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Good vs. Evil

Dennis Prager, of whom I am a fan for his clarity of thought and support of Judeo-Christian values, writes a wonderful piece on the importance of hating evil.

" Do you hate evil? Much of humanity doesn't. But if you embrace Judeo-Christian values, you must.

A core value of the Bible is hatred of evil. Indeed, it is the only thing the Bible instructs its followers to hate -- so much so that love of God is equated with hatred of evil. "Those who love God -- you must hate evil," the Psalms tell us [Psalm 97:10].

The notion of hating evil was and remains revolutionary. "

This chasm between the US and Europe with respect to religious values in society (which I prior discussed here) is at the heart of why we do not see eye to eye on the importance of spreading freedom throughout the world and especially in the Middle East.

We successfully fought evil with the British in the Second World War against fascism, we succeeded in fighting communism in Russia and across Europe with our Western European allies, but we now are separated, more so than ever, by a different set of core values.

America still embraces the idea of good versus evil while Europe is moving away from it, as demonstrated by the recent debate over the EU constitution. America has stood up against evil in the world successfully. It does this today by promoting freedom of religion, universal suffrage, promoting human rights, and encouraging free enterprise.

The description of Samuel P. Huntington, the prominent historian who wrote "Clash of Civilizations", in his most recent book "Who Are We?" on Amazon states:

"[Mr. Huntington] turns his laser on America-or, rather, America as he thinks it ought to be. Despite its clinical tone, this book is an aggressive polemic whose central argument-that America, at heart, has been and in many ways should remain a Christian, Anglocentric country"

Can you imagine a liberated Iraq or a democratic Afghanistan without this US commitment to declaring evil by its name and idealistically seeking to pursue good? I can't, and neither can Mr. Prager nor many other Americans.

Posted by Bill Rice on March 01, 2005 at 03:15 PM in Religion | Permalink

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