“There
is a strange duality in the human which makes for an ethical paradox. We have
definitions of good qualities and of bad. And yet in our structure of society,
the so-called and considered good qualities are invariable concomitants of
failure, while the bad ones are the cornerstones of success. When such a man
considers Jesus or St. Augustine or Socrates he regards them with love because
they are symbols of the good he admires, and hates the symbols of the bad. But
actually he would rather be successful than good.” (John Steinbeck, “Sea of
Cortez”, 1941.)
Satan
walks in confidence through our society while the good cower in the dark;
unknown. We want to be good but we opt for the smartly dressed acceptance of
evil. Being bad is so “GOOD” and being good is for wimps and the uniformed. The
virgin is the exception to the rule of everybody MUST have sex before they are
married. If there were no virginity then there would be no excitement in losing
it. If there were no good in the world then being bad would lose its appeal.
THAT
is why the modern media and modern liberal arts colleges continue to excoriate
Christians. In order to keep the excitement of sin you need to keep the remnant
of those who believe it IS sin. Without the feeling of doing wrong, you are
left with the simple ordinary and mundane. If everybody is doing it then what
is a rebel to do?
Albert
Speer started out as an architect, he loved building. On February 8 of 1942 he
was chosen to be Minister of Armaments and War Production for the Third Reich
under Adolf Hitler. He had an AMAZING track record of getting war production
accomplished and even increasing through Allied bombing. He was tried in 1945
and sentenced to 20 years in prison for using forced prison camp labor to run
his factories. After the guilty verdict he was asked if he knew what was going
on in those prison camps and how he could work along with Hitler’s schemes.
Speer answered, “It is hard to know the devil when his hand is on your
shoulder.”
Most
would rather be successful and bad than good and poor.
Most
play with evil as with a toy and cast good into the bag for the garage sale.
Most
consider Christian morals passé and cute as long as OTHER’S continue to hold
onto them.
Most
no longer even recognize the devil even though his hand is on their shoulder.
Where are you?
