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The French philosopher Voltaire said those who can make us believe absurdities can make us commit atrocities.
In light of the tragic events of the past few weeks, this admonition is more relevant than ever.
The inherent evil in these tragedies and the callous reactions afterward are a result of the moral bankruptcy and the disregard for the human dignity and the preciousness of life.
Each victim in these atrocities was a light in this world, extinguishing that light and the darkness that follows is a clarion call for prayer.
This to has been met with derision and mockery.
Real prayer takes us down deep far beneath the surface of our soul. We can't experience it until we experience the darkness and the silence.
Only then do we blot out the glare of the world and the lure of its trinkets. We pray to align our lives with God's will and to individually combat evil as well as pray for supplication for others.
A compelling case can be made that 24-hour news cycles and social media have had a corrosive influence on the responsibility we have to respect others.
Post-modernist thinking has created a culture that ignores or dismisses eternal truths that have withstood thousands of years and replaced it with a narcissistic view of self truths that blow with the prevailing wind.
President William McKinley warned the tyranny of the minority is far more odious and intolerable and to be feared than the majority.
Let us strive to exemplify the virtues of those that precede us in both word and deed for those that follow us.
Mel Kepner
Altoona