We’re crazy if we think evil will be honest

I used to get really upset. I used to get really frustrated. I still do experience these things, but for different reasons now. I used to expect that evil would just be honest about itself. How naive of me. I used to get frustrated that evil would lie and say one thing and then do the exact opposite. What was I thinking?

I was thinking that evil would play by the rules because I try to play by the rules. I thought evil would do the things that someone reasonable would do. How silly of me.

I don’t know why it took me so long to finally see evil for what it is. I don’t know that I’m thrilled that I do though either. It’s more of a settling for what is, if that makes sense.

Here’s what I’ve learned. We should expect evil to lie. Doesn’t matter if we are talking about evil systems, belief systems, institutions, religious beliefs, political systems, ideologies, governments, businesses, organizations, groupings of some sort, or individual people.

Evil is based on a lie. Lying is the very foundation of evil. Evil knows no other way than lying.

When we expect evil to just be honest, we’re fooling ourselves. Evil doesn’t know how to be honest. How else do you explain that evil lies even when it doesn’t have to?

We should expect evil to lie right to our face, without a hint of guilt or shame. And we should expect evil to try to cover up the lies with more lies. We should never expect evil to experience remorse or feel…