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<blockquote data-quote="Polycarp1" data-source="post: 35163330" data-attributes="member: 12403"><p>You are, of course, completely right: The Lord God Almighty will not permanently allow those who pervert His Word into a vehicle to foster hatred and scapegoating to succeed.</p><p></p><p>But it's instructive to look at I Corinthians 12 and related passages -- <strong>we</strong> are the Body of Christ, the means by which He combats evil in the world. Nearly always, God works through men of good will to accomplish His purposes, rather than taking direct action <em>in propria persona</em>.</p><p></p><p>Which brings me to Edmund Burke: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to stand by and do nothing."</p><p></p><p>Or Martin Niemoeller: "First they came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up, because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Polycarp1, post: 35163330, member: 12403"] You are, of course, completely right: The Lord God Almighty will not permanently allow those who pervert His Word into a vehicle to foster hatred and scapegoating to succeed. But it's instructive to look at I Corinthians 12 and related passages -- [b]we[/b] are the Body of Christ, the means by which He combats evil in the world. Nearly always, God works through men of good will to accomplish His purposes, rather than taking direct action [i]in propria persona[/i]. Which brings me to Edmund Burke: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to stand by and do nothing." Or Martin Niemoeller: "First they came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up, because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me." [/QUOTE]
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