No Innocent Victims

The church’s caricature of villain and victim

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I recently read an original parable on social media. It was quite simple, really. One character was a victim and one was a villain. The victim felt loss and had the empathy of God. The villain threw away their life as God said, “You’ll regret that. Your loss bucko.” I understood the underlying message, but the all-or-nothingness of it gave me pause. Because none of us — none of us —…