Goodness

Dennis Prager has recently blogged about "goodness" (see below). In doing so, he makes a few observations about how much more popular badness is in print than goodness. He surmises that our generation would rather think people are good and that badness is  an abberation than the other way around. Since the abberation needs "fixing", it gets lots of books and articles. Yet, in classical biblical Christianity and Judaism, this is backwards. We should expect people to be self-absorbed and needy in their lives, and aloof and detached from the suffering of others, for example. That is their nature, without God. But with Him as observant believers, we are told in no uncertain terms, our life is first about God, then others, then ourselves.  

If Prager does a series on this, follow it. He's a conservative Jew, quite complimentary about Christian evangelicals. He's smart and writes well. Enjoy. 

http://townhall.com/columnists/DennisPrager/2009/03/31/new_broadway_play_about_hero_who_is_…_religious!