Our second president, John Adams, said, "Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak, and that it is doing God's service when it is violating all His laws."
We knew a guy who fits that description. He was a Nazi Colonel in WWII and a medical doctor. He relocated to Mexico where he opened an orphanage, studied exotic plants, collected beetles, and lived in comfort with his wife and 8 children for nearly 50 years. He probably planned to live out his life in Mexico, doing his good works. But, he was deported finally after a trial in which he admitted to molesting numerous orphan boys in his care over a period of many years.
His response? He said that he had helped those boys. He said he was more intelligent than most people--He had needs that the rest of us simply could not understand. They weren't Germans after all, just indians. . . .
When he was given the opportunity to leave the country his wife of 60 some years chose not to accompany him.
Remember the Lord worketh not in secret combinations, but in all things hath forbidden it from the beginning of man.
Power always thinks it has a great soul. Our Nazi acquaintance is dead now. Buried in Costa Rica.
He can make his case to a higher court.
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