Wastelands to Ourselves |
by Roberto Rivera |
For I do not understand my own actions. For I do not do what I want, but I do the very thing I hate . . . For I do not do the good I want, but the evil I do not want is what I keep on doing.
Which of us can't relate to St. Paul's frustration? Human perversity makes a mockery out of our attempts at self-improvement and our noble intentions. It's bad enough that we do evil -- the fact that we often don't understand why is maddening.
Human perversity is the subject of my latest noodling over at Boundless. If you ever wondered how cheating at football, so-so fruit, the civil rights movement and St. Augustine of Hippo come together, here's one possible answer.
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