I'm still watching Babylon 5... and... its quite an emotional roller coaster if you take the series seriously. In the episode I'm watching, basically, the bad guys, are trying to break the main good guy, emotionally and physically through manipulation and very slanted views of what "the truth" is. And... it makes me think how I would be if I were in a torture situation. And basically, I figured out, that I truly would... and do pity the people who... think that, who truly think that there is nothing beyond this world than death. Or those that think they can... control others and change them and hurt them because for some reason they are better and they happen to have the "power".
Now, I have two perspectives on this-- one is a personal, physical perspective, and one is a theoretical one that I've just thought out over the years. Some time ago, someone I know experienced... well, several unsavory scams over various forms of communication. There wasn't much I could do until it was too late and when I was in the thicke of it, I could have beaten to a pulp any person connecting with the scam side. I literally do not understand, one, why people feel the need to take from others. Others that don't have much themselves, and take from them under extremely false pretenses. I do not understand what these people think they have to gain by stealing from the poor. Stealing from anyone for that matter, but especially those that can stand something like that the least. I also do not understand why people would agree to work for people who run scams. I don't care how bad your situation in life is. You should not resort to ruining the lives of others just to earn a few bucks. I would basically rather be killed than go along with senseless acts of immorality. I do not know how people like that can sleep at night. They must be all sociopaths and psychopaths. There is no excuse to put others through pain just for.. for what? I don't even know what. I really don't.
This... unsavory experience is what first really got me thinking about situations like this. Where, people just do bad things to others and why. Why do they do it? They must not truly believe in God. They must not believe in the true God anyway. Father, Son and Holy Spirit. If you truly believe in God and that He sent His Son-- that He sacrificed himself to atone for our sins, then you wouldn't treat others and in turn jeopardize your own self and soul for... petty things like an extra pay day or maybe even your own life. I would rather be killed than have to kill someone else or do something terrible to someone else. Its not worth me screwing me up in order to save me or "save" someone else. I know in movies they do the scenario a lot that goes something like "do this bad thing, and we won't kill this other good person." And usually, the person does the bad thing in the hopes that they won't kill or harm the other person. But, the way I see it, why should I endanger my soul by commiting a sin to supposedly save someone else? It doesn't work like that. Our bodies are just a shell anyway, what happens to our bodies doens't truly matter and the pain that we endure for Christ in this life will be rewarded in the next. I just... as much as I'm talking about what I'd do, it just makes me think and really feel sorry and pity for the people who do these bad things and make others do the same bad things. How terrible their view of the world must be. How bleak. How Godless and how full of evil and sin is must be. I truly, truly, pray for those people. That they would... see the light, see the forgiveness of God and repent and turn away from their evil deeds. I really, truly, pray for them. And if you are one of those people, I pray for you. Even if you don't want me to, I am, because I care. I want to see as many people as possible in Heaven and when God makes a new Earth. :)
And a side note, which might just mess up what I all just said. If I ever met and knew who it was that scammed the person I know, I'd be hard pressed to not beat them up. I wouldn't kill them, but it would be nice to inflict just a little pain and damage for all the pain and damage they caused. I'd pray for myself not to, but I gotta admit that it would probably feel good. At least at first, because I'm sure it wouldn't be nearly as satisfying as I think it would be. But, hey. I'm not perfect and that's why I need Jesus, and so do you.
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