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[Photo by KPA]
I've noticed something.
People who indicate that they don't believe in evil (and hence, who fundamentally don't believe in the good - and in God) cannot say the word is evil. They just cannot say it. They even hate the word (said aloud, at least).
When pressed to explain evil, or find a word that describes/replaces it, they will search for synonyms like: poverty, bad luck, difficult childhood, lack of education/knowledge, oppressive society, [place your favorite version here].
Yet whatever good they see, or whatever good anyone tries to do, they attribute to some nefarious intent. A good or kind deed is to curry favors. A beautiful work of art is the result of oppression. Nature is destructive all its floods and earthquakes. People are not to be trusted.
So they do believe in evil! Actually, for them, evil is the only force in town. Their whole world is one big evil, to be carefully and studiously picked at, either to be outwitted, or to serve their own purposes.
But, if they believe in evil, they must also believe in (or at least acknowledge) good. So, good (God) is a force that has to be destroyed, or contained, since it is the only force which is capable of destroying their evil, their world.
They may genuflect, chant and purport to kneel before God, but they are only biding their time until they gain a sure upper had and can unleash their apocalyptic evil onto the world. Their bleak and terrible world of evil cannot (will not) be accepted by ordinary people, so they have to cajole and lie, to them until the moment is right, and ripe, for a full-on assault.
Our modern world is replete with these quasi-invisible, hypocritical, non-believers. It is disarming to see them rear their satanic heads when they are unable to contain their terrible secret. Sometimes it is with an unusually violent reaction (often with exaggerated words and tone) to an innocuous (good) statement or observation. Other times it is with a deafening silence with "NO COMMENT" emanating from their very pores, again at seemingly innocuous (and good) words. Yet other times, it is with insidious deceits, trying to pull in bystanders in this war against the good, and against God himself.
But most of all, these haters of the Good and of God hate hearing the word evil, and especially being called evil, because evil is embedded in their hearts and something which they secretly and shamefully harbor, which they know in moments of clarity (one can see stunned expression in their eyes when this realization takes place) is a nefarious force that will throw them down a never-ending abyss. Therefore, the biggest insult they can receive, the biggest fuss they make, is when someone calls them evil.
We need to call out evil, to get it out of the woodwork and into plain sight, where we can fight it.