But what I am writing about today is not merely the lack of shock and awe at Tiger’s infidelity. And it is meant to go deeper than providing my own moral consternation at people who do things like this. I think we all know people (or have known people) who seemed to have no bodily control of themselves whatsoever when it came to sexual temptation (male and female). Without providing them any immunity for their transgressions, some people do not appear to have much more dignity in this category than a wild animal. Do you really think Tiger Woods fits into this category? I do not. And I never thought Bill Clinton did either. At the end of the day, while 7th commandment violations may be their “sin du jour”, I believe that the 1st commandment is where the whole deal gets started. “Thou shalt have no other gods before me”. These pathological narcissists break this commandment from the moment they get out of bed, because they have no functional understanding whatsoever that they are not God themselves. Tiger Woods is accountable for his adultery, but don’t you think it might be more helpful for this guy to find out that he is not God? Does someone actually believe that a 21-year old cocktail waitress whore can be expected to keep a three year secret forever and ever, just because his bodily urges so desperately hope that she will? Is he mentally retarded? No, he has a God-complex. He actually believed that he could do this in perpetuity, and nothing would come of it. The idiocy of this mess is only transcended by the offensive level of arrogance and hubris.
Tiger, the good news is that there is hope. It is not going to come by blaming the media (though they really are unspeakable vermin). And it will not come by feigning contrition a few hours after you found out you are finally caught. There is one source of redemption when your soul finally hits the shocking point of realizing that you are not God.
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