Published: 24 November 2015
Last updated: 4 March 2024
If evil is excused, justified away, and not identified as such, or if we fail to properly locate its sources, our efforts will be misdirected, we will fail, and evil will prevail… All monotheistic faiths rooted in millennia-old traditions are replete with laws and beliefs which fail the moral standards of Western liberal democratic traditions… The Devil quotes Scripture. He has no need to misquote it. The challenge of every religious tradition is to engage in an ongoing process of criticism, evaluation, and reinterpretation to give new meanings to ancient laws, and authority to some chapters over others.
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