We Are Living In An Unethical Society Today

Matthew 7:12, “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.”

When we lay the axe to the root of the matter, “ethics” is really just treating other people the way we would like to be properly treated.

As an example of poor ethics. Me and my wife a few months ago scheduled an appointment at Pep Boys in Pensacola to have our air-conditioning looked at on our car. We arrived 10 minutes early before our scheduled appointment. The female service manager said we would have to wait about 5 hours, because they were unusually busy that day. I kindly reminded her that we were not walk-ins, this was a scheduled appoint. She rudely said that it didn't matter, because it was 'First Come First Serve.' So me and Alice kindly left frustrated.

As soon as we got home, I checked my computer and saw a highly offensive email from Pep Boys which deceitfully read, “We're sorry that you couldn't make your appointment,” which made me angry. I was already frustrated that Pep Boys failed to honor the appointment which we had made several days earlier, but now they're going to blame us for their incompetence? That pissed me off! I immediately filed a complaint with their corporate management about being ethical to honor their promises. Thankfully, the response was favorable and the store got into trouble for mistreating us. Folks, an appointment is a promise!

I could write for hours about all of the unethical behavior I see in business, Bible colleges, churches and medical clinics today, which places disgust me to say the least. I took Alice to Baskin-Robbins a few month ago. The African American female employee was talking on her cell phone, ignoring us. We waited and waited. Although I am bold in my preaching, Alice is actually more bold than I am in public. She spoke up and asked if the employee was going to serve us, or continue talking on the phone. The lazy woman finally started to help us, but then she didn't even know the names of the unmarked tubs of ice cream.

Another employee, an African American male, from the combined Dunkin Donuts business actually came over and named the ice-cream for her. He deserves a raise; she should be fired! Then, to our disgust, the stupid woman was still talking on her cellphone and Alice suggested to me that we leave, so we walked out the door with our dignity. I also filed complaints online against that Baskin Robbins, and gave them the worst reviews.

Sadly, there are literally MILLIONS of negative reviews online against unethical businesses today, so much so, that nobody seems to really care anymore about the complaints. I mean, I went to see how many complaints have been field against Amazon.com and found 50,000 complaints! Yikes! I also have personally been horrible mistreated and abused by Amazon.com, who have outsources all of their operations to foreign countries. Even when I wrote a complaint letter to their headquarters in Washington state, I got a response from a foreign country. It seems that Amazon has people employed in India, the Philippians and South Africa to handle their customers. There is no way to contact upper management!

Businesses today crap on consumers! Hardly anybody cares about doing what is right anymore. I recently ordered the latest upgrade to Band-in-a-Box (BIAB) for my music. I had previously purchased their 2022 edition, so I wanted the latest Real Audio files for my collection. The company never shipped my order, but they took my money. I called weeks later and asked what was going on. They said they couldn't determine if I had previously purchased a product from them to qualify for a discount. I had forgotten to login using my previous email, so they didn't recognize me. But what upset me was that no one bothered to contact me about the issue. They just took my money and forgot about me. How was I supposed to know? That is so unethical of PG Music.

So, I contacted them and we got the issue corrected. But then weeks passed and I hadn't received the external USB hardrive that I ordered from PG Music (the creators of Band-in-a-Box software) with the files stored on it. I run BIAB off the hardrive to save space on my computer. I contacted PG Music again, to see what the problem was now. They told me that the Post Office in Canada is on strike. I again asked them kindly why no one from their company ever bothered to tell me anything. The agent online refused to answer me. Jerks! Someone should have been diligent to inform me (after they gladly took my money) that I wouldn't receive the product that I had already paid for, because there was a problem.

Folks, this is exactly what I am talking about. Companies today are very unethical in the way they do business. I am sharing these bad experiences with you in hope that you won't be that kind of horrible person. As Christians it matters how we treat people! And you better believe that God almighty cares too! Jesus Himself gave us 'THE GOLDEN RULE' in Matthew 7:12, “Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.” I'm not talking about innocently making mistakes. I'm talking about people who just don't care. You don't get what you expect in life, you get what you inspect. The most important job is the one that doesn't get done.

I hate Microsoft, who for years now have been rebooting my computer during the night without my permission. I have tried to stop Microsoft by disabling updates, but you cannot stop them. If I had the power, I wouldn't just fine Microsoft for bullying their customers, I'd put their CEO and other top company officials who sectioned this thuggery into prison for a very long time. What Microsoft is doing is extremely unethical. They have no right to cause me to lose hundreds of hours of work, by rebooting my computer without my consent. I hate Microsoft!

On another sad note, go type “professional banjo” into a search engine and see what comes up! I just did that on 'Duck Duck Go' and the first banjos that came up cost less than $200. Folks, if you know anything about banjos and musical instruments in general, then you KNOW that there's absolutely no chance of purchasing a professional banjo for under $200.

