Chapter 9: Rationalization of Mankind

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For years now we have been systematically taking God out of our

lives. This includes taking God out of our schools, relationships and even our government. We rationalize incorrectly that God does not belong any place except in the privacy of our minds. That is why prayer has been excised from schools. That is why immorality invaded the White House

office of the President. There is even a legal movement underway by an atheist to eliminate the phrase “under God” from our pledge of allegiance.

If we ever fully understood that God’s law must be a part of our

wisdom and that it contributes to our ability to properly reason in the exercise of our behavior, we would not have the levels of sin that exist today. When we reason properly, we fully observe the instructions shown above from 4 Maccabees and we are not afraid to exercise those instructions in any setting. That includes our job, church, family & social meetings or

government offices. God has not told us to shut down our brain to make it easy on those who are around us engaging in sin or wickedness. It is man’s rationalization that says, “Let’s not talk politics or religion.”

The issue I was trying to rationalize was that of an old advertising debt in my business. If there is any place to simply pour money down a drain, it is in advertising. All media sources promise increased business and in a sense that is the big lure of advertising. In all my life in business, I have

yet to see a single advertising agent’s promise fulfilled.

Advertising can be frustrating to a businessman and it is somewhat of a Catch 22. If you don’t advertise, how will people know of your goods or

services? The trick is to find your target audience with as little expenditure of funds as possible.

The basic facts

A) I had authorized five thousand dollars of additional radio advertising in the “hope” that business investments would come in from the ads to cover their costs. I had already prepaid ten

thousand dollars of ads and the phones were ringing off the hook.