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As a Christian, I can't help but think of what Jesus said on the last night of his earthly life...Switzerland, Sweden and Portugal were neutral during WWII.
Switzerland and Sweden became safe zones for Nazi Germany were resources could be mined and imported into Germany. Switzerland did a lot of banking for the Nazis.
Switzerland shot down allied planes that violated her airspace.
When a great evil arises, shouldn't you fight it?
Switzerland, Sweden and Portugal were neutral during WWII.
Switzerland and Sweden became safe zones for Nazi Germany were resources could be mined and imported into Germany. Switzerland did a lot of banking for the Nazis.
Switzerland shot down allied planes that violated her airspace.
When a great evil arises, shouldn't you fight it?
Switzerland, Sweden and Portugal were neutral during WWII.
Switzerland and Sweden became safe zones for Nazi Germany were resources could be mined and imported into Germany. Switzerland did a lot of banking for the Nazis.
Switzerland shot down allied planes that violated her airspace.
When a great evil arises, shouldn't you fight it?
Switzerland, Sweden and Portugal were neutral during WWII.
Switzerland and Sweden became safe zones for Nazi Germany were resources could be mined and imported into Germany. Switzerland did a lot of banking for the Nazis.
Switzerland shot down allied planes that violated her airspace.
When a great evil arises, shouldn't you fight it?
I would argue no. Avoiding great evil will always be preferential to engagements which entangles oneself in their wake of destruction.When a great evil arises, shouldn't you fight it?
Switzerland, Sweden and Portugal were neutral during WWII.
Switzerland and Sweden became safe zones for Nazi Germany were resources could be mined and imported into Germany. Switzerland did a lot of banking for the Nazis.
Switzerland shot down allied planes that violated her airspace.
When a great evil arises, shouldn't you fight it?
How do you suppose to fight evil? With evil? People have been doing so since the beginning of time and yet evil is as prominent as ever, if not more so...the ONLY way to fight evil is on a personal level, by not allowing yourself to be conquered with evil by becoming the very thing you are fighting against...Is refusing to fight evil ethical, you ask? Ethics is very subjective. Evil is very subjective. Whose standards should I go by? Who gets to make the definitions? If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there, does it make a sound? If I don't have a dog in the fight is it my fight?
so each person decides what is evil and what is not? Most people can rationalize any situation into evil, or not evil. A man cheats on his wife, but he has his reasons. He kills her lover, but he has his reasons. A man might steal, but he has his reasons. One nation goes to war against another nation, but they have their reasons. Millions die in a death camp, but the oppressors feel justified in doing so, because they have their reasons. When evil is left to the individuals to declare, almost any atrocity can be rationalized for those actions. And that is why evil is still with us, because every man and every nation decide for themselves, based on their experiences and prejudices, what is evil and what is not. So I ask again; whose standards do I go by? Is there a religion that I can depend on to define evil properly? Who makes the definitions? Do I assume that my country is always right? Most of the time, if the supposed evil is an international issue, we don't even have enough information to judge, because we can't trust the media. Were there weapons of mass destruction in Iraq? Or did we fight for oil?How do you suppose to fight evil? With evil? People have been doing so since the beginning of time and yet evil is as prominent as ever, if not more so...the ONLY way to fight evil is on a personal level, by not allowing yourself to be conquered with evil by becoming the very thing you are fighting against...
"Do not let yourself be conquered by the evil, but keep conquering the evil with the good." Romans 12:21
“Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. The abyss gazes also into you.”― Friedrich W. Nietzscheso each person decides what is evil and what is not? Most people can rationalize any situation into evil, or not evil. A man cheats on his wife, but he has his reasons. He kills her lover, but he has his reasons. A man might steal, but he has his reasons. One nation goes to war against another nation, but they have their reasons. Millions die in a death camp, but the oppressors feel justified in doing so, because they have their reasons. When evil is left to the individuals to declare, almost any atrocity can be rationalized for those actions. And that is why evil is still with us, because every man and every nation decide for themselves, based on their experiences and prejudices, what is evil and what is not. So I ask again; whose standards do I go by? Is there a religion that I can depend on to define evil properly? Who makes the definitions? Do I assume that my country is always right? Most of the time, if the supposed evil is an international issue, we don't even have enough information to judge, because we can't trust the media. Were there weapons of mass destruction in Iraq? Or did we fight for oil?
As Pogo said; we have met the enemy, and he is us.
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