There is so much in our western mindset about the concept of good and evil as opposing forces. But what exactly is evil behavior? What is is that possesses people to do mean things? to be heartless, to be disrespectful? to be careless? I think that it is fear. A colleague said that it is a sense of loss. A sense that we are losing at the expense of others. It is interesting that fear us such a prevalent emotion in our world right now. Everyone is afraid. And it causes us to strike out.
As a child, I remember praying for the devil. Praying that he would be understood, so that he would not need to be so mean. I wish life was that simple as an adult. That we can all just understand and get along. But it seems to be something in our value system, which always puts us in opposition to one another. Everyone is condemned to someone else's hell. but why?
The Bible says that perfect love casts out fear. Is that really true?
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