Ephesians 5:8 makes an interesting statement: "You were formerly darkness."
This is not a warning against doing the "deeds of darkness," as v.11 does. Verse 8 is a statement of identity, who we formerly were: darkness itself.
Milton captures the idea in the speech he puts in satan's mouth when he recognizes the reality of his fall:
"Which way shall I fly Infinite wrath and infinite despair ? Which way I fly is hell; myself am hell..."
We all know, and agree with, General Sherman's (slightly-misquoted) dictum that "War is hell."
Well and good that we do: it's true, and has always been true. We all know so.
Well and good that we can all objectively judge the moral quality of war.
How is it then that we invariably regard warriors as "heroes"...and not logically, as devils ?
