Good Post
...here at Blogimus Maximus (via M'Lynn of Scattershot Direct).
There seems a relationship between Protestantism and capitalism in the Darwinian "let the good churches survive". There is self-selection at work, the spiritually glamourous seeking the spiritually glamourous. "I'm not being fed" can be a shortcut to "I'm not inspired by the yuck-yucks at this church". But, to be fair, they would say they are going where the Spirit is working since the Spirit blows where it will. And if I were Protestant I'd certainly move around - if there's no visible, universal church around which to unite then why not shop? I'd go where they sing those beautiful gospel songs like "Why Me, Lord?" or this one: "Now let us have a little talk with Jesus / Let us tell Him all about our troubles/ He will hear our famished cry /He will answer by and by / Now when you feel a little prayer turning / And you know the little talk with Jesus makes it right."
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My stepson works at BMW (aka Bavarian Motor Works) and says that the culture there is "very Catholic, very loyal". They won't fire anybody. They give outlandish benefits. (Sound familiar? The Pope won't "fire" dissident theologians and the Church gives outlandish benefits in the form of Sacraments.) I wonder how they can compete. Companies as families seem anachronistic.
Loyalty seems like a kissing cousin of forgiveness. I watched a Western over the weekend called "The Hi-Lo Country" and in it two best friends fall in love with the same girl. One gets her and they plan to marry; the other eventually succumbs to his passions and rapes her. The loyalty of the wronged one to his best friend, who had saved his life, was such that he forgave even that outrageous crime.
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