“I am the one you warned me of
I am the one who’d never, never lie.”
I am the one who’d never, never lie.”
— Blue Oyster Cult, 1988
Not my favorite band, for sure — but I do admire their theology.
At least in this instance.
So often we begin by thinking that evil, if
it exists at all, is a thing “out there”. It’s in the world somewhere, not
inside me. Me, I’m pretty good. Not perfect, maybe. But not so bad that God
can’t overlook the difference (that is, if he’s really loving) and accept me
as spot-on.
Then we live for a bit.