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Yes, I have seen that movie. Your illustration using it makes perfect sense and is highly apt. Thanks.

Have you ever seen ‘The Gods Must Be Crazy’? It’s an ’80’s movie about a tribe of bushmen who discover a discarded Coke bottle, and it tears at the fabric of their community because it introduces the concept of ownership. (They decide to get rid of it, in fact.) I was reminded of it as I read this; in some ways it could be read as a parable of what’s happened in the American church.

I’ve said this before and have been rebuked for it, but all along in this scandal that nearly destroyed our economy, Christians certainly stood in the gap and could’ve said something. But they didn’t. I know that there were believers at all levels in some of these investments banks who could have opposed all these ludicrous debt vehicles. But did they? Or were they more worried about their jobs? Or worse, were they convincing themselves that, hey, everyone else is doing it, so why should I not get in on a piece of the action, even if it will blow up someday?