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Economic Downturn |
| So the world is in financial meltdown. People are
criticising the big bonuses and indeed the
bonuses were wrong but it
is not those
bonuses that have caused the problem. The fact is that
the world has been living for many years on
artificial prosperity.
That is debt. Money is
supposed to be a measure of useful work and
useful possessions that we do/have. But
governments and private
people have been
living on debt. All of us have gained from the
artificial prosperity even if we are not in
debt. Now the economic
system is taking us
into very painful payback time. Many innocent
people will lose their jobs and homes.
Governments will try their
best but won't be
able to do much. The desire for self-improvement is okay, especially if it is accompanied with the ability to help the needy. But this desire for self-improvement has degenerated into greed. That is what happens when Christianity is marginalised - many of our God-given instincts degenerate. One good thing to come of all this is that
people, in bad economic times, start wondering
what human life is
for and turn back to God.
So be ready! Howard Taylor. October 2008. If any
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