We can appreciate the Christian absolutist who seeks to stand wholly against involvement in the
evil of society; yet
as he does so he must realize that those who are
working for relative gains within the social order are doing a
necessary work in the service of God.
I write because history shows us — heck, The Daily Show and Roxane Gay and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and thousands of journalists and bloggers and
working poets and writers literally show us every day — that it's the best weapon against hopelessness and despair and loneliness, mightier than tear gas and homophobia and injustice and corrupt politicians and fracking and every other
evil in the world, and every bit
as necessary for reaching our human potential
as oxygen is for continued function of the brain.