Overcoming Sin: We do wrong when we pridefully put ourselves in the place of God. What the world's great religions teach us about the origins of evil--and how believers can escape its costly grip.(National Affairs)

From: Newsweek | Date: May 21, 2001| Author: Woodward, Kenneth L. | Copyright information

We are fascinated with evil because we are fascinated with ourselves. If the Bible is to be believed, alienation from God is the natural habitat of humanity and evil its full-blown manifestation. Indeed, the word "evil" appears more often in the Christian Scriptures than "good"--and with reason. From the Biblical perspective, our natural inclination is to serve ourselves rather than God--and in the case of a man like Timothy McVeigh, to mete out retribution as if he were God himsel...

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