Crimes Against Society

There is an interesting tide in South Africa at the moment. Damage to infrastructure and the destruction of wildlife (two examples which made headlines this month) are beginning to be treated as crimes against society, if not crimes against the world. The alternative would be to regard the same, for example, as issues of replacement cost or theft. I made this distinction in my Metaphysical Notes which were published in March. OBSERVATION: This distinction needs to be observed in the life of the Church, too. Especially where individual behaviour affects the well-being of the whole Body, one needs decisive action. And one needs to have an eye to recognise it.