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Retailers\u2019 new mascot?\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
When unbridled consumerism and the lust for the acquisition of financial gain to the exclusion of any other consideration takes center stage<\/a>. \u00a0Using the celebration of the Lord of Hosts born in the humble surroundings of a 1st century stable as the point of reference, we\u2019ve now effectively moved to eliminate that other silly tradition of thanking God and being with family that stood in the way of increased time for increasing the Bottom Line. \u00a0I know, I know. It\u2019s what it is. \u00a0So were the Death Camps. \u00a0So was Slavery. \u00a0So were the Crusades. \u00a0A sorry excuse.\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Christians who do uphold the value of the Free Market and support the Capitalist approach are in a tough position. \u00a0One of the prime movers of godlessness, blasphemy, hedonism, narcissism, selfishness, debauchery, greed and apathy is the Market. \u00a0Look at the latest buxom beauty scantly dressed in order to sell a car or bottle of beer, and you can bet there\u2019s a corporate interest behind it. \u00a0 Not some philosophical or religious or ideological movement. \u00a0Just the lust for profit at all costs.<\/div>\n
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I can say I won\u2019t shop at stores that are now opening on Thanksgiving, but I was never a blind fool who risked injury and death for the latest electronic gadget on Black Friday anyway. \u00a0So it doesn\u2019t mean much when I say I won\u2019t flip the bird to hapless low wage earners yanked from their families on Thanksgiving to appease the corporate interest. \u00a0It is, however, making me reevaluate my adherence to the acquisition of things as the patriotic duty of Americans. \u00a0It is also reminding me that even the best ideas developed by man, when filtered through a fallen world, mixed with sinful humanity, and given time, can end up serving the Darkness rather than the Light. \u00a0<\/div>\n
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For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. <\/i>1 Timothy 6.10<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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