Talent Covers a Multitude of Sins

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 Before I start, chill out Christians. I don't mean this literally. Its only a phrase. Only Jesus can cover (forgive) sin.

With that out of the way...

As I've explained before; talent covers a multitude of sins. If you're good enough, NO ONE CARES about anything. If you have enough Talent, you can literally crash into a pregnant woman and flee the scene while high out of your mind, and people will still support you. 

Whether its athletes or singers cheating on their wives, punching old men, drugging women (Bill Cosby), the list goes on and on, and that isn't only modern times. No. It seems, throughout human history, those who have tremendous talent seem to enjoy tremendous support.

Benvenuto Cellini


 

Sometime later, Cellini stabbed and killed another of his rivals, a fellow goldsmith called Pompeo de Capitaneis. This one we know happened for real because details of the murder were recorded in official documents. And so, Cellini went into exile once more until the pope agreed to absolve him. After a short spell in France working in the royal place of Fontainebleau, he returned to Rome in 1537, where he was immediately imprisoned by the pope’s son, Cellini’s avowed enemy Pier Luigi Farnese, for stealing papal jewellery during the sack of Rome. After being fed a poison of ground diamonds and engaging in numerous conversations with angels – or so the story goes – Cellini returned to France, where he received the patronage of Francis I. He then murdered a postmaster for some unspecified reason and began work on his large-scale sculptures, splitting his time between Paris and the palace of Fontainebleau, where he worked for the French king designing the palace’s salt-cellar, a reflection of the monarch’s nascent obsession with the spice trade.

Sometime later, Cellini stabbed and killed another of his rivals, a fellow goldsmith called Pompeo de Capitaneis. This one we know happened for real because details of the murder were recorded in official documents. And so, Cellini went into exile once more until the pope agreed to absolve him. After a short spell in France working in the royal place of Fontainebleau, he returned to Rome in 1537, where he was immediately imprisoned by the pope’s son, Cellini’s avowed enemy Pier Luigi Farnese, for stealing papal jewellery during the sack of Rome. After being fed a poison of ground diamonds and engaging in numerous conversations with angels – or so the story goes – Cellini returned to France, where he received the patronage of Francis I. He then murdered a postmaster for some unspecified reason and began work on his large-scale sculptures, splitting his time between Paris and the palace of Fontainebleau, where he worked for the French king designing the palace’s salt-cellar, a reflection of the monarch’s nascent obsession with the spice trade.

Obviously, there are limits. No amount of talent provides absolute immunity to the consequences, but I'd venture to say, the amount of forgiveness is proportional to the amount of talent one possesses, meaning, individuals who possess greater talent or ability may receive more forgiveness or leniency compared to those who have less talent or ability.



 

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