I think a pretty good case can be made that any culture is best defined by what it considers sacred. The difficulty is finding what really is sacred in spite of what people say is sacred.
For instance, our culture says that life is sacred, but abortion and warfare tell a different story. Divorce statistics show that family is not sacred to us. And tattoos, cosmetic surgery, and sexual immorality invalidate any claims that our bodies are sacred to us.
Actually, freedom comes pretty close to being sacred, as proved by the fact that it regularly overrides other sacredness candidates. For example, although many people hold the flag and religious images sacred, defiling either is kept perfectly legal in the name of freedom, so long as you own them.
There is one thing, however, which is so sacred that you may not deface or destroy it, even if you own it. The one and only thing our culture considers sacred enough to make defiling it into a federal crime…is our money.
2 comments:
Right on Andrew! What is and is not sacred boils down to what we actually honor in our daily lives. More often than not the dollar is king!
I pretty much figured that you would appreciate this one, Jason. =)
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