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| Dietrich Bonhoffer |
Face of Evil…those words present differently to everyone.
For a four year old? What does a four year old see as evil? Maybe, just scary, which is plenty.
For teens? Evil? Would they recognize true evil beyond “American Horror Story”?
Ah, but for adults…adults see evil in its many forms. Evil comes in the form of amoral, sociopaths, psychopaths, and every other “path” in the world. Adults have the ability to sense evil coursing about them. Some adults choose to shake it off while others turn to face evil in its face.
This is a time of great evil.
Watching the sincere protests in the streets following the horrific murder of a man pleading for his life raises anger, no, rage at the death of this man .
And then to see the following senseless destruction of property and people livelihoods tarnishes and displaces the righteous anger all should be experiencing. These have distinctly different goals. Confusion remains.
Confusion can't be disregarded, but it can be pushed aside to recognize the most important evil of all: ignoring the value of each life.
Lives matter. All lives. Lives of Black, Mexican, Native American, Asian, White, and, especially, Blue--no matter the race, each life changes history in some undefinable way.
The lives that were taken, lives that have been ignored, lives that are discounted or seen as useless---these lives cross race lines and mix into the soup of injustice.
Face evil. See it for what it is. Face it down.
"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it." Martin Luther King, Jr.
This is a time of great evil.
Watching the sincere protests in the streets following the horrific murder of a man pleading for his life raises anger, no, rage at the death of this man .
And then to see the following senseless destruction of property and people livelihoods tarnishes and displaces the righteous anger all should be experiencing. These have distinctly different goals. Confusion remains.
Confusion can't be disregarded, but it can be pushed aside to recognize the most important evil of all: ignoring the value of each life.
Lives matter. All lives. Lives of Black, Mexican, Native American, Asian, White, and, especially, Blue--no matter the race, each life changes history in some undefinable way.
The lives that were taken, lives that have been ignored, lives that are discounted or seen as useless---these lives cross race lines and mix into the soup of injustice.
Face evil. See it for what it is. Face it down.
"He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it." Martin Luther King, Jr.
