content of this website, it is initially required to set up a customer account. Therefore, the necessary data is asked for, so Fit for Family can perform the services. The data input are confirmed by clicking the “Registration” button and setting the checkmark to acknowledge the General Terms and Conditions. The customer will then receive a confirmation email with the required Log-In data. Only when the customer initially logs in with these data at Fit for Family is the registration complete. The password which allows the customer access to the personal area is to be treated with strict confidentiality, and is not to be forwarded to third parties under any circumstances. The customer shall take the suitable and appropriate precautions and measures to prevent that third parties have knowledge of their password. A customer account cannot be transferred to other user/customers or other third parties. d) Booking of tests The description of the product line on Fit for Family’s website is subject to change and not binding. The order process on this website consists of a total of three (3) steps. In the first step, the client selects the desired merchandise. In the second step, the client enters their data including billing address and, if necessary, different delivery address, if not already specified in their customer account or -if payment with Paypal is chosen- in their PayPal account. If the customer chooses the payment option "PayPal", he is forwarded to the PayPal page. After entering his data on PayPal´s Website he is again forwarded to the Internet page of Fit for Family. In the third step, the client has the opportunity to double-check all data (i.e. name, address, ordered merchandise) and, if necessary, to correct data entry errors before they confirm their order by clicking the button “Purchase Now” (German: “zahlungspflichtig bestellen”/”legally binding purchase order”). This order signifies the customer’s legally binding contract offer. Fit for Family will confirm the receipt of the order immediately. The confirmation receipt does represent a legally binding acceptance of the order. This acceptance closes the contract between Fit for Family and its client. The contract’s text body shall be savedby Fit for Family, and shall be sent to the customer in writing (i.e. email or regular mail) in addition to the present General Terms and Conditions, and Customer Information. The contract’s text body cannot, however, be accessed by the customer via the seller’s Internet website after having submitting their order. The customer may print the applicable website’s page showing the contract’s text body through the browser’s Print function.
§ 2 Delivery and Services
a) Partial Shipments Fit for Family is entitled to make partial shipments when this is deemed acceptable to the customer. In the event of partial shipments, the customer shall, however, not incur any additional shipping cost.
b) Delays in delivery and services Delays in delivery and services based on acts of God/force majeure and extraordinary and non-foreseeable events, which even with extreme precaution by Fit for Family cannot be prevented (including especially: strikes, regulatory action or court orders, and instances of incorrect or improper delivery of goods to the seller despite the appropriate covering transaction to that effect), are not to be imputed to Fit for Family. They entitle Fit for Family to postpone delivery by the time period of the hindering circumstance.
c) Cancellation of Contract At non-availability, based on the above-mentioned reasons, Fit for Family may cancel the contract. Fit for Family commits to inform the customer without delay about the non-availability and shall reimburse any services already rendered in return.
d) Delivery Exclusion Post Office boxes will not be delivered.
e) Delay of Acceptance Should the customer be in delay of acceptance of the goods ordered, Fit for Family shall be entitled, after an appropriate grace period, to cancel the contract and file for damages due to delay or non-compliance. During the delay of acceptance, the customer carries the risk of accidental loss or accidental deterioration.
d) Time of Performance As far as it is not otherwise agreed upon, Fit for Family shall perform the service within seven (7) days. The commencement of the delivery period for prepayments is the day after submitting the payment order to the transmitting credit institution, or for cash on delivery or payment by invoice the day after close of contract. The period ends on the subsequent seventh day. Should the last day of this period be a Saturday, Sunday, or national holiday observed by the respective country of the delivery address, the period ends on the following business day.
§ 3 Seminars and Events
a) General Fit For Family offers seminars as well as events for singles and couples. Fit For Family is entitled to have a third party fulfill the contract in whole or in parts. Minor reasonable changes such as topics, order of topics and speakers are subject to change. b) Booking The booking process of the events and seminars offered shall takes place through offer and acceptance whereby the customer’s booking (e.g. by email, contact form through this website) facilitates the offer. As far as the booking does not take place by email but through the website, the order process consists of three (3) steps. In Step 1, the customer chooses desired Fit For Family’s offer package. In Step 2, the customer shall enter their data and has the possibility to double-check all data entered (e.g. name, address, payment method, desired seminar or event) and, if necessary, correct entry mistakes before the customer is transferred to PayPal by clicking the button “Send your booking”. After input of the required PayPal payment details to process payment, the order process finalized by clicking the button „Pay Now“. This entails a binding contract offer by the customer. Fit For Family shall confirm receipt of the customer’s booking immediately, as far as the order was received through the website. This receipt of booking does not constitute a legally binding acceptance of the booking.
