Losing Our Humanity and Soul

 Yesterday evening, Susan Quinn had a post at the American Thinker, with which I mostly agree. The title of the post is Let's not lose our humanity. In other words, while we may decry the murder of Charlie Kirk, we should not devolve into demonizing our enemies (for so they have declared themselves) nor return evil for evil.

I agree with Quinn right up to the point where she says we should hate the sin, not the sinner. This is nowhere in the Bible, though it is one interpretation of Jesus' preaching in the Gospels. There is such a thing as righteous hatred, and in Psalms 5, David captures it:

4 For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness,

Nor shall evil dwell with You.

5 The boastful shall not stand in Your sight;

You hate all workers of iniquity.

6 You shall destroy those who speak falsehood;

The Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

As faithful Christians, we should hate what our God hates. And because we all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God, we should hate ourselves as well. But through Christ's death and resurrection, we can confess our sins and God will forgive us. Next, what should we do about Charlie Kirk's murder and the rest of the fetid pile of deceit and unreality the Left has rammed down our throats? First, of course, we should pray for our enemies.  Not of course that good things should come to them.  They have put themselves in the outer reaches of hell.  No, but we should ask the Lord to turn their hearts away from harming us. Christ instructed us to bring our concerns before Him. We should do so and not worry about how we sound. Theologians can make up pretty sounding prayers.  We should say what is on our minds.  This is private, between us and Him. We must recognize though that He may have a purpose we don't understand yet, so we just keep praying. Prayer is powerful, and it is a privilege we get to do because we are children of God.

We should use the law where applicable to restrain our enemies (for so they have declared themselves). This is beginning to happen, as those who knew about it, or those who helped the assassin carry it out are being investigated. We can hope that some of them will be charged with being complicit in Kirk's murder. And those who celebrated his murder are being fired or otherwise dealt with as well. NGOs and foundations who are funders of violence and mayhem should as well be charged as accomplices in the crimes of the left. We should keep it up. After all, murder, assassination, violence and intimidation are never right. Persuasion is the only way.

Finally, we need to recognize that our enemies (for so they have declared themselves) are at least delusional, and at worst violent and insane. We need to protect ourselves and our loved ones from attack.  That means carrying the means of protecting ourselves wherever we go, for one never knows where it may happen.  We should train or selves and teach our children situational awareness. We should also pray that we never have to use our weapons while being prepared to use them for self-defense at a moment's notice. Our God is not a pacifist and doesn't expect us to be either.

I liken our righteous anger and hatred not to passionate raging fire, but to ice cold fury. We demand that our government wield the sword of justice fairly and righteously. While cosmic justice awaits the return of Christ, we can and should approximate it as much as possible. Please read Susan Quinn's essay and of course the comments as well.