A note on what the left considers "privilege"

I've come to the realisation that the word "privilege" has undergone a severe process of bastardisation over the past decades. At least the way its usage is currently applied in the west.

Taking into account the Christian perspective, there is no such thing as privilege (as in the way it's worded nowadays); rather, the plenty with which a person or family has is a blessing. All that we are, all that we have achieved and all that we possess is granted from the Holy Father. It's tantamount to when Jesus told Pilate: you would have no power if not granted from above. This was lost on Pilate who was too sidled up in his comfy  luxurious stance in life; too attached to the material and his own indulgences.

Even in want, the gift of salvation, the very promise of a saviour to redeem humanity is more than we deserve and our worth. The secular world calls this privilege, but the pious and the devoted know it is a blessing granted from God. Now and then John 3:16 is said in unsuitable or rather, cliched moments, but that's nevertheless what John was driving at - despite our inherent leaning towards evil, God still saw enough in humanity and the world and decided it was worth saving.