What is your definition of evil? Evil! Rebellion to God, that is, making God your enemy, whether in matters large or small—although of course small matters in this part of life swiftly grow large. As opposed to sin, which (as it has grown hard to see in English) is a missing of the mark, a going astray, the errancy to which we are all born and of which we can no more be fully free on this earth than the wheat can be separated from the tares before the harvest.
Mini-Feature: Defining Evil
Mini-Feature: Defining Evil
Mini-Feature: Defining Evil
What is your definition of evil? Evil! Rebellion to God, that is, making God your enemy, whether in matters large or small—although of course small matters in this part of life swiftly grow large. As opposed to sin, which (as it has grown hard to see in English) is a missing of the mark, a going astray, the errancy to which we are all born and of which we can no more be fully free on this earth than the wheat can be separated from the tares before the harvest.