Here is a remedy (for madness, delusion, and irresponsibility) that the elder prepared at the request of our regular client, who asked for medicine for his acquaintance, who displayed symptoms of madness and delusion (and irresponsibility) by refusing to participate in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential elections. He justified his stance by saying that his Christian conscience (awareness, worldview) did not allow him to choose between two evils: the greater and the lesser!? (Thus, such a “saint” or “wise guy” either does not go to the polling station or spoils the ballot!?). Our pharmacy did not have such a remedy (for such a disease-delusion) because we thought it was so obvious (especially in the context of the 2019 Ukrainian presidential elections) that it was not even worth discussing, but it turned out that no, it was not obvious to everyone, far from it! Therefore, our elder-pharmacist prepared a mixture (of thoughts-truths) in reserve (hoping that these are not the last elections, and the essence here is not in the elections – this is just one of the symptoms of the disease of madness-delusion-pride), hoping that it might still be needed by someone; hence it appeared in my basket. Here is an excerpt from the instructions for this mixture (words of truth).
Someone says: “I will not go to the presidential elections (mayor, parliament, etc.) because I cannot (by my faith, Christian conscience) choose evil: greater evil and lesser evil, after all, it is equally evil! Therefore, no matter what, marking a check against the name (party, etc.) of this or that candidate (knowing that he is an evildoer!) for president (mayor, deputies, etc.) means that I am choosing evil (greater or lesser – it does not matter, because evil is evil!?)”. And these people call themselves Christians (those who stand and walk in Truth, in the Light of Love-Mercy), and their conscience, worldview – Christian!?
The fact that this is madness and delusion, and irresponsibility (“let it be whatever it will be – let even the antichrist, the devil come to power – I don’t care! I will not defile myself by choosing between criminals” (let me remind you that in this world, all are sinners, therefore all are criminals, and the antichrist as well! – here is the trap that such a wise guy falls into)) – this is obvious! But, as scientists say, the hardest thing to prove is the obvious. Let’s try to prove the madness of this position (“I will not choose between evils (greater, lesser…)”) and show that it has nothing to do with Christianity (Truth-Love-Mercy). (Do not forget, these are remedies for madness in a specific situation – the 2019 Ukrainian presidential elections! Therefore, they can be used as prescribed and under the supervision of a doctor(!) in similar situations! And in fundamentally different situations, given other symptoms of reality, it is necessary (as always!) to discern well: in what doses and combinations to take these thought-remedies-truths! Be vigilant! And do not forget: all harsh words, hatred are directed against the disease, evil, sin, and not against the person (the child of God, Divinely Loved by God), who suffers from this disease, who is possessed by evil, who serves sin!!! Hate sin, evil, disease, but love the sinner, the criminal, the sick!!!).
To prove that this position has nothing to do with Christianity (Truth, Love, Mercy), let’s recall a few theorems (truths) that we proved (witnessed) in previous parts (I-IV). First, let’s recall one truth, which is an answer to the question: who is the greatest sinner-criminal in all history?! In part IV, we proved a theorem that gives an unequivocal answer to this question, namely: the greatest sinner and the only criminal in the entire Universe is Me! (I (every person for themselves, every I) am the only criminal to myself! No one can ever do harm to me except me! For me (each I, each person), all other people (hypostases, beings) are benefactors through whom the Lord God-Love Divinely Loves me (each I, each person) every moment!!! – see part IV for details). Let’s recall another fact-truth: every moment everything is good for everyone! (Every moment every person is in Paradise, being gifted with everything best, most appropriate for Happiness-Bliss! Every person is Divinely Loved every moment!..). We proved this theorem (witnessed this truth) when we talked about God’s Providence (see parts I-IV, especially in the section “Thank for everything! Rejoice always!”). So, for me (for every Christian (and even for the Orthodox catechumen)) all other people are better than me (spiritually, closer to God) and my benefactors (I am the greatest sinner and the only criminal!). Therefore, when I go to elections (I have a choice: “better” and “even better”), I am not choosing between lesser and greater evil, but between better and even better (= better than me), between benefactor(s) and even better benefactor(s)!
(There are no two identical people-benefactors (specialists, experts), someone is a better specialist (by their fruits-deeds-achievements you will know them) – this is evidenced by the mind (the mind, not the heart! Because some choose with their heart, emotions, preferences – this has nothing to do with responsibility, prudence. (An example of a foolish heart: one lady is asked: why do you vote for Viktor Fyodorovich? And in response (the heart speaks): because he is handsome! Viktor beautifully robbed those enchanted “lovers” (or rather, zombified) for three years, and then the revolution began, the war… Less than five years have passed, and romantics (as pagans say: you can’t order the heart! There is no argument for a foolish zombified heart; “love” is blind, deaf…) again choose the handsome one, who beautifully mocks everything sacred and most precious to a person: God, the Word of God, the church, language, culture, national identity… Only a year has passed, and these handsome servants have already surpassed the three-year beautiful activity of Viktor Fyodorovich and those with him…). The greatest virtue is prudence!!! Yes: neither the mind without the heart (heartless), nor the heart without the mind (foolish)! But an integral personality, in which the mind and heart (should be) united in the light of Truth-Love, in the grace of the Holy Spirit, in Jesus Christ! And until the acquisition of faith-knowledge (when a person is already guided by the Holy Spirit) – everything is chosen (done) with extreme prudence!); so there is always a choice, and the list of candidates can always be arranged in “alphabetical” order by their combined professional virtues (if it turns out that the candidates are identical in professional indicators, then let the heart say its word (decide) – choose the more handsome, more likable…)).