A Different Street

As a Society, does the motto “In God we trust” lead us to the complete truth? Does it really reflect reality, or are we being culturally conditioned and pressured to trust for our fulfillment in a source other than God? A Wall Street Journal article made this evaluation of what’s at the heart of our “modern” Society …

“Put enough money in the consumer’s fist and the feasts of consumption ignite the blessed chain reaction that leads to more spending, more highways, more high speed cars, more traffic deaths, more alcohol consumption, more missiles, more firepower, more guns in the hands of more and more people, more amphetamines, more “uppers,” more “downers,” more forms to fill out, more insecurity, more fear, more greed, more envy, more fierce competition, more suicides.

“The advertising business plays with ingenious skill on the themes of perpetual discontent that haunts the citizens. The faithful consume goods and services as if they were partaking of the Body and Blood of…