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, 26 July-1 August 2026 (12-18 Av 5786), the Bible reading plan covers Eikev (Because). 26 Jul Deuteronomy 7:12-8:10 Jeremiah 52:1-34 Philippians
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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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