Today in church was the first Sunday of Lent and we had the reading about the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness.
My take on this reading is that it is an attempt to explain our experience of evil in the world.
But contrary to the text I do not believe that evil has a supernatural origin.
I believe that evil in our world is the result of the ignorant actions of human beings with free-will.
Evil is the product of darkness and fear.
It is not the actions of some devil or dark forces.
The world offers temptation enough: power, money, status, oppression; prejudice, violence, abuse, hate.....
These things corrupt us and divert us from our purpose.
Which is Love.
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