The Book of Job says, this life is a warfare, and in my readings I have found that human history is nothing other than the ongoing struggle in human affairs between the Light and the Darkness. And, indeed, this has been my own experience.
There is no avoiding the war; you serve the Good or its Enemy. Most men believe they can sit comfortably on the fence, deserters from the field of battle. This is often due to sloth (Latin acedia), which is spiritual laziness or torpor. Dorothy Sayers described this as "the sin which believes in nothing, cares for nothing, seeks to know nothing, interferes with nothing, enjoys nothing, loves nothing, hates nothing, finds purpose in nothing, lives for nothing, and only remains alive because there is nothing it would die for."
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