angels and demons
To see the devil as a partisan of Evil and an angel as a warrior on the side of Good is to accept the demagogy of the angels. Things are of course more complicated than that.
Angels are partisans not of Good but of divine creation. The devil, on the other hand, is one who refuses to grant any rational meaning to that divinely created world.
Dominion over the world, as we know, is divided between angels and devils. The good of the world, however implies not that the angels have the advantage over the devils but that the powers of the two sides are nearly in equilibrium. If there were too much incontestable meaning in the world ( angel's power ),man would succumb under its weight. If the world were to lose all its meaning ( the devil's reign ), we could not live either.
So much for good and evil. So much for moderation. So much for purgatory.
Then there's always the cliched 'angel and devil' in your mind, swaying your opinions and manipulating your actions.
The conservative and the liberal.
I've seen many angels in my life. Following the untouchable commandments of life religiously. The rights and wrongs drawn out clearly, never questioning each definition, never doubting life and living life. Outright angels irritates. Blinded by faith of the system?
And it's obvious that the angels dislike the devils.
Rebels who doubt the existence of the system?
Outright devils are extremists. The world can do less with those, say Satan.
We are all devils in our own right and that's the way we like it.
Coming of age, dirt in the world slowly washes off the purity of angels.
We do need these angels around. They are the other end in our equilibrium.
We do need these angels around to make us look more devilish.
Angels are partisans not of Good but of divine creation. The devil, on the other hand, is one who refuses to grant any rational meaning to that divinely created world.
Dominion over the world, as we know, is divided between angels and devils. The good of the world, however implies not that the angels have the advantage over the devils but that the powers of the two sides are nearly in equilibrium. If there were too much incontestable meaning in the world ( angel's power ),man would succumb under its weight. If the world were to lose all its meaning ( the devil's reign ), we could not live either.
So much for good and evil. So much for moderation. So much for purgatory.
Then there's always the cliched 'angel and devil' in your mind, swaying your opinions and manipulating your actions.
The conservative and the liberal.
I've seen many angels in my life. Following the untouchable commandments of life religiously. The rights and wrongs drawn out clearly, never questioning each definition, never doubting life and living life. Outright angels irritates. Blinded by faith of the system?
And it's obvious that the angels dislike the devils.
Rebels who doubt the existence of the system?
Outright devils are extremists. The world can do less with those, say Satan.
We are all devils in our own right and that's the way we like it.
Coming of age, dirt in the world slowly washes off the purity of angels.
We do need these angels around. They are the other end in our equilibrium.
We do need these angels around to make us look more devilish.
posted by jingli K at 5:35 PM
6 Comments:
Ultimately, isn't it all relative? Conservatives are evil too, in their own way, and liberals, at least, are more tolerant. Sweeping statement, perhaps, but isn't most genocide commited by people who think they are in the right, protecting some traditional way of life, some archaic belief system?
Well the world has to have the right balance of good and evil...otherwise equilibrium would be severely tilted...upsetting nature around us...causin widespread chaos
Azzurri
Wait...how much is the choc thingy for 2? :p
I suspect the fondue is abt 30+ near 40 for 2 cuz i was there the other day but not living in the upper end of the society like this couple to try it out. Good and bad is just a perception of the society and the era that we live in. We look upon many practices of the past as barbaric or inhumane while people in the past would probably speak of our era as immoral. As long as there is no harm to another person in doing something, why not?
-Damien-
Hey hey, this post is about angels and demons, what's with the fondue thing?
At haegen daaz it's 24plus for 2.
No it was not at al dente.
One last thing. Al Dente has choc fondue too -- $16.90 for 2. But without the most important Ice-Cream.
-xiang
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