Is our economy based on sin?

Now in today’s society you will hear just who defines sin as sin? It is the new age of Ethical Relativity. If it is good for me it must be good.

Rhetorically, one might ask after knowing what they have done or not done, how anyone can dare to stand before people and profess they are believers? Of course the answer to that is that that question hasn't even come into their thinking process. In my opinion it is pride, arrogance and ego that make them blind to the realities of what they, by their hand, forged and brought about. They had nothing to do with it you say? Hey are they not the power brokers, elite, wealthy and they lead, direct, tell and they make all the decisions? What I am speaking to over and over again is what they have done or failed to do and what that has done to many. Frankly, it is also on the hands of those who voted for them, support them, give to them and work for them. They share, as an accomplice in all of their works. You cannot run from the truth. Yes you can disguise it, redirect it, ignore it but you cannot change it.

So our bankers, our politicians,  our legal system workers,  religious people and yes average citizens and every single aspect of our society that commits these sins and allows them and who stand before us and profess but allows the opposite, know their works can not be that of a believer, regardless of what they say and to deny it only confirms it all the more.

Double standards that are brazen facts, actual lies, fabrications, omission, incomplete information. See above for the definition of sin. You rarely hear the "rest of the story" and many times what you hear is given out of context. It seems to be more the norm, but is that the norm for professed believers? No, also one can also see the law of selective application at work. If its good for me do it, but not for all. So go down the list of works.  Tough talk yes, but there is nothing right about sin.

Many will condemn the person who views a porno movie, drinks or cheats or goes to a topless bar and rightly so from perhaps a moral and religious perspective but they commit no earthly crime or break no law and these sins are individual weaknesses that may impact others but not in the numbers of our leaders. Our leaders even commit these as do people from all walks of life, yes and retained in secret. Many condemn others while taking and useing others for their own gains all under the guise of job, business, position and for the good of the company or shareholders. Perhaps and true while we all sin, how we sin, who we impact and to what degree is the issue.  It is time to see our Trojan Horse.

So it starts with us all, that friendly banker who charges you the fees and says "hey I agree but I only work here", it’s the bosses. It starts with someone saying "we are a nation of law" but turns a blinds eye toward the breaking of law. It starts with outsourcing of people livelihoods for profit and under the guise of competitiveness. Yes , it starts with what we each profess and do. It is truly the work of our hands and the fruits of our labor.

Robert T. Melaccio Sr. 2008 Copyright ©2008 Robert Melaccio