Posted on 04/02/2006 6:31:47 AM PDT by Dark Skies
(EXCERPT)What is a common example of disbelief in evil? A person who calls terrorists "freedom fighters" is giving away the fact that he does not believe they are evil. If the random murder of civilians by zealous fanatics is not evil, then nothing is evil. Therefore, it is a fair deduction that many of those who do not believe the terrorists are evil also do not believe in the existence of evil.
Those who deny the existence of evil are often outraged when good men give evil a name and fight against it. This outrage sometimes prompts them to take the side of evil. Their wish to vindicate their stand that evil does not exist naturally leads them to become apologists and defenders of evil.
The term "freedom fighters" confers praise to evil. The defense of evil can be very close to the admiration of evil. Evil is seductive precisely because it is secretly admired by deeply-buried chambers of darkness in the human heart. Therefore, it is very difficult to defend evil without slipping into the veiled admiration of evil. This is why the ACLU has slipped from defending evil clients because they have constitutional rights, to having solidarity with miscreants and enthusiasm in their advocacy of evil causes.
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Just joshing! But I do like cheese.
Glad you liked it BC...I did too. I saved it and printed it for friends.
Stay on that narrow path!
God bless...DS
Cannot imagine any other way to think!
Hope you're enjoying your evening.
I am grateful to my parents and teachers for educating me about "evil" long before I ever got on this forum. They gave me the courage and knowledge with which to oppose it. I have encountered it and stood up to it many times since.
Those of you associated with this forum who thought you were teaching me about evil (did so needlessly) and instead were propagating evil upon me. You caused me great harm and will answer for it to almighty God.
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Moral restraint... Now there is a term one doesn't hear often. Thank you for bring that up. Whenever there is a complicated problem I always look to the basics, like is it plugged in, does it have gas, etc. You mention morals and that is basically why our Representative Republic has thrived until fairly recently. Morals, morality... We cannot keep our America without them.
The founders fought for the freedom to do the right thing...it has had a marvelous run...time to renew it... but you have to know the right thing is inside you before you have the courage to fight for it...all else is folly, I think.
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