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Both CS Lewis and JRR Tolkien warned us: Doing wrong even under the banner of a noble good is still wrong. Evil never corrects evil. It only deepens it. The ends never justify the means. This is the lesson of the Lord of the Rings. It is the lesson that Lewis emphasizes over and over again in the Chronicles: Aslan tells us that when we pursue a good in the wrong way and at the wrong time, we may get our hearts desire, but we will loathe it ever after. When Church leaders excuse the lawless methods of our President while at the same time extolling his higher goodness we are essentially like Tolkiens Boromir, grasping at the Ring for but a fleeting gain, while in reality only bringing ourselves and all of creation that much closer to the control of Mt. Doom.
Posted on: Fri, 21 Nov 2014 23:33:19 +0000

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