[Redbook2:25][19731201:0130]{Evil, the Spirit, and the Deep}[1st
December 1973]
Saturday 19731201.0130
How does a
Christian see terrorism and war? How do
I? By my own belief – and I suspect by
Christianity – we judge evil not in its effect on the physical world but in its
effect on the Spirit in Man. Terrorism – by definition – exists through
hatred, and fear among the innocents.
Its effects act on the mind direct, not thorough reason, so that I –
and, I suspect, the deep Christian – know in the depth that it is evil.
War is a
general description of a state of affairs.
Its methods vary, and may include acts of terrorism as well as acts of
compassion: acts which many of us know – in the depth – are good. There may well be less distress of the spirit
in War than under terrorism; but insofar as such distress exists, War too is
evil.
It is of
course open to Men, appreciating something of this evil, knowingly to allow
such evil in order to prevent a greater evil still. Surely that greater evil
should be seen also in the distress of the Spirit, as may be recognised in the
depth.
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