Today in church was the first Sunday of Lent and we had readings about temptation: Adam and Eve and Jesus in the wilderness.
My take on these readings is that they are attempts to explain our experience of evil in the world.
But contrary to the texts 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.
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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