Nikolas Cruz and the Unmasking of Sin and Evil

The urge to label all evil-doers "crazy" is an avoidance of responsibility, a willful denial of the reality of man's nature, and at its core, a false religion.

This is wonderful, needful piece by my dear friend Tom Ascol. The urge to label all evil-doers "crazy" is an avoidance of responsibility, a willful denial of the reality of man's nature, and at its core, a false religion. There is real mental illness in this world. But there is far, far more wickedness. And that is common to us all. — RDM

by Tom Ascol
February 25, 2018

At 2:23PM on February 14, 2018, the first 911 call reported an active shooter at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. The suspect was quickly identified as 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz and a little over an hour later law enforcement officers had him detained. His bloody massacre left 17 students and staff dead and fifteen wounded, receiving treatment in area hospitals. It is now the deadliest shooting in an American high school.

Once again our nation is mourning senseless deaths at the hands of someone who intentionally and methodically murdered innocent fellow citizens. Predictably, politicians are trying…