In the song Cruella DeVil, Cruella is described as an "inhuman beast," which, strictly speaking, isn't completely accurate. I hold that all human beings are and remain human, no matter how far they depart from their "humanity."
I think that there is a great danger to dehumanizing people. When we fail to see others as being human, we run run the risk of regarding them as being unworthy of sympathy and consideration. I'll grant you that it's difficult to have sympathy for anyone with plans to kill more than 100 puppies, and certainly we shouldn't allow such plans to move forward, but we also shouldn't forget that all human beings are children of God, no matter what they've done or plan to do. Jesus Christ's Atonement is incredibly powerful. Any repentant human being can be cleansed of any sin, no matter how heinous, and any human being who is still alive has a chance to choose to repent.
I don't think we should fully give up on anyone. No matter what a person does, they remain human, and they retain the chance to repent and be saved. Instead of dehumanizing others, we should rey to have some sympathy for them, and we should remember that, no matter who they are or what they've done, they are still a child of God.
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