Only the depraved fancy murder and war as good things. They do so with the idea that other people suffer the consequences. Murder may be gratifying if you are the murderer. War may be advantageous if it gains you wealth and power. To the victims and their loved ones, however, murder and war are horrors.
Much of our fiction is about murder and war, and not because we are fond of such things. On the contrary: they are interesting because they are horrible. The villains are the murderers and the warmongers, not our heroes. If we loved murder and war, our fiction would have the heroes as the murderers and warmongers. When they are, we call them “antiheroes” to separate them from our ideals.
Why are murder and war common if most people dislike them? Well, most people do not really care unless they or their loved ones are the victims. They are indifferent… until it is too late.
You, as an individual, cannot change the world. It fancies murder and war, whether you do or not. It shall perpetuate murder and war, no matter how hard you try to stop it. You are only to blame if you commit or allow such things within your power.
All things are clean of themselves, and murder and war are not exceptions. To deliberately kill people can be a good thing, no matter how many people you kill or whether they are men or women or children or young or old. To fight and kill may be the right thing to do, even when to the destruction of an entire tribe, nation, race or culture.
Why does God allow murder and war? Why not? Sometimes he commits murder. Sometimes he wages war. You think to judge him? I laugh at you. Even as a mortal man, I can see your hypocrisy.
Murder
and war are not forever. They serve a purpose and shall continue till they have
served that purpose. What is that purpose? Well, they test you. They also
inspire you. What would our games and movies be without them?
Our popular stories of War and Murder are as adversaries to be overcome by heroes. War and murder stirs the pot, the nature of life and death thrills us. A hero is humanity at it's best, they inspire us. Without violence there would be very little need for a hero. We can see things from God's perspective in the thrill of the violence. An example would be Samson vs the Philistines. We can enjoy, create, and be inspired by the fiction but God creates our reality and is righteous ALWAYS.
ReplyDeleteYes. God reveled in the REALITY of Samson. Why should we be ashamed of our like fantasies? Without violence, good against evil would be limited to courtrooms.
DeletePeople who revel in war are just as bad as people who start them. And on top of that they usually see it all as just like a video game playing out with no thoughts of how it's going to affect people and loved ones.
ReplyDeleteThat said, war is a concept that we do have and can use in our fiction. It can be exciting in that way and tales of heroes can come out in it. Maybe, we'll find a day where all war is fiction, and there is nothing wrong with that at all.
That day shall come. The warmongers shall not be with us to enjoy it.
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