Why are we surprised that a celebrity should be abusing children? We all have a sinful nature, that wants what it is told it cannot have. When we are brought up with love and discipline in equal measure we learn to live reasonably decent lives, but if we become celebrities this work can become undone and then we will live selfishly, taking what we like, with no regard to anyone else and trusting in our celebrity to shield us from suspicion.
Society generally prefers to turn a blind eye when abuse has taken place. Today’s world does not believe in original sin which touches us all. We like to think we are decent people. However we are all capable of great wickedness and can only be rescued from this as we put our trust in Jesus.
I have written in previous posts about disasters. In the case of Concorde, decisions by people, plus other factors were directly to blame for the event. In the case of the Penlee disaster it may have been avoided if someone had made a better choice in the time beforehand and as a consequence brave men and the ship's crew and the captain and his family died. 9/11 was certainly the result of wicked men committing a terrorist act, but even in this there was heroism notably by another Cornish man, Rick Rescorla who helped many to safety and left it too late to help himself. In situations like this we see what the human spirit is capable of both good and evil. What of disasters that come on people because of the earth restless movement of tectonic plates. Often people live near volcanoes because the land is rich and fertile and they have the chance of a better life there when the volcano is resting. We cannot blame them for that but sometimes people become complacent...
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