I was tired and it began to feel like one of those nightmares where you never find your destination. Okay, St. Augustine was right.
Original sin exists.
While we long to be good, we are basically corrupt. Even when we strive to be good, our combined minor corruptions combine to make corrupt systems. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. Indonesia was a great place to observe the place of religion and ritual in people's lives. And Suharto is a great example of the culmination of our corrupt nature.