Posted by
toady on Sunday, June 08, 2008 4:22:24 PM
I recieved an article by Michael Leveen from Chasby today. It says in part:
Why are we failing to see the mounting power of evil enemies?...No doubt there are many reasons. One is the deep-seated belief that all people are basically the same, and all are basically good. Most human history, above all the history of the last century, points in the opposite direction. But it is unpleasant to accept the fact that many people are evil, and entire cultures, even the finest,
(the emphasis was Chasby's).
Chasby is a very religious fellow and so I cannot understand how he can react positively to this. It seems he has two choices. Either all men ARE basically good, imbued with a spark of divinity or all men are basically NOT good, that we have all fallen short of the glory of God. What I don't understand is how anybody with an ounce of religious integrity can say that some people (us) are basically good while others (them) are evil.
So I have asked Chasby to explain... This is the email I sent. I will let anybody who reads this know how he responds.
Can you do me a favor. Tell me what YOUR deep-seated belief is. Do you believe that all people are not basically the same? Perhaps God likes some people and dislikes others. People who kill innocent christians… Perhaps God is not so pleased with these folks. I don’t know though, St. Paul killed innocent Christians and God liked him well enough.
If some people are basically good and others are basically evil, then is it the responsibility… the God given responsibility… to purge the evil?
Bob Dylan once sang… don’t hate nothing at all except hatred. So Chasby…As Dylan might ask… Is God on our side?