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May 12, 2019
The Need for a Moral Backbone
By Anthony J. DeBlasi
The sense of a vital connection to a divine Creator has apparently left many who, “wise in their own mind,” pretend to outwit their Creator. Hitler, Stalin, Mao and other monsters of history were stalwarts of that persuasion, proving how deadly “reason” can be when disconnected from morality.

God hates (and we must hate) what is evil and He loves (and we must love) what is good. It’s our choice since we are not puppets but agents of His will. The Creator’s will is spelled out in the Bible, a transmission of moral wisdom that has been corrupted but never been improved upon.

People have known the importance of recognizing evil and responding to it with a moral backbone, not with the brain or with the emotions. Classic literature provides ample illustration of the need to resist evil. Dante unmasks evil dramatically in his Inferno, where those who love what is evil and hate what is good -- whether by choice or weakness -- exact their own destruction and that of those they take down with them. This is the heart of Christian morality, lost to the modern mind. MORE...........