Beau of the Fifth Column: Let's talk about evil in a religious context....

[malthaussen]

2. Beau forgets that those soi-disant Christians have an out...

... and that "True Love" for one's neighbor means to correct them and guide them away from their sinful behavior, not facilitating it. He also forgets that Christianity is not just an "opinion," it's the Truth, and that "True Love" again absolutely requires the "Christian" to bring his neighbors to Jesus (and thus save them from eternal flame), by force if necessary. Although most of them don't talk publicly about that latter, probably because they lack access to sufficient force.

These people will never in a million years admit to "hating" anyone or anything, no matter how hateful their conduct is, because they will always claim that they are concerned for the Life Hereafter, which being eternal is much more important than any little inconveniences one might suffer in the present life. Well, anyway, more important so long as those inconveniences are being suffered by someone else, and not them personally.

-- Mal