“The devil… sends errors into the world in pairs – pairs of opposites. And he always encourages
us to spend a lot of time thinking which is the worse… He relies on your extra dislike of the one
error to draw you gradually into the opposite one.” Can you think of any particular errors
Christians might be tempted to make out of a frantic desire to avoid their opposites?
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9 years ago
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Perhaps one might be in regards to keeping the Sabbath holy. The rationalizaion would be "Well I don't go to church because I can worship God just as well on the top of a mountain." I believe he gave this example in the book but I have heard my brother use it because he spends much of his life in the mountains. Also, maybe a person wants and tries to be honest but got back a little too much change or wasn't charged for an item at the store and rationalizes that the few pennies or dollar won't hurt the store that much or that I am too tired to go clear back to the store. Or...that person really needs my help but I am going to be late for my meeting and I am in charge.
I just thought of one that might be more in line with the question. A Christian looks at another person who never goes to church and criticizes them for their choices and then goes to a gathering and sits and gossips about other people behind their back saying things that may or not be true.
I really liked this part as well. You hear the "lesser of two evils" so often.
I never really thought about it as a tool to distract us before and it really makes sense.
I think it's a great way to look at things. If you are so focused on two basically bad things, and trying to decide which not to do, you might miss the obvious answer. Two wrongs don't make a right comes to mind, even though it doesn't totally apply. I also keep thinking about extremes. If you try too hard to avoid something, you might become too extreme on the other end of the spectrum. Moderation in all things right?
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