The Universe Is Not a Horror Show

As a Christian, I would argue that the Bible tries to have it both ways because it is both ways. There is an evil outside of us—and sometimes we see the repugnant enormity of that evil. We intuitively seem to know this, which is why every culture tells horror stories and attempts to come up with ways to distract us from seeing that horror. We also know there is evil within us—which is why every culture has categories of guilt or shame or injustice or atonement.