Fit For Family is entitled to legally accept the customer’s contract offer made by the booking (by email or contact form) within one week after receipt of the booking in text form (e.g. by email, facsimile). The contract between Fit For Family and the customer comes into legal existence with the acceptance. As far as the booking takes place through the contact form, the text body is saved and stored by Fit For Family and is send to the customer after they send their order, together with the present General Terms and Conditions and the customer information in text form (e.g. email, facsimile or by regular mail). The contract text cannot be retrieved by the customer after sending their booking through Fit For Family’s internet site. As far as the close of contract did not take place through the website, the contract text will not be saved and stored separately.
c) Terms of Payment Seminar fees entitle to the participation of the booked seminar and are to be paid prior to the beginning of the seminar at the latest. The course admission as well as detailed seminar materials are included in the admission fee. The customer is responsible themselves for accommodations and meals, such are not included in the admission fee, as far as nothing to the contrary has been expressly agreed upon. If only parts of the seminar are attended, for which Fit For Family is not responsible for, missed hours/days cannot be repeated and are not to be deducted to reduce the admission fee. This also includes attendance and admission at booked events.
d) Cancellation through the customer Cancellation of the services booked by the customer is possible in writing (by email or regular mail). The right to cancel is not touched through this cancellation regulation; the right to cancel does not exist, however, in regards to contracts with additional services in connection with leisure activities, if the contract provides for performance on a specific date or during a specific period. The cancellation fees correspond with the following regulations, whereas the cancellation is free of charge, if it is received thirty (30) days prior to the agreed seminar or event begin, at the latest. The timely cancellation takes place when Fit For Family receives the cancellation notice. Upon later cancellation, the cancellation fees shall be as follows: 50 per cent of the agreed invoice amount, starting from the 29th to the 14th day of contract start 100 per cent of the agreed invoice amount for cancellation up to the point of less than 14 days before agreed seminar or event start
The customer has to provide proof that Fit For Family did not occur any cost or minor cost. Fit For Family will provide re-booking based upon availability instead of a cancellation whereby seminars or events booked through re-booking are no longer subject to cancellation by the customer.
e) Postponement of dates and cancellations by Fit For Family Fit For Family reserves the right to change dates, cancel seminars or events and/or locations up to seven (7) days prior to seminar or event start. All payments received for cancelled seminars or events will be reimbursed. Additional damages by the customer toward Fit For Family are not subject to legal recourse. The customer is required to make arrangements for such cancellation events regarding travel or hotel reservations (e. g. through purchase of a travel cancellation insurance.)
§ 4 Payment
a) Payment Terms Payment is made via PayPal.
b) Pricing All prices are final prices. Due to the small business status, we do not charge VAT. In addition are separated listed cost for Shipping & Handling, if pick up by the customer at Fit for Family’s office in Bückeburg is not arranged. c) Right of Retention The enforcement of a right of retention is only available to the customer for such counterclaims which are due and based on the same legal relationship as the customer’s obligation.
§ 5 Cancellation for Customers with Distance Contracts
The consumer has the right to cancel distance contracts, which can be taken from the separate Cancellation Policy with sample cancellation form.
§ 6 Warranty
a) Warranty claim There are legal warranty claims. A warranty claim may only be made concerning the condition of the merchandise; reasonable deviations in regards to aesthetic characteristics of the merchandise shall not come within the warranty claim. Should there be additional guarantees in addition to the warranty claims, you shall find their exact conditions with each product. Potential guarantees do not touch the warranty claims. Fit for Family does specifically not assume a guarantee for advice and courses given in books and instructions. Success is only owed to the transfer of products.
b) Transfer of risk Risk of accidental destruction or deterioration of merchandise ordered shall only be transferred upon the customer’s receipt of goods.
c) Notification Should the customer realize that they receive goods in damaged packaging or notice damage after receipt of the goods, Fit for Family asks that the customer informs the company. There shall neither be an obligation to such notification nor shall the customer’s warranty rights be affected by an omitted notification.
