What doth it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his own soul? (Matt.16:26) Under the Bush dispensation the answer, it seems, is that profit is all. Those who have, will be given more; those who have not, will get even less. Indeed, just the intent to make a financial profit is enough to merit rewards.
How else to explain that the rule of global corporations is protected and subsidized by legislation, while the poor and destitute are dismissed; undeserving of every consideration, from a clean environment to legal protection and even the most basic medical care?
The invisible hand of the free market has been revealed as the profit motive. Those who don't have it and, lacking the predatory instinct, fail to look out for themselves will get what they deserve--nothing.
But what's really shameful is that this attitude is being spread on the backs of people of faith. Their deception adds insult to injury.
Posted by Hannah at April 30, 2005 09:46 AM