Politics prevent us from condemning atrocities universally. Politics make us blind to some victims and extraordinarily sympathetic to others. Politics demand that we adopt a partisan morality. Politics make us say that some lives matter and that some don’t matter at all. That some crimes are more important than others. That the crimes of our allies and friends, however heinous, are of no consequence. Politics prevent us from doing justice.
Fortunately, God is above politics and partisanship. God will not ask, “Whose side were you on?” but, “Were you just and true?”
Last modified: 1 February 2015
