The world system is arranged and adorned to alienate us from God, truth and reality:
- With arrogance and self-righteousness we punish the same forms of evil which we ourselves produce.
- We have allowed the medium to become the message. Image trumps substance as we numb ourselves with amusements.
- We are enamored with our technologies and access to information without filtering them through knowledge and wisdom.
- We are seduced by the intrigues of evil, and we are skeptical of persons of integrity.
- We have become so tolerant and pragmatic that chaos and confusion have become the norm. Coherence and clarity are the exception.
- We proclaim the significance of every person, yet we have murdered more children in the womb than at any period in history. And we continue to do so.
- We have become so paranoid and schizophrenic that we have lost the capacity to recognize many displays of love and goodness.
- As commitment and community are diminished, we devour ourselves relationally.
Do not love the world. Those who pursue God will abide forever.