Wednesday, March 09, 2022

Evils Come in Pairs.

This is a critical thing to remember vis-à-vis this war in Ukraine, where we are being driven by our rulership and their publicity wing, the drive-by media propaganda machine, to take sides (and, indeed, a particular side).  Evils very often come in pairs.  That way, in our zeal to stamp out one evil, we rush into the arms of the "opposing" evil.  Either way, we are doing evil, and the devil doesn't mind which side we take.

The most outstanding example of this that I can think of is the Nazis and the Communists.  Some people joined the Nazis in order to fight the Communists, and others joined the Communists in order to fight the Nazis.  But the tragedy for those who meant well is that neither of them was the good guys.  Communism and nazism are both evil.  No matter which side you fought on, your real boss was the devil.  

In terms of those who are running things, who are the good guys in the war in Ukraine? On the one side, you have a KGB colonel.  On the other side, you have a vulgar "comedian" who played the piano with his penis, and who is now using untrained civilians as cannon fodder.  And in the background, and from a safe distance, you have American politicians who, for years, have been spoiling for war with Russia, and trying to inspire a similar bloodlust in the rest of us.  Cui bono?

There are in fact times when there are no good guys, and this may be one of them.  Sometimes the only things we can know for certain are that there are innocent people caught in the middle, and that wars are a punishment for sin.

7 comments:

  1. I am staying away from the MSM version of this war. Our Lady has called for prayer to prevent the worst of this war, so I will listen to Her instead. May God have mercy on the souls of those who are collateral damage.

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    1. Daily Rosary and the Five First Saturdays! Also the Nine First Fridays.

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    2. Can't do the 5 First Saturdays here, no morning Mass on Saturday with our current priest. I have tried the 9 First Fridays a couple of times but always seems to be a Friday when the priest is away or on holidays.

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    3. I am sorry Shirley. The Church of the New Advent strikes again.

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  2. Some people joined the Nazis in order to fight the Communists, and others joined the Communists in order to fight the Nazis.

    A fact few people are aware of - at least in today's history starved world.

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    1. In the 1930s, Dietrich von Hildebrand founded a magazine specifically for the purpose of warning Catholics off both Nazism and communism. The Nazis especially were not amused.

      Most Catholics over the last couple of generations have been trained NOT to think like Catholics. That is why the daily Rosary is so critical. Without prayer -- and especially that prayer -- we are sure to get sucked in.

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