If one cannot be trusted in small things, they cannot be trusted with large things?

Question

Do you agree? What can you say about this saying and the Christian religion?

Answer 1

Unfortunately, as Christians we tend to trust people in all things until they prove us different. I think if more of us would follow the instructions of the Bible in this very matter, to not let people be trusted with large things until they've proven themselves in the small, we wouldn't have so many people like this Haggard fellow (sorry, not sure if that's his name)

Answer 2

Top Ten Policies Necessary to Ensure a Global Apocalypse Following are the most urgent policy prescriptions necessary to maximize the likelihood of a collapsed global ecosystem. They are listed in order of importance. To have any chance of hastening the end we really must get at it. No. 1 - POPULATION - Human population is not relevant to our current situation. We can make as many people as we wish and there will be no consequence. Human ingenuity can solve any conceivable problem. When we run out of room here we can colonize the Moon, then Mars, then the whole Universe! No. 2 - GREENHOUSE GASES – Global Warming is the greatest hoax ever perpetrated. The Environmentalist / Socialist / Secular Humanist Axis of Evil must be destroyed at all cost. No. 3 - PROTECT ECOSYSTEMS? –Nature will regenerate itself endlessly no matter what we do. A lot of the stuff we do is better than nature anyway. No. 4 - CONSUMPTION – We have a God given economic right to consume what we want. Period. I worked hard for my money and I’ll spend it as I please. No. 5 - AGRICULTURE - God gave us dominion over the earth. It is ours to use as we see fit. We can tinker with the genes of our food, and heck with everything else for that matter. When all that is left is green slime, so long as it's nutritious and tastes good, who cares! No. 6 - ECONOMIES - Markets are the purest form of Natural Law. Let the cream rise to the top and let the rest eat cake. No. 7 - TECHNOLOGY - Technology is the Holy Grail. By God, what Man would ever want to stick his hand down into the dirty Earth, the smelly slimy Sea. The end state of humanity should be to live in a hermetically sealed bubble with all his wants and needs artificially provided. No. 8 - ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION? – We already give up too much to the crazed hippy environmentalists. We have a God Given Right to take the last 2% of world that hasn't been spoiled and make some more money off it. When Antarctica unfreezes, I want first dibs there too. No. 9 - POVERTY- Poor people are lazy and deserve their lot. No. 10 – DEMILITARIZATION? - If I can’t defraud you out of what you have, I’ll make laws that make cheating you out of it legal. And when that fails I’ll just kill you and take it.

Answer 3

I agree with that.

I think a lot of Christians do, It reminds me of that whole milk before meat thing that Bible talks about. God teaches us line upon line precept on precept a little bit at a time to see if we can be trusted with that little knowledge and responsibility before we are given more.

Answer 4

In ordinary human behaviour that's certainly not true.
I know at least one person whom I would not trust with a packet of cigarettes, but I know I could put my life, or my life's savings in his hands and know they would be safe.
As for the Christians, I think they are all misguided, but there are decent people among them just like in any other religion.
The religion itself - it has been exploited for warfare and to justify the vilest atrocities, what else can one say?

Answer 5

this is true if i was to give you money to go to the store to buy food and you come back with make up i can i give you money to go buy a house first of all let me say i don't mean you personally but you get the picture i hope. This is the story of the talents with the three men, one buried his the others increased their's but this is very true.