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"What about materialism? What about self-centeredness?" What about them? They are sinful. However, nobody is out there, vehemently, and pointidly saying, verbatim, "materialism" (a general term), and "self-cernteredness" (also a general term) "IS GOOD AN OKAY!" If they were, and when they are... I guarantee you Christians are standing up against it. Those sins are descriptive but you can't put you finger on them. What is, "materialism" and what is "self-certeredness"?
Materialism is a disproportionate preoccupation with material objects, like designer clothes, iPods, and high-definition TVs.Self-centeredness is always thinking of oneself before others.The entire nature of our capitalistic society propagates those two values. Our society, whether it was consciously or unconsciously, created a system of ethics where "right" is where the money is. You can see this every day: People claiming that poor people don't deserve welfare because they should have just found a job and earned the money themselves, as they sit there and buy an expensive new laptop. You don't think that's sinful? And what about the practices of businesses? Look at groups like the RIAA, engaging in financial sabotage upon single mothers just to extract more profit out of a dying industry. Is that not sinful?Personal and corporate greed are easily observable sins that are far more ubiquitous than any gay rights movement. You know this.(treeoflife)
I agree, they are sinful... but if I asked you what homosexuality is, you could define it, *specifically*. It is a physical act.
What? Homosexuality is an attraction, not a sex act. Maybe it's not as easy to define as you think.(treeoflife)
Jesus certainly spoke against selfishness... and so do we... he spoke against being self centered... and so do we. As soon as those sins, specifically, somehow, go to the house to have a bill passed making them okay... so do we.
This is such selective rationalization. If you can't see the implicit greed and materialism in the entire structure of society around you then I don't know what to tell you.(treeoflife)
However, there aren't many "pro-self-centeredness" and "pro-materialsim groups" out there preaching what is unsinful about their views.
Are you kidding me? That's what the entire rhetoric of society at large is today. That's what businesses and advertising are pushing. Of course they don't call it that, but are you honestly saying that advertising and businesses don't give rise to materialism? Are you honestly saying that capitalism doesn't favor the self-centered?
"What about materialism? What about self-centeredness?" What about them? They are sinful. However, nobody is out there, vehemently, and pointidly saying, verbatim, "materialism" (a general term), and "self-cernteredness" (also a general term) "IS GOOD AN OKAY!" If they were, and when they are... I guarantee you Christians are standing up against it. Those sins are descriptive but you can't put you finger on them. What is, "materialism" and what is "self-certeredness"?
Materialism is a disproportionate preoccupation with material objects, like designer clothes, iPods, and high-definition TVs.Self-centeredness is always thinking of oneself before others.The entire nature of our capitalistic society propagates those two values. Our society, whether it was consciously or unconsciously, created a system of ethics where "right" is where the money is. You can see this every day: People claiming that poor people don't deserve welfare because they should have just found a job and earned the money themselves, as they sit there and buy an expensive new laptop. You don't think that's sinful? And what about the practices of businesses? Look at groups like the RIAA, engaging in financial sabotage upon single mothers just to extract more profit out of a dying industry. Is that not sinful?Personal and corporate greed are easily observable sins that are far more ubiquitous than any gay rights movement. You know this.(treeoflife)
I agree, they are sinful... but if I asked you what homosexuality is, you could define it, *specifically*. It is a physical act.
What? Homosexuality is an attraction, not a sex act. Maybe it's not as easy to define as you think.(treeoflife)
Jesus certainly spoke against selfishness... and so do we... he spoke against being self centered... and so do we. As soon as those sins, specifically, somehow, go to the house to have a bill passed making them okay... so do we.
This is such selective rationalization. If you can't see the implicit greed and materialism in the entire structure of society around you then I don't know what to tell you.(treeoflife)
However, there aren't many "pro-self-centeredness" and "pro-materialsim groups" out there preaching what is unsinful about their views.
Are you kidding me? That's what the entire rhetoric of society at large is today. That's what businesses and advertising are pushing. Of course they don't call it that, but are you honestly saying that advertising and businesses don't give rise to materialism? Are you honestly saying that capitalism doesn't favor the self-centered?