%%USERNAME%%    %%ACCWORDS%% %%ONOFF%% |
 |  I've maxed out. Closed this blog. |
|
This is a way of making myself write something coherent and grammatically correct almost every day. I'm opinionated and need an outlet. I'm also prone to flights of fancy. Thanks for stopping by. |
| Someone asked today how we talk about sin today. We all grew up with the idea when I was young. People lived in sin. Telling a lie was a sin. Etc. Today, the word is a no-no. So how do we talk about it, or do we? It was a large group of kindly people, all over 50. Not a lot of suggestions came up. Obviously, we don't like to discuss it. So I volunteered some suggestions, "I had a lapse in judgment. I made a mistake. I misspoke." So that started things moving slowly. "I didn't mean to do it." "I was only doing my job." "Everybody does it." "Nobody's perfect." For a conservative group of people, it sounded like maybe sin is acceptable or doesn't exist any more. But it stuck with me and gnawed at me. Iniquity is a word you don't hear much any more outside of a traditional (old-fashioned) Catholic church or a fundamentalist church. I remember hearing the phrase "den of iniquity", but most people today wouldn't get it. On the one hand, it's kind of freeing; one doesn't have to worry so much about public opinion, only family, close friends, and God. On the other hand, it may be why we don't have good public leadership, why there is so much unrest and hatred. We don't have moral backbone as a culture. We claim to prize truthfulness, but look at how many leaders have lied and have been caught in webs of deceit. We want leaders who can be faithful to the people and to their causes, but so many can't even be faithful to a spouse, the most vital and intimate of all relationships. Parents of college students make charges that we shouldn't hold students to the letter of the law about public drinking, or purchasing of alcohol. "They're just students, trying to have fun." But how can they learn accountability as corporate leaders, as public leaders, if they don't learn personal accountability before they turn 21. What is "higher" education, it if it's not about being more responsible than the uneducated masses? Our so called educational institutions are supposed to do more than help people make higher incomes. Maybe it's time to revisit the meaning of "sin" as failing to make the goal and use the word more often. Moral integrity is something we're very short on. How do we instill values now, or is it too late? |
 Log in to Leave Feedback |
View Portfolio
Visit Notebook
Send Gift Points
Awards
Badges
Send Email
Community Newsfeed
General Discussion
Sponsored Items
Book of Trinkets
Static Items
Books
Groups
Interactive Stories
Audio
Campfire Creatives
Community Notes
Crossword Puzzles
Documents
Folders
Images
In & Outs
Madlibs
Photo Albums
Polls
Product Reviews
Quizzes
Survey Forms
Web Pages
Word Searches
