We can all agree on that. The human casualties proliferating at such a spectacular rate in America today cannot be explained away as an aberration. And this is only the dollar cost of our culture's tragic spiritual neglect. But instead of giving unto Caesar what is Caesar's, and unto God what is God's, even mainstream churches are increasingly more interested in guiding their congregations to the polls than guiding them to God. Until our culture acknowledges the importance of the spiritual instinct, our most vulnerable will remain prey to hawkers selling promises and delivering death.
Counterfeiters only exist because there is true gold.
And when they tear noble spiritual admonitions from their roots, they pervert and abuse them. It is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. This profound teaching about the primacy of our spiritual life was twisted in Applewhite's world into a narcissistic abandonment of all earthly responsibilities. It's as though we are listening to beloved classics played at the wrong speed.