The brilliance of Apple’s marketing is that it captures our hearts, our wills, our loves, writes Stephen McAlpine.
Tag: materialism
No amount of luxury holidays seem to block the bitter wind of anxiety in our modern West. It is beginning to feel like storms are brewing.
In our culture of modern idolatry, we have made our stuff our god. Your stuff may disappear, but God’s not going anywhere.
We are the options generation. Most of us can pursue any career we wish and live almost any lifestyle. We can want too much, be pulled in too many directions as a result, and lack clarity of mind and purpose.
Society tells us that we should accumulate “stuff” throughout our lives. However if that is the goal, then we have misunderstood the meaning of life and our purpose in this world.
The fastest growing religion in the West isn’t Islam, Buddhism, Mormonism or Christianity. It’s Materialism, and the effects of this religion touch us all.