Saint Thomas the Divine on the Difference between Sensitivity and Insensitivity.

What is sensitivity? And why is it important?

The answer to the second Question above is found in the answer to the first. Sensitivity, contrary to what many believe it is today, and especially in the United States, is the vehemently passionate defense of holiness. The opposite of this is insensitivity - the weak-kneed, namby-pamby response to sin we see in today's world, and especially in Israel. A genuinely sensitive man or woman would have to kill half the people alive today for the mess they engage in - homosexuality, Sabbath breaking, beasteality, cursing parents, etc., etc. Sensitivity is important because it leads to peace on earth; nothing short of it will ever bring it about!

What's needed in the world today are genuinely smart people, for sensitivity is directly proportional to I.Q. and vice-versa. It is men and women that are sensitive; spoiled rotten, snot-nosed, little boys and girls are not. Also, you will find that it is only the mighty, the enormously tough that actually are it, for sensitivity and might are not seperable, the truth be known. It is weaklings that are insensitive.

Be holy, O Israel, for I thy God am holy. Do you understand? Stand up for what's right, and not for what's wrong; defend holiness with every weapon at your disposal. This is sensitivity! Do this and I will not abhor you.