God Wants Me to Be Rich
I am amazed today in the way culture has turned inward to the self. I think some of it has to do with the way children have been raised in an affluent society. All things become about them. When I talk to conservative (I hardly see any leftist kids today) college kids who were born with a silver spoon, there is no sense in which things could be different. There is also the sense in which if the other has nothing it is ‘their’ fault. I am wondering when America turned away from its religious values to self centeredness? This piece is just one more example.
“Joel Osteen preaches the virtues of prosperity — for himself as well as his congregation. A look at the man who may well be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the slumping economy.”
by Karl Taro Greenfeld, Portfolio
