Sinnful
- Wealth without Work
- Pleasure without Conscience
- Science without Humanity
- Knowledge without Character
- Politics without Principle
- Commerce without Morality
- Worship without Sacrifice
I’ve want to start this piece with “Forgive me father for I have sinned”. And then start with each of the listed sins above and elaborate by examples, or just statements. Of course not each of will be of a personal example or experience or act, but from a general day to day chores anyone can write about or relate to. But I wanted to start the first one by accusing myself of the first sin, wealth of education and knowledge, stating that every thing I know, everything I read, learned, taught, came from a teacher or a scholar, from a speaker or a writer, books, magazines, movies, published pieces…etc. Everything is built on someone else’s work, research, article, piece. None was mine. Then I realized that this particular piece I am writing this moment is built on someone else’s list of sins*, not mine.
So in a way it not a confession or a redemption, it is an ongoing act of a sinful behavior. It defies the purpose. I had two ways to end it, irony or hypocrisy? So by cutting it short I believe I salvaged myself from the latter.
*Ghandi’s list
- Pleasure without Conscience
- Science without Humanity
- Knowledge without Character
- Politics without Principle
- Commerce without Morality
- Worship without Sacrifice
I’ve want to start this piece with “Forgive me father for I have sinned”. And then start with each of the listed sins above and elaborate by examples, or just statements. Of course not each of will be of a personal example or experience or act, but from a general day to day chores anyone can write about or relate to. But I wanted to start the first one by accusing myself of the first sin, wealth of education and knowledge, stating that every thing I know, everything I read, learned, taught, came from a teacher or a scholar, from a speaker or a writer, books, magazines, movies, published pieces…etc. Everything is built on someone else’s work, research, article, piece. None was mine. Then I realized that this particular piece I am writing this moment is built on someone else’s list of sins*, not mine.
So in a way it not a confession or a redemption, it is an ongoing act of a sinful behavior. It defies the purpose. I had two ways to end it, irony or hypocrisy? So by cutting it short I believe I salvaged myself from the latter.
*Ghandi’s list