d) Subsequent performance Should the merchandise be defective, the customer may choose to require subsequent performance in form of subsequent repair or subsequent delivery. In the event that, even after two attempts, the defect could not be corrected, the customer may choose to cancel the purchase or reduce the price.
e) Rights regarding non-essential defects Should a non-essential defect exist, the customer shall be entitled only to the right of an appropriate reduction of the purchase price excluding the right to cancel.
f) Damages for defects Liability is not assumed for damage which may be based on the incorrect handling or use of the merchandise. Fit for Family shall only provide damages for the goods’ defects in the event of intent or gross negligence. This exclusion shall not be applied to liability for damage to loss of life, bodily injury or damage to the health of a person. Regulations of the German Product Liability Law shall also be untouched by the exclusion from liability.
g) Warranty towards business owners The following regulations apply towards business owners, apart from the statutory warranty regulations: in case of defect, Fit for Family shall provide subsequent performance, based on their own choice in form of defect removal or renewed delivery. The risk of accidental loss or deterioration of the goods already transfers to the person responsible for the transport. Warranty claims shall be subject to statutory limitation within one year after the pre-determined risk transfer. Exempt from this is the Right of Recourse according to § 478 BGB [German: BGB – Bürgerliches Gesetzbuch/German Civil Code]
h) Business owners’ duty to objection Business owners are obligated to immediately inform of obvious defects in writing: otherwise the validity of warranty claims shall be excluded. Timely mailing of the objection within the grace period shall suffice. The business owner shall produce proof in its entirety that all conditions for a claim have been met, especially the defect itself, the exact time of discovery of the defect and the timeliness of the objection regarding the defect.
§ 7 Liability
a) Liability exemptiondisclaimer Fit for Family, and its legal representatives and vicarious agents, shall only be liable for intent or gross negligence. As far as considerable contract duties (consequently such duties whose adherence are of necessary meaning for the attainment of contract purposes) are concerned, even slight negligence is covered. Liability is limited in this case to foreseeable, contract typical, immediate average damages. Towards business owners, Fit for Family shall only be liable in the case of a grossly negligent violation against insignificant contract duties only in the amount of the foreseeable, contract typical, immediate average damage.
b) Retention of Liability The aforementioned liability exemption disclaimer shall not concern liability for damage to loss of life, bodily injury or damage to the health of a person. Regulations of the German Product Liability Law shall also be untouched by the exclusion from liability.
§ 8 Final clause
a) Place of Jurisdiction It is agreed that the exclusive place of jurisdiction for all litigation proceedings based on this contract shall be the registered office of Fit for Family in Bückeburg, insofar as the customer is a merchant, legal entity under public law or special fund under public law, or insofar as the customer does not have a place of jurisdiction in the Federal Republic of Germany.
b) Governing Law Unless mandatory legal provisions based on the customer’s right of domicile do not prevent it, it shall be agreed upon that German law shall valid excluding the UN Convention on the International Sale of Goods.
c) Severability Clause Should individual terms of this contract become invalid or ineffective, it shall not infringe on the validity of the remaining General Terms and Conditions.
Data Protection
Data Protection Policy
§ 1 Personal Data
a) Personal Data
Personal data are data which disclose or can disclose the customer’s identity. The Christian Partnership Test adheres to the policy of data avoidance. As far as possible, collection of personal data is avoided.
b) Dealings
Personal data exclusively serve to initiate contracts, draft content, execute or process a contractual relationship. As a matter of principle, data are not forwarded to third parties. Data are only forwarded to the logistics company commissioned for the purpose of fulfilling the delivery order, as far as this is necessary for the delivery of the merchandise ordered. To process payments, the required payment data are forwarded to the financial institution commissioned to process payment and, if necessary, to the commissioned and selected payment service provider. Use of personally-related data only takes place to the extent that is necessary, or as far The Christian Partnership Test is legally or by court order required, or if necessary, to prohibit abuse against the General Terms and Conditions in a legitimate manner.
c) Objection
The customer can object to the storage of their personal data at any time. Data, which must be kept ready for the purpose of processing the contract, is exempt from this.
d) Right to Information
Upon request, The Christian Partnership Test shall inform the customer about the storage of their data.
e) Right to Correction, Deletion, and Blocking of Data
The customer has the right to correct, delete or block inaccurate personal data upon request at any time. The use of this right is free-of-charge and can simply be requested by filling out the contact form. As a matter of principle, this service is free-of-charge.
