On this day, December 25, 2015, when Christians around the world are celebrating, perhaps, the holiest day of their calendar next to Easter and when everyone from the President of the United States to the Queen of England are putting out messages emphasizing peace, it just seemed appropriate to me that a more balanced message of reality be added.

The title of this blog post/message, if I have my Latin right, reads (and should read) “Against the City of God and the Sorrowful Path”.  And the title almost says it all, but should still be added to.  See, we have just endured, perhaps, one of the most hideous years in all of human history.  And I will not recount the many, many human atrocities committed over the course of this year alone here as if to read out some end of the year review because, frankly, I don’t want to…