kiki the parrot
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Earlier we were talking about evil.. This was in an email I got awhile back... and I thought I would share it. It says alot JMO
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Real evil
Someone supposably found this posted on a forum after 9/11. It would seem to have been posted by someone who "knew" what true evil was.
There are those who don't believe "evil" exists-----that all things are
'relative'-----what may 'be' evil to one person is not so to another----
and that both 'views' are valid. I believe this to be absolute rubbish,
representing a lazy and cowardly thought process. Nevertheless...
There are some who believe evil exists, but who are realistic enough to
know that they have been relatively 'sheltered' from 'it', never really
experiencing 'it' in any substantial way. They may even consider
themselves 'blessed' in this regard.
Then there are those who believe evil exists and that they in fact have
experienced it directly, either being a victim of 'it', or maybe just
'witnessing' it first hand. However, what the majority of these people
experience is just 'petty' evil------petty animosities---
petty jealousies-----violence with petty motivations. Even some really
horrible acts are the resutls of 'petty evil'.
But there is another kind of evil which only a minority of people are
familiar with. It is something so dark, so alien to their own nature and
to what they had thought could even exist, that with their first
encounter of 'It', they are astonished--------'it can not be so, this
can not possibly be'. And they are 'diminished' by the encounter. There
is a loss of 'innocence' so profound that it seems almost irrepairable.
And this is a problem, for, in order to defeat this evil you must be
able to recognize it, to recognize it you must be able to
understand(know) it, and to know it a part of you must die. To hope and
to pray for the destruction of this evil is all fine and well. But so
long as no 'divine' intervention comes, the price of confronting 'It'
will be paid with blood----yours----or 'Its'. It will never be placated.
It can not be appeased. And these are the 'Powers' who rule this day.
– Author unknown
Funny you should post that. I've been quietly thinking to myself since reading an earlier post that anyone who can be confident there is no adversary--or no personification of evil--has not encountered the evil nor lived the life I've lived. I have NO doubt there is an enemy who "roams about as a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour." W/out delving into spiritual welfare I'll simply say his army is well organized and that, like God, His adversary uses people.
Again--it is our choice in whose hands we're willing to be used... either as an instrument for good or for evil. Not every form of evil is demonic or like the exorcist lol. But if we aren't for Him, we can be used against Him. In some cases of child murders every right thing was done--and it is all the result of malice or evildoing. In more cases it is likely a combination of intentional malice by their victimizer--along w indifference or irresponsibility by a person to whom the child is entrusted. And sometimes all it takes is recklessness, carelessness or negligence by a caregiver.
W/out right priorities and wisdom (skills for living), any child potentially can become a victim of opportunity. In Shaniya's case, it was a perfect storm of all three. Those assigned to protect her failed her off the bat. First by sending her alone into a warzone--unsafe living conditions, w unsuitable care, in a crime-infested neighborhood. Then the next and final line of defense failed her by throwing open the door wide to invite in and deliver her to those who would viciously abuse and destroy a child's life. And lastly to accomplish this, Satan and his army needed a mercenary--a willing soldier or two--to execute the treacherous deed. And they found him. Someone empty, vile and depraved enough to commit such a cowardly coldblooded act as to rob this precious defenseless baby of her innocence and her life.
Somehow, someone became convinced it was worth the trade-off of their own humanity and life to degrade and destroy another's. This does NOT excuse or absolve anyone of anything! It's important to realize tho in order to continue duping and deceiving people--and go on fulfilling his mission of "steal, kill, and destroy"--that God's adversary would desire nothing more than for us to doubt his very existence.