The Gap Between God and Man
Gary North claims that since the first sin all men are supposed to sweat to eat and survive. North stated the following:
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Sin has forced men to cooperate with each other if they wish to increase their wealth. North discusses that even secular economists can study some of the results of sin, such the flood, or the Tower, and secular economists are able to find positive uses in each of these “curses”, but Gary claims that they are epistemologically incapable of regarding these “givens” as originally ethical to origin (North, 1973). Sin has created a divide and secular economist are unable fully understand what happens in the world, moreover, they are unable to overcome the limitations and boundaries that they set up for themselves. This is why it is important that Christians are involved in economics, since by the grace of God they are able to grasp on some of the main principles that God has commanded men to do. It is impossible to fully understand the western civilization and the world without acknowledging the authority of God over