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ludeo-Christian Versus Atheistic
Jealousy ·says,
"You have what I want, and I'm not
going to be happy until I earn it too.
" Jealousy can be
channeled through hard work as each generation
pursues its dream.
Envy is much more toxic. Envy says,
"You have
what I want .
..
I know I71 never have it
...
and so 111
never be happy until I have destroyed you, me, and it
...
andgo out in a blaze ofglory."
Some religions say,
"The way to have eternal glory in the hereafter is to
send your enemy to blazes."
Envy is a scary notion,
and it operates in various parts of the world today.
Where shall we stand? Robert Frost said it
refreshingly well:
Allmen are born free and equal
--
free at least
in their right to be different Some people want
to homogenize.society everywhere. I'm against
the homogenizers in art, in politics, in every walk
oflife. I want the cream to rise.
Has American prosperity been a by-product of the
moral principles underwhich people of honor produce
and exchange goods and services? I think so. The
strategy of those who would diminish our nation is to
weaken our faith in our principles. People without faith
in a higher moral authority readily place their allegiance
to governmental authority.
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