An Open Letter to the New York Times Editorial Board: Maybe there is a “why” to evil and ISIS?

admin — Wed, 22 Oct 2014 19:30:12 +0000

The Times editorial board and some of its columnists have no explanation for the evil splashed across the internet and the pages of their own newspaper. But the kids in our church and the people in Rwanda do. What does it mean when your worldview cannot account for the real world?

From “The Fundamental Horror of ISIS” 10-2-14:
“Comparisons are meaningless at this level of evil, as are attempts to explain the horror by delving into the psychology or rationale of the perpetrators…as Roger Cohen, the New York Times columnist, wrote in a recent piece about ISIS, there is no “why” in the heart of darkness.” —New York Times Editorial Board (“Yet, in the end, there is no why to the barbarism of ISIS. There is no why in Raqqa. Evil may adduce reasons; they fall short.”–Cohen)

Dear Editorial Board,

Lael ArringtonAn Open Letter to the New York Times Editorial Board: Maybe there is a “why” to evil and ISIS? – Lael Arrington

An Open Letter to the New York Times Editorial Board: Maybe there is a “why” to evil and ISIS?