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Refuse to hate


There's been plenty said and scribed about the tragedy in Charlottesville, Va. At my age, I thought I'd already learned everything I needed about hate crimes, hate activity, hate cults. I was wrong. Hate rallies based on ethnicity, race, origin — that's as close to a crime without it being a crime. Maybe it should be. There is no point in arguing with extremists.

I do agree on this: I refuse to hate. We don't witness everything seen and unseen. Life goes full circle and we are all accountable eventually. Love will win. Just watch your backs if you're hovering in a place tormented by evil.

The apostle Paul was the worst kind of human being, a man who led persecution and executions of innocent people. Even he got a second chance. Confessed his heinous sins. Surrendered. Preached the gospel until he, too, was executed. Unfathomable, yet sanctified.

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