We are human. We are flawed: there is not that much good in any of us, and in all things we try to achieve we are not perfect. Even the greatest athletes do not have perfect runs: instead a great athlete keeps on going when things are not working well and recovers their form.

Our works do not save us. But Christ does.

Romans 8:1-11

¹There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. ²For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. ³For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do: by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and to deal with sin, he condemned sin in the flesh, ⁴so that the just requirement of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not according to the flesh but according to the Spirit. ⁵For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit. ⁶To set the mind on the flesh is death, but to set the mind on the Spirit is life and peace. ⁷For this reason the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God; it does not submit to God’s law — indeed it cannot, ⁸and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

⁹But you are not in the flesh; you are in the Spirit, since the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him. ¹⁰But if Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness. ¹¹If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will give life to your mortal bodies also through his Spirit that dwells in you.

What can one add? Only this: the world hates Christ. For the spirit of the world is against Christ, and will try to silence those who are of Christ.

It did not take me long to find examples.

School administrators at a small Florida college suspended a Christian student last week after he confronted a Muslim professor who told students that the crucifixion of Jesus Christ was a hoax and that Jesus’ disciples didn’t believe that he was God.

Marshall Polston, a 20-year-old sophomore at Rollins College, alleges that he recently confronted his Muslim humanities professor, Areeje Zufari, for her outlandish claims, which aren’t supported by factual history.

“It was very off-putting and flat out odd,” he told the Central Florida Post, adding that he’s traveled the world and studied in Muslim countries. “Honestly, it reminded me of some of the more radical groups I researched when abroad.”

But after he confronted Zufari, Polston said she gave him a failing grade on a major essay — a 52 — and refused to explain the poor grade.

“I was upset, understandably,” Polston told the Post. “I’ve never gotten anything less than straight A’s, so I was really interested in figuring out how to possibly improve or at least understand the grade.”

During a separate discussion in class, this time on the application of Sharia law, Polston told the College Fix that a male Muslim student made chilling comments, including that gay people and adulterers should be beheaded in accordance with Muslim law.

“I spoke out to the professor about … the decapitation comments made by the student,” Polston told the Fix. “The statement by the conservative Muslim student met such fear by some that one of the students reported it to the FBI.

“The situation was surreal. We’ve already had one too many attacks in Orlando and as an avid traveler, I realized this was the perfect example of ‘see something, say something,’ ” he explained.

After that, Polston said Zufari reported him to the school’s “dean of safety” and canceled class claiming Polston made her feel “unsafe.” He was subsequently called to the dean’s office to discuss his actions, which Polston said the dean claimed were making campus “unsafe.”

The darkness in me wants to get a grant to go visit. Take substitute class, and discuss hwo Mohammed was a pedobear, and that Sharia is cancer. And see if they deem unsafe on campus faculty from a university on the worldwide top 150. The cowards who run that propaganda mill are probably that provincial.

They are seeking the virtue. St Elfwick of the Wrongskin’s satire of them is far too accurate to be funny. Do not pretend that your virtue would save you. Choose Christ.