Demons are a problem to everyone only because their work in this world has no legitimate, shared concerns with its inhabitants. It is (and we are) their resource to exploit—and, nothing but. Accordingly, whether you are a direct and knowing victim of this problem or not, you fail to live up to the 60-year old standard created in this country that mandates your direct involvement in the fight against the problem [see A Call to Arms | Your duty as a victim of demonic activity (or otherwise)].
I believe that this sentiment is biblical in every sense of the word [see BIBLE | Your God-prescribed duty to those in mortal danger]; and, I also believe that Martin Luther King, Jr., would agree. To-wit:
All of MLK's success during his lifetime and the longevity it enjoys is due to one thing: the basis and grounding of his actions in a righteous and hard-won faith. If anything, he is living (not dead, but living) proof that my assertion that indifference is as deadly as the threat being ignored is the right one.
Even the most notable poets of our time decry the one who does not speak up and act out:
This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper.
I believe that this sentiment is biblical in every sense of the word [see BIBLE | Your God-prescribed duty to those in mortal danger]; and, I also believe that Martin Luther King, Jr., would agree. To-wit:
Moreover, I am cognizant of the interrelatedness of all communities and states. I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. Never again can we afford to live with the narrow, provincial "outside agitator" idea. Anyone who lives inside the United States can never be considered an outsider anywhere within its bounds.
— Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., (Letter from a Birmingham Jail)
All of MLK's success during his lifetime and the longevity it enjoys is due to one thing: the basis and grounding of his actions in a righteous and hard-won faith. If anything, he is living (not dead, but living) proof that my assertion that indifference is as deadly as the threat being ignored is the right one.
Even the most notable poets of our time decry the one who does not speak up and act out:
This is the way the world ends / Not with a bang but a whimper.
— T. S. Eliot, (The Hollow Men)