As another example of unethical behavior, on this shady website the webpage author is recommending his best pick for banjos, but look at the disclaimer at the bottom of the webpage...

* For the links marked with a star, we receive a commission on a purchase.

Not surprisingly, the very first banjo that he lists has an asterisk symbol by it, meaning that he gets paid a commission if you purchase the banjo. I hate that type of shady advertising. Dear reader, you simply cannot nor should you trust anyone who is recommending buying something that will pay them a commission, because you have no way of knowing if their recommendation is sincere or biased in greed. I think there should be a law which prohibits anyone from recommending buying anything in which they have a financial interest. It is serious Conflict of Interest. 

That is why I hate and stopped using the corrupt Better Business Bureau (BBB) decades ago, because they accept donations from local businesses, which absolutely is a conflict of interest and should be illegal. And yes, I have been burned by the BBB. I was cheated of due justice by the BBB in Colorado years ago. They sided with a shady local company which was clearly in the wrong regarding something I had ordered fro them. Thankfully, my credit card company got all my money back. I will never use the corrupt BBB again! The government should prevent the BBB, or any other alleged citizen protection agency, from accepting donations from anyone that mighty bias their decisions. The BBB is extremely unethical.

Why is there so much unethical behavior today in America? I humbly believe it is because of our society's woeful lack of faith and gratitude toward God, our Creator. That is why things are so bad these days in the world. Treating others with respect, fairness and love begins and ends with Christian faith and the fear of God.

And sadly, in an article about the woeful lack of ethics (doing what is right) in American society today, one couldn't leave off the epidemic of pathetic churches and Bible colleges today, who blaspheme the inspired Word of God. Nearly every so-called Bible college today denies that we have a perfect and inspired King James Bible. Tragically, since 2008 this also includes the college where I graduated from in 1993, Hyles-Anderson College. Pastor Jack Schaap in 2008 sinfully CHANGED the doctrinal position of the First Baptist Church of Hammond, Indiana. Since the church owns and controls Hyles-Anderson College, now the college now is also corrupt.

A man that I greatly admire is Dr. Russell Anderson (1931-2023), who was so hurt and angry with the church's departure from the inspiration of the King James Bible, that he official demanded in a stern letter to Pastor John Wilkerson that his name be removed from Hyles-Anderson College. Legally there was nothing that Dr. Anderson could do to have his name removed, so they refused his request.

Brother Anderson donated the necessary money to start Hyles-Anderson College in 1972, for which I for one am eternally grateful, without whose support to create the Bible college my website ministry wouldn't even exist. SHAME on the carnal leaders of First Baptist Church of Hammond. SHAME! Listen to Dr. Jack Hyles himself (who was their long time pastor from 1959 to 2001) indict Pastor Jack Schaap and his accomplices. They messed with God's Word! 

I know that Brother Hyles in Heaven is very hurt and saddened by the church's departure from the inspiration of the King James Bible, but he's not surprised. Dr. Hyles foretold that this would happen in ten years, and he was exactly right...

“The biggest split that has ever come will come in the next ten years, if not sooner, over the King James Bible - and it couldn't come soon enough for me. I'm tired of colleges and universities advertising that they 'use' the King James Bible - tell the whole story! Tell everyone that you do not believe that it is inspired word for word.” —Pastor Jack Hyles, from the Wednesday night Bible study titled, “Revelation to Illumination” (1998)

You couldn't make this up if you tried. You just read what Dr. Hyles said in 1998, that in 10 years there would be the biggest split ever over the verbal inspiration of the King James Bible. Who would have thought that exactly 10 years later in 2008, Brother Hyles own son-in-law Jack Schaap would be the one to cause the split? I love Brother Schaap as one of my former Bible professors at Hyles-Anderson College, but he really dropped the ball for God in this matter of the verbal inspiration of the King James Bible.

It was at Pastor's School in 2008 where he shocked the fundamentalist Baptist world with his new corrupt position on the Bible. And sadly, worst of all, still today the ministries in Hammond and Crownpoint, Indiana, deny the verbal word-for-word inspiration of the King James Bible. It is heartbreaking. Mark my words, in time the church and college will go the apostate way as Bob Jones University and Pensacola Christian College, preaching the Devil's lie of Lordship Salvation. The surest way to change for the worst is to stop contending for the faith. Whatever a pastor stops preaching against is what his church will fill up with in 5 years!

Jesus in a rhetorical statement in Luke 18:8, clearly implied that there won't be much faith when He returns to earth in the future. There are covetous, greedy, dishonest, shady, thieves everywhere today! 2nd Thessalonians 3:2, “And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.”