There are a lot of reasons why things are as bad as they are in America. One that keeps coming back to me is the existence of evil. Evil is not spoken of much anymore. That’s because there is a new sheriff in town, a new philosophy about life: “It’s all good.” I say evil either exists (it’s not all good), or it’s all good. Both philosophies can’t be true.
Sure, liberals will call evil for citizens refusing to watch out for others in the middle of a deadly pandemic. Conservatives will call evil for citizens supporting abortion rights. Public policy debate and law-making will decide how evil each of those practices is (how steep the penalties might be).
But, how do we explain a doctor poisoning IV bags for use in a hospital, or a county government official murdering a reporter whose reporting he did not like, or active shooters in elementary schools? I call that pure evil, evil on another level.
We no longer consult, or at least interpret correctly, our ancient books of historical wisdom, like the Bible. The Bible is pretty clear. From the beginning, civilization has had to deal with periods of time where “The wickedness of man was great in the earth, and every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” (Genesis 6:5, KJV) America is not there, but that’s the direction we seem to be heading.
However, I am worried that what will finally get us there are not random acts of pure evil but the more subtle acts of evil in high places: political evil, financial evil, even theological evil. There are deeply evil people in high places in every institution in America. When those kinds of folks convert a few others to their views, then pure evil can get a full head of steam. Voltaire wrote, “Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
The Bible talks about these folks. “Their feet run to evil.” “They proceed from evil to evil.” “They call evil good, and good evil.”
Jesus prayed: “Deliver us from evil.” I believe ordinary folks need to get themselves educated and provide the answer to Jesus’ prayer by getting involved as good citizens, not evil ones.
Kimball Shinkoskey
Woods Cross, Utah
Situations
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The residents of Martha’s Vineyard complained about 50 aliens arriving in their paradise. They had many objections: We don’t know when they’re coming. We don’t know how many there will be. We don’t know who they are. We don’t know their medical condition. We don’t have facilities to feed, shelter and care for them. We need federal help.
Let’s look at the Rio Grande Valley. We don’t know when they’re coming. They come all day and night. We don’t know how many there will be. We average about 7,000 a day across the entire border. We don’t know who they are. They come from all over the world and they don’t make advance reservations. We don’t know their medical condition. They scarcely carry ID, let alone medical records. We don’t have facilities to feed, shelter and care for them. We have provided more and more and more facilities. They’re full. We need federal help.
Martha’s Vineyard put the aliens on a bus and sent them somewhere else. That’s what Texas is doing.
Marcia Fabricius
Alamo
