Posted by
GregB on Wednesday, December 02, 2009 3:43:56 PM
Can't keep my self from commenting on this matter. Tiger Woods' problem is a perfect example of why values are so important and why it is best to live one's life morally accountable. My wife use the phrase "the dark side of leadership" when a leader goes awry in their personal life. It is a reference to Darth Vader's fall to the dark side. Many years ago Richard Foster, an author and ethics professor within the Christian community, wrote a book on the three most influential issues that will ruin ones life. One of his books dealt with the problems that sex, money and power could bring to a person who did not recognize how potentially destructive these motives were if not addressed and control adequately in the life of an individual. Well I want to combine the saying of my wife with an observation of Foster's book. I believe that Tiger has fallen to the dark side of money. While we might look at Tiger's problem as one of sex, I don't believe that is the motivation behind his infidelity. Here was a young man with so much money that he could buy and do anything he wanted. He used his money to buy sex and to indulge himself in his perceived pleasures for his life. As a result, the dark side of money lured him into sexual infidelity.
Tiger's infidelity also illustrates the Biblical mandate of Numbers 32:23 ". . .and you may be sure that your sin will find your out." (NIV). As a Family Law attorney it never ceases to amaze me how people somehow think that adultery does not have consequences even in the "enlightened" sexual society in which we live.