Evil
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Oct 18, 2005
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I'd like to take a minute to discuss the nature of evil. This post is based largely on this link. A lot of people think of evil as something that has horns and carries a pitchfork. I think this is wrong. Maybe it'll take that form someday, but I think it takes a different form in everyday life: something beautiful or normal, but with a little twist. In the Passion of the Christ, evil is represented by several things. There's that woman-looking person with no eyebrows. She represents evil because she's simple, somewhat beautiful, and symmetric. But up close, you realize she has no eyebrows and doesn't blink. It's taking a good thing and twisting it. Then there's that hairy baby-like thing. From far away, it's a beautiful picture: a woman holding a baby. But up close, you notice that the baby is gross and hairy and isn't really a baby. Something beautiful, twisted.
I can think of a bunch of examples in real life, but I'll offend people if I post them. So I'll try to word them in an inoffensive way. Marriage is a beautiful thing. But joining two like things (physically) or two unlike things (spiritually) is taking something good and twisting it. Sex is a good thing. But taking it out of it's proper environment is taking a good thing and twisting it. Anger can be a good thing. But if it's acted out the wrong way, it's not good. These things seem small. Some say, "At least it's not murder." True, but small things multiply, and they desensitize us. We'll allow small things today, but big things tomorrow. #religion
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