I am going to go back to my Tolkien nerd thing for this one… The framing story for the Lord of the Rings (LotR) is the War of the Ring—the conflict between the forces of the West and the forces of Sauron. In relative terms, the West is weak. They are scattered and disunited. Some of them (like Saruman) have themselves turned to evil. The Elves have largely abandoned Middle-Earth. Sauron has a huge army drawing upon the resources of pretty much a majority (in area and population and wealth) of Middle-Earth—plus there is the whole thing where he is a demiurgic being of vast power.
More About Evil and Responding to It...
More About Evil and Responding to It...
More About Evil and Responding to It...
I am going to go back to my Tolkien nerd thing for this one… The framing story for the Lord of the Rings (LotR) is the War of the Ring—the conflict between the forces of the West and the forces of Sauron. In relative terms, the West is weak. They are scattered and disunited. Some of them (like Saruman) have themselves turned to evil. The Elves have largely abandoned Middle-Earth. Sauron has a huge army drawing upon the resources of pretty much a majority (in area and population and wealth) of Middle-Earth—plus there is the whole thing where he is a demiurgic being of vast power.