For more than 5900 years, man survived without the layers of security blankets that now cover the Western world. Yet, in the last century, a self-preservation craze has swept over affluent first-world countries. Saint and sinner alike seem possessed by paranoia, convinced that economic calamity haunts and will destroy us unless we shield ourselves with an array of insurance and retirement packages. Covetousness drives Christians to Babylon, pursuing profit and material good