Confronting Diabolical Reality
A theological perspective:
What we need to understand is that terror attacks are specifically and strategically undertaken in order to destabilize an entire society. Every society requires a certain level of safety and stability in order for it to flourish. That’s exactly what is being attacked here. This is a direct assault upon stability and security that we simply have to have in an adequate level for society to function. Terror is the great enemy of this kind of security and stability. If inside a society you can instill enough fear, enough terror by this means of attack, then you can effectively shut down a society.
A secular perspective:
The key question:
The founder's answer:
The diabolical reality of evil violence is what the founder's of our country had in mind when they wrote the second amendment to our constitution. An armed society is the most logical way of remaining a free (and relatively safe) society. It's not perfect, but nothing designed by man is perfect.
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