§ 2 User and Registration Data
To set up the Internet page, user and registration data are collected, processed, and used, as necessary. Customer data and IP address are registered with a time and date stamp in the log file, and used and saved for the purpose of this webpage’s statistical evaluation. User and registration data will not be merged with personal data.
§ 3 Data Security
a) Data Security
All data at www.c-partnershiptest.org are saved through technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, access, modification, and distribution. The Christian Partnership Test does not, however, assume liability for the destruction and damage of data.
b) Sessions and Cookies
To operate the Internet site, The Christian Partnership Test may use cookies or server-based sessions to store data. Cookies are, for instance, used here for personalized greetings by using the member’s name. Cookies are files, which are stored by a website on the customer’s hard drive to automatically recognize this particular computer at the next visit to the website, and adjust the website based on the customer’s use. Cookies can also be rejected through the browser’s settings by deactivating the storage of cookies or by setting the browser in such a way that it informs about the changes upon transmission. The Christian Partnership Test ensures that data related to a person is not transferred from sessions or through cookies.
§ 4 Newsletter
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will use the data you provided or separately transmitted data to regularly send you our newsletter. To unsubscribe from the newsletter is possible at any time and can either be made by sending a message through the contact options stated or by clicking the link in the newsletter for this purpose.
§ 5 Services by Third-Party Providers
Social Media Links
The Christian Partnership Test uses its own social media sites, made available on this website by clicking on the links of the third-party-providers to be reached. Through the use of these links, you will reach the respective Internet pages of the third-party-provider (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Google+). As soon as you will have opened up the websites of the third-party-providers, you will have entered the respective third-party-provider’s area of responsibility, so that their data protection policy or their explanations of data usage are effective as well. The Christian Partnership Test does not have any influence over it; we recommend, however, that you log yourself out from the respective third-party-provider’s website prior to using the respective link in order to avoid an unnecessary forwarding of data, so that in certain instances user profiles will not be created by the third-party-provider through the use of the link. The Christian Partnership Test has deliberately only used links and avoided additional plug-ins by third-party-providers to protect your data.
§ 6 Contact information
The customer may contact The Christian Partnership Test at info@fitforfamily.org regarding data protection or by using the contact form.
Privacy Policy
Data Protection Policy
§ 1 Personal Data
a) Personal Data
Personal data are data which disclose or can disclose the customer’s identity. The Christian Partnership Test adheres to the policy of data avoidance. As far as possible, collection of personal data is avoided.
b) Dealings
Personal data exclusively serve to initiate contracts, draft content, execute or process a contractual relationship. As a matter of principle, data are not forwarded to third parties. Data are only forwarded to the logistics company commissioned for the purpose of fulfilling the delivery order, as far as this is necessary for the delivery of the merchandise ordered. To process payments, the required payment data are forwarded to the financial institution commissioned to process payment and, if necessary, to the commissioned and selected payment service provider. Use of personally-related data only takes place to the extent that is necessary, or as far The Christian Partnership Test is legally or by court order required, or if necessary, to prohibit abuse against the General Terms and Conditions in a legitimate manner.
c) Objection
The customer can object to the storage of their personal data at any time. Data, which must be kept ready for the purpose of processing the contract, is exempt from this.
d) Right to Information
Upon request, The Christian Partnership Test shall inform the customer about the storage of their data.
e) Right to Correction, Deletion, and Blocking of Data
The customer has the right to correct, delete or block inaccurate personal data upon request at any time. The use of this right is free-of-charge and can simply be requested by filling out the contact form. As a matter of principle, this service is free-of-charge.
§ 2 User and Registration Data
To set up the Internet page, user and registration data are collected, processed, and used, as necessary. Customer data and IP address are registered with a time and date stamp in the log file, and used and saved for the purpose of this webpage’s statistical evaluation. User and registration data will not be merged with personal data.
