tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17981917.post2834737832723588588..comments2023-06-11T01:42:35.651-07:00Comments on The Fire Within: the ugly face of sin - Part 2Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08570812813078461156noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17981917.post-81447848802243031952007-04-23T08:09:00.000-07:002007-04-23T08:09:00.000-07:00Kristine,In most cases that I see and experience t...Kristine,<BR/>In most cases that I see and experience the rise of evil in our culture is not in large part due to people embracing evil as good but rather people just becoming totally apathetic. People have lost passion. Passion is what motivates people on both sides. it seems to me that in most cases Satan hasn't had to go to the trouble of convincing the masses that good is evil and evil good but he simply has lulled them all to sleep. The hypnotic effect of materialism and self-indulgence, the tranquilizing effect of comfort and pleasure-a-plenty has enabled evil to thrive right under the noses of millions of generally decent people. Tim and I always say that it's not the evil people who frustrate us so much (although we do hate evil of course) but all those decent average neighbors we have (many of whom are Catholic)who seem happily clueless living their lives in the dark.<BR/>How do you wake up a sleeping world? I'm afraid God the Father has a major alarm clock ready to go off if we don't stop hitting the snooze button, ignoring all these smaller alarms.krishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10633826696507818039noreply@blogger.com