Even among those who said, "It is not my fault; the devil made me do," there is no excuse. Each person has freedom of will, to say "Yes" or "No!" to the Tempter. No action can be made without that ultimate choice to go for a sin or crime or not. Whatever he does, a person is culpable for everything he does, whether or not a struggle to exercise his will precedes the action or not.
Most people believe that once people gain their freedom from oppressors, they became free. History shows that's not necessarily true. Our oppressors are not outside us but within us--pride, fear, covetousness... These sinful vices keep people in bondage using chains that no amount of uprising can break.
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