How Do You Compare To Earlier Generations?

When the prophet (Isaiah) said, "Your hands are full of blood," he was referring not to bloodshed but to negligence in caring for the needy.... The prophet denounced them for not doing more (although their deeds far excelled ours), and in the parlance of prophecy this was called "sin," "deeds of Sodom," and "hands full of blood." If Isaiah were to characterize the best of us today, he would fall short of epithets. -- Behold, a People