Do we laugh at caricatures of evil because we don’t believe anyone could really be that bad, or because we don’t want anyone to see the evil we recognize in ourselves?
Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19; Isaiah 54:1-10; Matthew 5:17-21, 27-28, 10:24-31; Mark 12:28-34; Luke 18:1-8; 2 Corinthians 3:2-6
This coming week, 25-31 May 2025 (27 Iyar-4 Sivan 5785), the Bible reading plan covers Bamidbar (In the Wilderness). 25 May Numbers 1:1-19 Isaiah 5:1-6:13
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Do we laugh at caricatures of evil because we don’t believe anyone could really be that bad, or because we don’t want anyone to see the evil we recognize in ourselves?
Deuteronomy 21:10-25:19; Isaiah 54:1-10; Matthew 5:17-21, 27-28, 10:24-31; Mark 12:28-34; Luke 18:1-8; 2 Corinthians 3:2-6
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Music: “Villainous Treachery,” Kevin MacLeod, https://incompetech.com/, 2010. Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Picture: Stereotypical caricature of a villain. Image by J.J., July 2003, via Wikimedia Commons.
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