Each of us tries to make sense out of the people around us. Subconsciously, we often say, “There are two kinds of people, and this person is this/that kind of person.”
The biggest, and most eternal difference between people are those who are eternally saved and those who are not. Wilfully committing mortal sins puts us in the latter category, and we can be there in the blinking of an eye. On the other hand, those who are sick of their sins may move into the “saved” category with similar speed.
Angels and demons work hard to move souls toward one goal or the other.
The broadest division between people is whether or not they are Pro-Life or Pro-Death. Those in the Pro-Life group are usually in favor of freedom, lower taxes, families, and the Doctrine of Subsidiarity, which says that decisions must be made at the lowest level possible.
Those in the Culture of Death, even those who merely vote for its representatives, on the other hand, encourage the availability of abortion, more government control, higher taxes, a steady replacement of the family with state agencies, and a degree of top-down management that knows no end.
Within the Culture of Death are many who are “not so bad”. They work for CoD agencies, like Public Education and the vast number of agencies designed to destroy freedom, but are not wholly in favor of the bad things their employing agencies do. Such ambivalent people rarely progress into management, and are usually the first to be let go during the rare budget cuts that such agencies sometimes have. Usually, they go on working, waiting until they get their pensions before more vocally complaining about the harm their agency has been doing, is doing, and promises to continue doing to an ever greater degree.
When it comes to predicting the final placement of our own souls, we consider the biggest bet that we will ever make. Those who are Pro-Life try to be good, but even the best are often beset with doubt and temptation. Such distractions can be prayed away.
One way we can see if we’re winning that war is to actually quantify the time we spend thinking sinful thoughts throughout the day. Then, we measure the approximate time we spend praying. Hopefully, if the latter consistently and increasingly outweighs the former, we will increase our chances of being saved.
