My views on the war (which I will post now, seeing as Navy/Army Cousin just had to leave for Afghanistan)
"All my life, I've seen a world that hates evil more than it loves good. I beg you to look to the good..." - 'Martin Luther' (the movie)
posted by melilotnfosco | 3:28 PM
6 Comments:
ooh, that is a GREAT quote :) -- but i'm sorry about navy/army cousin having to leave -- and i just let out a great big sigh to express how i feel about the whole situation... :(
thanks
i'm thinking about this quote, trying to sort it out. are you saying we shouldn't do what we can to stand against evil?
(and i'm not trying to get a war discussion going - i'm talking evil in general)
i'm not being a pacifist, cuz i don't necessarily think that that's right. i'm saying that we need to think about why we're fighting instead of what we're fighting. we get so set on destroying evil that we forget why we're doing it in the first place, which in turn can make us evil.
Do you really think that the world hates evil? I mean, we certainly say that we hate evil, but I'm not sure that we, the general population, really do. Wouldn't there be less of it if that were true? I've been ready a series about the reigns of Hezikiah and Massenah, and the books make the case that people love evil. Anything that is more evil than the particular person makes them feel good. So yes, we hate it and we fight it (usually by creating different evil) but I think that we love to hate it, and therefore love it, rather than truly hate it.
i just see so much going on - even within the church - that we keep silent about. why don't we take a stand and say "i may not be able to stop it altogether, but i can do my part in my corner of the world"
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