"I believe the greatest trick of the devil is not to get us into some sort of evil but rather have us wasting time"
"'I just want to know what makes those guys over there [Congo, but really any 3rd world country] any different from you and me. They are human. We are human. Why are we any better than them...?'" If I answered his question by saying yes, I could commit those atrocities, that would make me evil, but if I answered no, it would suggest I believed I am better evolved than some of the men in the Congo. And then I would have some explaining to do."
"' We have to be taught to be good. It doesn't come completely natural. In my mind, that's a flaw in the human condition.'"
"It's hard for us to admit we have a sin nature because we live in this system of checks and balances. If we get caught, we will be punished. But that doesn't make us good people; it only makes us subdued."
"I know now the path of joy winds through this dark valley. I think every well adjusted human being has dealt squarely with his or her own depravity...nothing is going to change in [our country/other countries] until you and I figure out what is wrong with the person in the mirror."
I agree with this line of thought. Man is sinful we have been and always will be, but I love that God doesn't view us that way. We are redeemed, loved and chosen. But I think those feelings of acceptance require us realizing how much we don't deserve them.
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