Good vs. Evil: Part 2

On the same topic as yesterday...

A couple of weeks ago I had the thought occur to me, like a red whirling warning light. This illumination came surprisingly enough while watching the auditions shows of So You Think You Can Dance. (Hey, mock if you will, but Jessica and I like this show.) The guest judge/choreographer Mia Michaels in an effort to compliment a guy dancer after a really great audition said, "You are so stupid." That is what got me to thinking...

It seems like the fashionable way to talk in the world is to use negative words to describe good things, thus making good into evil and evil into good.

For example, pay attention to how often you hear people try to describe something excellent or praiseworthy by using adjectives like "bad", "phat", "stupid", "ugly", "gnarly", "wicked" etc. (Feel free to comment with other words you are now hearing regularly.)

Now I don't necessarily think this is a cause of the world turning more wicked, but I do think it is a symptom. Bishop Smith in our old Star 1st Ward often spoke about how the words we use and even think have a huge impact in our mental and spiritual well-being. So, as for me and my household, we are going to try and eliminate the use of negative words to describe good things.

Good vs. Evil

Isa. 5: 20

20 ¶ Woe unto them that call ^aevil ^bgood, and good evil; that put ^cdarkness for ^dlight, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Some headlines of the day:

1. Empire State Building lighted in red and yellow to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of their communist revolution. Never mind that they killed 77 million people to do it.

2. Hollywood celebs in droves are signing a petition asking for the release of Roman Polanksi who was recently arrested for monstrously raping a 13 year old girl back in 1977. If you really want to make yourself angry and sick, just read the girls testimony about how Roman forced himself on her. He and all his buddies are despicable!