In some contexts, some of these may appear to be true. In other contexts none of them are. When I look around the food-mall, that does look as if it might be true. On the other hand, I see water running up hill every day. We attended the Wee Kirk Conference this year at Montreat and it was brought to my attention again how often our observations are based upon our own experience and while valid for that context may need reexamination in the context of another.
Extrapolation is always dangerous.
Everybody knows that. But we are constantly at risk of making critical judgments based upon information which does not compute. In our human communities, if one obeys the rules, they are good citizens. If one participates responsibly in the community, they are good people. When we attempt to translate that into the Kingdom of God, we find that it does not calculate.