Every Generation is Tested by Great Evil

Dennis Prager Gives a Historical Perspective

This Piece by Dennis Prager caught my attention. We seem to be reticent to identify evil these days and modern philosophies seem so unable to aid us. In fact, what has for generations been seen as 'good' is now questioned in a post-modern environment.

But Mr. Prager points out the recurring nature of this phenomenom. Some people once thought Nazi Germany was a good thing. Prager goes on to say:

"It would appear that every generation confronts a major moral test. A great evil presents itself as a good, and the world that is not victimized by that evil is tested: Can it recognize the evil and confront it?
The pattern is eerily and depressingly repetitive.

1. The evil takes hold.
2. The evil has myriad defenders even among otherwise decent people.
3. The evil is vanquished after destroying an uncountable number of lives.
4. After the evil is vanquished, there is virtually unanimous agreement that it was indeed evil."

So it seems we are able to recognize Good and Evil after all.


The aftermath of the Holocaust.