As I've pondered this over the last few days, I keep thinking about something Clay Jones wrote. In his book, "Why Does God Allow Evil?", Jones points out that when we think of genocide, we think of demented psychopaths running around on murderous rampages. In reality, genocide is mostly committed by normal everyday people including moms, dads, and sweet grandmas who bake cookies for the bake sale.
Jones writes: "It has been fascinating to me that absolutely every genocide researcher I have ever read (and I’ve read a lot of them) and absolutely every genocide victim I’ve ever read—to a person—concludes that genocide is what the average person does...
Professor and Holocaust survivor Fred E. Katz sums up exactly what kind of person participated in the Holocaust. He wrote that 'only a tiny proportion' of the 'massive killings are attributable to the actions of those people we call criminals, or crazy people, or socially alienated people, or even, people we identify as evil people.' Rather, they were actually 'carried out by plain folk in the population—ordinary people, like you and me.'
Katz asks, Who carried out the plans of the 'Hitlers and Stalins'?
His conclusion: 'Ordinary people, like you and me.'
Then he asks, 'Who provides the intelligence, the brain power, the orderly thinking to translate crazy philosophies into a practical course of action?
Ordinary people, like you and me.'
Finally, 'Who provides the quiet sustained effort, the plain hard work it takes to carry out huge programs of murderous action?
Ordinary people, like you and me.'"
One of the reasons the post below is so chilling and horrifically evil is because it is so casual, ordinary, and "nice."
May God have mercy on us.
@Nyct0phil3_x What I'm trying to say is people don't decide to do Catholicism, they *do* Catholicism and then it makes more complete sense in ways unique to you and which are difficult to predict or describe
@Nyct0phil3_x The way is not peaceful in that you aren't spared suffering or harm; but it's peaceful in knowing the truth, seeing true beauty, and living towards the good. So it's worth a try.
@shebringsjoy I'm pretty sure there's a ms product chat or online that helps you figure out your license code and set it back up from scratch. I did this a few years ago.