Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil
Evil grows when it's existance is denied
“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
– Ephesians 6:10-12, KJB
Evil is a human condition, expressed in the actions of all those who harm others with intent, be they serial killers, sadistic child rapists, Marxist dictators, or Islamic terrorists killing Christians around the world.
Today, the tide of evil is rising as the leftist/Marxist press denies the evil that is the Islamist terrorism against Christians, which is occurring around the world, but in particular within Africa. According to a study by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, militant Islamist groups in Africa have been responsible for the deaths of over 150,000 people, primarily Christians. The study revealed a 60 percent increase in violence since 2023, with nearly half of the deaths occurring in the Sahel region, spanning countries such as Mali, Nigeria, and Burkina Faso. Parishes and villages are being burned to the ground, innocent women and children are being hacked to death and burned alive, all while Western governments either discount the reports as local land disputes or ignore them altogether.
This denial is not unlike prior denials of the Holocaust, or the Rwandan or Cambodian genocides of the past century, and as usual, is parroting the denials from the governments permitting and carrying out these atrocities. Even worse than the governments are the non-actions of churches around the world in denying that these evils are even occurring. While they continue to promote gay pride, proper pronouns, and climate hysteria, they turn a blind eye to the evil that is occurring around the world, the murder of fellow Christians.
While ignorance may have excused such blindness in the past, in today’s connected world, it is more likely that fear of speaking the truth, highlighting the evil (and by implication calling for action), and therefore driving away parishioners (and their contributions) are more relevant factors. Churchs and denominations that don’t speak out against this evil are betraying the very foundations of their faith, and by doing so, are exposing the hypocrisy of their principles and statements, as are all those who call themselves Christian in word but do not express their faith in deed.