That's just it.

Outwardly speaking, my deeds may not have directly led to tens or hundreds of millions of deaths.

But I certainly am guilty of holding bitterness and hatred in my heart, of calling my brother far worse things than a fool, and of many similar things. Of failing to show kindness and love to others, some of whom may as a result go on to do awful things for which I will be partly guilty as well.

And even for the murder of people's souls, through not properly sharing with them the only Gospel of the only One who can save.

Can I honestly claim to better in any sense than Hitler or Stalin or Pol Pot, other than, perhaps, (a) in degree only, not in kind; and (b) solely and entirely by the unmerited restraining Grace of God?


Aspiring student of Christ