Wednesday, April 26, 2006

We progress, right?

Well, not really. Look at King Solomon.

Solomon saw injustice to the poor (Eccl 4:1-3), crooked politics (Eccl 5:8), incompetent leaders (Eccl 10:6-7), guilty people allowed to commit more crimes (Eccl 8:11), materialism (Eccl 5:10), and a desire for "the good old days (Eccl 7:10). And he ends with "Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity (Eccl 12:8)."

Have we progressed? Maybe in technology. But as a people, we are that same as we were in Solomon's day. Isn't it sad that after thousands of years, nothing has really changed?

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