Re: --Who is to Blame--Slavery--

This post is classic moreless...such useful wisdom placed after some difficult to swallow truth that will most likely cause many to ruffle their feathers.

This made me choose to smile today.

It is such sage wisdom to seek to transcend the monetary system for your basic needs. Given the current economic environment everyone is holding onto their cash. Their is going to be some severe volatility with the US Dollar given the government's plan to "stimulate" the economy out of recession with unprecedented deficit spending.

My family has been looking for ways to trade/barter goods and services whenever possible. Between growing your own necessities and bartering for whatever you choose not to provide for yourself, you can begin to transcend the economy of this world. Sort of like being "in the world" but not being of "of the world."

Along the same lines of thought concerning debt, we should be aware when we give up our right to work our problems out amongst each other. A growing environment of political correctness and fear of what other people think has made us forget how to create constructive confrontation to resolve our disagreements. We have lost the art of approaching our neighbor and offering respectful disagreement and attempting to resolve our differences through peaceful discussion. Instead of doing this we create government institutions and laws in an attempt to force each other to comply with what we think is right. The problem is when these institutions grow too large and have too much power they become wasteful, difficult to police and they turn around and bite the hand that feeds them or created them.

It is a very biblical principle to approach your brother when you have a disagreement and create effective confrontation to try to bring about a resolution. Unfortunately I feel like our churches have turned into social clubs where people smile at each other, say nice things but then speak ill about their brethren behind each other's backs.