§ 3 Data Security
a) Data Security
All data at www.c-partnershiptest.org are saved through technical and organizational measures against loss, destruction, access, modification, and distribution. The Christian Partnership Test does not, however, assume liability for the destruction and damage of data.
b) Sessions and Cookies
To operate the Internet site, The Christian Partnership Test may use cookies or server-based sessions to store data. Cookies are, for instance, used here for personalized greetings by using the member’s name. Cookies are files, which are stored by a website on the customer’s hard drive to automatically recognize this particular computer at the next visit to the website, and adjust the website based on the customer’s use. Cookies can also be rejected through the browser’s settings by deactivating the storage of cookies or by setting the browser in such a way that it informs about the changes upon transmission. The Christian Partnership Test ensures that data related to a person is not transferred from sessions or through cookies.
§ 4 Newsletter
If you subscribe to our newsletter, we will use the data you provided or separately transmitted data to regularly send you our newsletter. To unsubscribe from the newsletter is possible at any time and can either be made by sending a message through the contact options stated or by clicking the link in the newsletter for this purpose.
§ 5 Services by Third-Party Providers
Social Media Links
The Christian Partnership Test uses its own social media sites, made available on this website by clicking on the links of the third-party-providers to be reached. Through the use of these links, you will reach the respective Internet pages of the third-party-provider (e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Google+). As soon as you will have opened up the websites of the third-party-providers, you will have entered the respective third-party-provider’s area of responsibility, so that their data protection policy or their explanations of data usage are effective as well. The Christian Partnership Test does not have any influence over it; we recommend, however, that you log yourself out from the respective third-party-provider’s website prior to using the respective link in order to avoid an unnecessary forwarding of data, so that in certain instances user profiles will not be created by the third-party-provider through the use of the link. The Christian Partnership Test has deliberately only used links and avoided additional plug-ins by third-party-providers to protect your data.
§ 6 Contact information
The customer may contact The Christian Partnership Test at info@fitforfamily.org regarding data protection or by using the contact form.
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C-partnershiptest
Mr. Christian Pälchen
Herminenstraße 6
31675 Bückeburg
E-Mail: info@fitforfamily.org
Website: www.c-partnershiptest.org
Telephone: +49 (0) 57229201704
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Right of Cancellation
Notice to the Right of Cancellation for consumers with long-distance contracts
Right of Cancellation
You may cancel your contract in writing (i.e. letter, facsimile or email) within 14 days without stating reasons.
The cancellation period lasts fourteen (14) days from the day the contract is closed.
To exercise your Right of Cancellation, you must inform us (The Christian Partnership Test, Herminenstrasse 6, 31675 Bückeburg, Telephone: +4957229201704, Email:info@fitforfamily.org) by sending an unequivocal explanation (i.e. a letter sent by regular mail, facsimile, or email) about your decision to cancel this contract. You may use the attached Sample Form of Cancellation, which, however, is not mandatory.
To guarantee the Cancellation Period, it suffices that you send the Notice to the Right of Cancellation before the end of the cancellation period.
Consequences of the Notice to the Right of Cancellation
When you cancel this contract, we will have to return to you all payments which we have received from you, including the delivery cost – as far as these were covered by the customer – (with exception of any additional cost resulting from a different type of delivery method which you may have chosen other than the least expensive standard delivery method offered by us), immediately and within fourteen (14) days at the latest, from the day on which we received the Notice of your Cancellation. For this repayment, we will use the same form of payment which you used for the original transaction, unless other arrangements were specifically made with you, under no circumstance will we charge you with fees due to this repayment.
- End of the Notification to the Right of Cancellation -
Special Notifications about the premature expiration of the Right of Cancellation
Your right to cancel expires prematurely for a contract for the delivery of digital content which does not resemble a physical body (e.g. downloads), if the business owner has already started with the execution of the contract, after you have specifically agreed to it that the business owner starts with the execution of the contract before the cancellation period ends, and you have confirmed your knowledge of it, that you by your acceptance you lose your Right of Cancellation with the start of the execution of your contract. Sample Form “Notice to Cancel”
(In case you would like to cancel the contract, please fill out this form and return it to us.)
- To: The Christian Partnership Test, Herminenstraße 6, 31675 Bückeburg, Email: info@thechristianpartnershiptest.org:
- Hereby I/we cancel the contract closed by me/us (*) regarding the sale of the following merchandise (*)/the performance of the following services (*)
- Ordered on (*)/received on (*)
- Name of Customer(s)
- Address of Customer(s)
- Signature of Customer(s) (only for notice in paperform) – Date
_________________ (*) Please delete where inapplicable.
