Better Angels and the Wrath of God. The Snake Eating It’s Tail. Or, Evil against Evil is Good. Is Why God (Love) is a Man of War (Hell). And (a ‘hypocrite”) who killed 2,821,364 people in the Bible. He commanded Thou Shalt Not Kill. Vengeance is mine, sayeth the lord. Every human being on earth is a “terrorist organization.” A boiling pot of resentment. Only God is good. Some think an eternal HELL is a wise creation of heavenly justice. Others think God should go to hell, Himself, for being worse than the hellions themselves. Is God both the best and the worst?
And love means hate, if, for example, someone rapes your child, or murders your wife, or tortures your family, for example.*. If justice is unobtainable by the police, and you KNOW the perp’s identity…. Then, in that case, I would say, abduction into a private prison could be merited. If they beat your loved ones, then justice would be vengeance in kind with cruel beating(s) of your own, and even rape, torture, and slow, painful murder might even be called for, for satisfaction. It could be just and right and merited and a sad conclusion to a tragic situation, not a thrill-kill. Is my attempt to understand Hell. Hell is, after all, extra-judicial.
I’m just saying, I understand.
*On the other hand, maybe violence is NEVER justified. No one should join the military, and militaries should not exist, and they should never go to war, and all murder is an abomination, and the cycle of violence needs to stop with you, no matter what, with understanding and forgiveness, not vengeance and retribution, to lessen the overall amount of suffering in the world, and allow Hope. Criminals need to be locked up, but eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind, and justice should be kind, and not make the justice system as guilty as the perpetrator. In other words, impose a harsh penalty, in a sentence of time, but not in pain or cruelty. Just confine someone to a cell, and deprive them of freedom, without killing or maiming them. A truly enlightened justice system understands the context and motivation(s) of the criminal (act), and aims for the repentance and transformation of even the most heinous criminals.
MY VIEW
In the heat of passions, the need for retribution may cloud anyone’s judgement, and make it less than objective, fair, and impartial. God is emotional, and feels wrongs against him deeply, and has a thirst for justice, a need for things to be made right. But he is also cold, detached, unemotional, dispassionate, objective, and capable of impartial fairness and justice. So Hell is just a threat, a disincentive. The reality is everybody, no matter what their life story or history, good or bad, dies and disappears, dust to dust. That is the ultimate fate of all criminals. I personally believe in pacifism and the idealism of maybe someday there not being a need for militaries or police or weapons, but this is obviously unrealistic, and I simply espouse Buddhism for virtues like kindness, and Islam for a beneficent, merciful God, and Christianity for love and turning the other cheek, and Hinduism for recognizing that it is valid to worship different forces, such as Creation, Preservation, or Destruction. In other words, it’s all good, and atheism is a path to God, and eventually people see the Truth of the wisdom of reducing suffering and increasing contentment. The goals of the good life are bliss, service, peace, prosperity, health, love, fun. A virtuous person seeks to end the suffering of ALL beings, not just themselves. I think the best people are funny, and make others happy. Was the Buddha a comedian?
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