A biblical response to evil
Is there a super force of evil that stealthily manipulates the political landscape? Time and again we have seen grim evidence of this hypothesis in the inexorable march to calamity on the part of world leaders and their nations. Take, for example, the avoidable but somehow destined plunge into the horrific World War I in 1914. And today, is it not this same super force of evil that emboldens political leaders to contemplate or seriously consider what might be called the unthinkable: nuclear warfare?
Many reading these reflections might be inclined to agree thus far, but, sadly, few will give credence to the statement that Biblical theology reinforces it.
Be that as it may, what is the solution? Don’t look to political leaders for the solution. They are part of the problem.
Instead, learn about and eventually support God’s kingdom government, that many unknowingly pray for in the Lord’s Prayer. It is this heavenly government that according to Daniel 2:44 stands poised to obliterate belligerent nations that are ruining the Earth, because they allow themselves to be driven by a super force of evil.
Bruce Rosenberg Sorrento
The best way to protest
Short and sweet: Permit white nationalist Richard Spencer to speak at the University of Florida and boycott the speech. Having no one or very few in the audience would send a much stronger message than any other form of protest.
Leslie Kelly Orlando
Liberals, intolerance and acceptance
Liberals are a confusing — and confused — bunch. Right out of the liberal playbook, letter-writer James Driskell on Wednesday calls for tolerance, except for views he doesn’t agree with. He spends two paragraphs talking about tolerance, free speech and opposition, but then closes by saying that certain groups “do not deserve our tolerance.”
“We do not censor others’ thoughts and words” — only if they agree with him apparently. If he values free speech, he must tolerate, though not accept, speech he does not like, though I have noticed that liberal opposition to unacceptable ideas often involves violence.
Liberals must decide if we are a free society or not. Do they really believe in free speech, or are they hoping for the Big Brother control of Orwell’s 1984 to be a reality?
Pick which one you want, because some day the speech that is censored may be your own.
Steven Hollinsworth Orlando
