This video just confirm the New Era we are living. Were people have become more and more individualist, and thinking on themselves. Where teenagers complain about the size of their ipods, when people in the world have nothing to eat. When we complain that we don't have the new technology at our hands, but people in other places are dying for lacking of food and life basics condition. Our notion of life have been affected by what we are surrounded by. As matter of fact, some of this people are limited by what they see in their own town and that all they know about the world, and they think that is the worst it can ever happen, when in reality in the other side of the world people are struggling to survive, not for comfort. People miss the concepts of necessity, and desire or want. Something is a need, need for food, need for home to live, a place were you will survive. Other thing is comfort, have a good place to live, with the best hygiene and ergonomics conditions. That is not surviving. This commercial was indented to teenagers, and why not parents. To open their eyes to the real problem in the world, taking their eyes of themselves a little. I think the video is reaching its objective, open peoples eyes to the reality. To what is real, and what is just "virtual" problems in the world. TO look outside our own belly and be sensible to the real problems in life, and maybe enough to respond with help.
When God told me Ecc. 11:1 He wanted me to see past my own supposed problems and start living according to kingdom priciples. Through Him, we can put ourselves in places where He can use us to influence nations. I see Africans who have to moil for gold to buy bread. How can it sit right with fat Christianity claiming Americans who don't give a penny? The widow who gave all she had (2 cents) has given more than the majority I would safely bet. I'm sick of myself for it. I stopped sending $40 mo. to support a starving child bc it was just too much that I could be spending on Taco Bell, Dutch Bros. and the mall. "Cast your bread upon the waters for after many days it will return to you."
This is clearly a commentary on the selfishness of youth in first world countries. They either don't understand or care how things in third world affect them. I think it is something that shows how isolated we can become in our own little worlds. It seems to be aimed at the first world community to get them to understand that they should be active in the world. Christianity's concern for making the faith relevant to kids, has downplayed the importance of teaching them how to care for the world around them. Parents aren't helping much either when they focus the child as the center of the family.
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This video just confirm the New Era we are living. Were people have become more and more individualist, and thinking on themselves.
Where teenagers complain about the size of their ipods, when people in the world have nothing to eat.
When we complain that we don't have the new technology at our hands, but people in other places are dying for lacking of food and life basics condition. Our notion of life have been affected by what we are surrounded by. As matter of fact, some of this people are limited by what they see in their own town and that all they know about the world, and they think that is the worst it can ever happen, when in reality in the other side of the world people are struggling to survive, not for comfort. People miss the concepts of necessity, and desire or want. Something is a need, need for food, need for home to live, a place were you will survive. Other thing is comfort, have a good place to live, with the best hygiene and ergonomics conditions. That is not surviving.
This commercial was indented to teenagers, and why not parents. To open their eyes to the real problem in the world, taking their eyes of themselves a little. I think the video is reaching its objective, open peoples eyes to the reality. To what is real, and what is just "virtual" problems in the world. TO look outside our own belly and be sensible to the real problems in life, and maybe enough to respond with help.
When God told me Ecc. 11:1 He wanted me to see past my own supposed problems and start living according to kingdom priciples. Through Him, we can put ourselves in places where He can use us to influence nations.
I see Africans who have to moil for gold to buy bread. How can it sit right with fat Christianity claiming Americans who don't give a penny? The widow who gave all she had (2 cents) has given more than the majority I would safely bet.
I'm sick of myself for it. I stopped sending $40 mo. to support a starving child bc it was just too much that I could be spending on Taco Bell, Dutch Bros. and the mall.
"Cast your bread upon the waters for after many days it will return to you."
This is clearly a commentary on the selfishness of youth in first world countries. They either don't understand or care how things in third world affect them. I think it is something that shows how isolated we can become in our own little worlds.
It seems to be aimed at the first world community to get them to understand that they should be active in the world. Christianity's concern for making the faith relevant to kids, has downplayed the importance of teaching them how to care for the world around them. Parents aren't helping much either when they focus the child as the center of the family.
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