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As a Conservative, I believe the possibility for evil exists in every human being, and I have always believed that.

I have always considered myself to be reasonably well read, and I realized that I cannot say that if I have not read the Bible. I grew up as a Catholic, and I don’t recall that I was ever encouraged to read the Bible, so what I did know was from readings in Mass, and pieces of Sunday School.

So, In the last few years, I have made it a goal to read it from cover to cover. And it was a difficult read for me. Very interesting, but...when I am reading, I will sometimes read faster and faster to get to the next important part, but I realized that while that might be okay for a novel or a biography, it wouldn’t work well for the Bible. I felt I would miss too much if I succumbed to that.

So I have had a lot of picking up and putting down, and that ribbon marking the place for me has been very valuable.

I have always viewed this concept of evil in the human race to be a cleavage point between Liberalism/Leftism and Conservatism, one of those places where you can place a chisel and with one hammer blow, split Liberals/Leftists from Conservatives.

We as Conservatives believe that, and the Founders of this Nation clearly thought that too, otherwise the Constitution would never have been written as it was, to limit the power of men as governors of others to do evil to those they are ostensibly governing.

The Constitution was made to protect us from powerful men, to whom the innate evil inherent in all of us as humans might most effectively find fertile ground to take root and grow.

Liberals and Leftists feel very differently about this. They view humans as perfectible. In their eyes, society is a corrupting influence, and the things found in every society such as poverty, ignorance, and disease can be vectors of infection to the inherently good and perfectible human organism.

They feel that if they can eradicate things like poverty, ignorance, disease, and disparities between people, that a utopia can be achieved. And they believe this so strongly that they think they can legislate, teach, mandate behavior, enrich and remedy disparities between people to the point that bad will not be able to take root, and a utopia will be achieved.

It is utter nonsense, because there will always be poverty, ignorance, disease, and disparities of all kinds physical, mental, situational, and financial, but the true believers think that if they rule humans with an increasingly iron fist, forcing them to think in uniform ways (their ways) and smashing down every unorthodox nail that sticks its head up, that humans will be able to live in harmony.

And to them, the goal of a utopia wholly justifies the evil they would visit on those who won’t willingly be subjugated by their ideas and plans. And it also explains why Liberalism and Leftism are predicated on the rejection of Christ. In their Liberal/Leftist world, Man becomes the center of the Universe, not God.

So, when I read the Bible, I already knew this potential for evil in my heart, but to read it in actual words from authors long dead, those very descriptive words, the expressions of evil that result from the potential evil that exists in all of us was...illuminating to me.

Technology and Tools may change, but evil in human nature does not, and it must be actively guarded against.

It is the reason I have embarked on my journey to Christ.

In this world, I see the belief in and acceptance of Christ as the best way to ensure I personally do not succumb to the evil inherent in all of us...including me. This is an interesting time of my life, I am gratified to say.