I recently visited the site of a young lady whos gifted as both a writter and an artist. I sent her an e-mail praising her on her abilities. She responded rather quickly to my e-mail. At the bottom of her e-mail, she has a quote that goes something like this:
"For evil to triumph it's necessary only that good men do nothing."
I doubt that she came up with the phrase on her own, though from what I've seen and read of her work she's certainly capable of it. But it really rang true in my head (thereby successfully drowning out the voices). Today, something just clicked. For no reason I asked myself if she really believed that or not.
I'm sure she believes it and tries to live by it, but the true question is: Is that for all things, or does it apply to just those who go along with the mainstream while the truly good men fighting against something that they truely perceive something are branded as zealous fanatics?
Christians are viewed in this manner simply because they openly oppose the mainstream and live a life that meets more resistance from outside circumstances simply because they believe it's the right way to live. For quite some time, homosexuals made a big stink about their "rights," and blasted Christians -quite publicaally at time, accusing them of hate crime -simply because the Christians voiced an opposing view. Most of the time there was never any action made by the church. The mainstream viewed the gay rights activists as good people fighting against oppression. Well, the church became fed-up with it all and figured that if the world will hate them anyway, then there really isn't any reason why action should no be taken. As a result, the mainstream saw the Christians as evil incarnate, if you will, and turned on them. However, the Christians didn't start the fight and they're only standing for what they believe, something every man and woman is expected to do anyway.
Now that's not to say the church is perfect. It is common knowledge to all that there are bad folks in the church, therefore giving the church a bad name. I'm sure everybody knows of a person who claims to be a Christian yet doesn't even come close to living the life. So I pose this question: Are they truly Christians? Besides, there are bad apples in every bunch. Have you ever met a good pegan? I know of several. Are there any bad apples in that bunch. Of course.
My point is that people have all these nice wonderful sayings about the forces of good that only apply to the "forces" that flow the path of least resistance. It's sad, really.
I was going to write about my feeling sorry for myself about not having a special someone in my life, but in light of the ladder post, I opted not to.
I'm still working on my short story. I think you all will be satisfied. 'Til next time.
