Posted on 02/24/2022 4:18:40 AM PST by MtnClimber
Maybe the elites are more responsible than you and I.
In almost every chapter of 2 Kings in the Old Testament is the recurring announcement of a king's passing. It begins with how King So-and-So "slept with his fathers" and his son became king. The follow-up reads, "And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord and did make all Israel sin."
Until COVID and Critical Race Theory, my view of Israel sinning was that Israel was predisposed (as we all are) to wanting to sin. The kings didn't so much "make" them sin as gave them permission. COVID and identity politics have caused me to re-examine who is most responsible for a society's sins.
The sins of the world's denizens are numerous, and I find that at the bottom of a multitude of the sins are the government and "elites." The James Stewart movie It's a Wonderful Life resonates precisely because society's conscience understands that Pottersville isn't named after "old man" Potter because he brought "dream" prosperity to a sleepy Bedford Falls. Old man Potter purposely brought vice and corruption to the town because vice sells. Potter is an archetype of the wicked, moneyed elite backed by government power.
Take civilization's sin of slavery. It was endemic not because the average wage-earner next door needed a "lawn guy." The acquisition of slaves on a world scale was by all school history accounts a venture of essentially moneyed elites and governments in all parts of the world. What else are Nebuchadnezzar, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, plantation-owners, and Mao if not government and elites with slaves?
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The left calls evil good and good as evil. Those who don’t question them end up following them in their evil ways. Children need to be educated that those in positions of power are not infallible.
Whitey, of course.
Satan. He is the blame for all things sinful.
Yes, damn them with their indoor plumbing, hospitals, etc..
Typically people decides who’s guilty and who’s not guilty two ways: 1)one is guilty and the other is not guilty or 2) they divide it up like a pie chart, each one is x% guilty.
But I think God does it more simply; each one is either guilty or not. And so far only one person has not been guilty - Jesus. In the garden all three were guilty: Adam, Eve and the serpent. This way no one is pointing fingers, but looking at themselves and seeing what a wretch they are.
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