This one of those little 'pearls' of conventional wisdom that I tend to disregard in general. If convention’s ”doing it,” chances are: I’m not. I’m taking the circuitous route, coloring outside the lines or flying right on overhead. But the latter aside, let's analyze this little piece of wisdom in a bit more detail. Right off the bat, you would have to agree with the assumption that there is in fact a “Hell”, would you not? And I don’t believe in “Hell”, in the traditional sense anyway –now there’s an interesting discussion in the making.
But let’s say that you run with the assumption that there is indeed a “Hell” … Then, from a balance perspective, you would have to assume that there is an opposing force or place for Hell … So let’s say there is a Heaven and for the time being let's assume this Heaven comes with a benevolent Divine presiding power, God a Creator if you will. And it is this Divine power, God the Creator, who gets to ‘determine’ just exactly who is going to Hell. Well, I would have to question the prevailing Divine wisdom or ruling balance that would allow the road leading to this Hell to be paved with “good intentions.” Wouldn't you????? To quote a friend of mine, in such an existence “If there is a 'God' [then] he must be a mean mother-fucker.” ... His words, not mine. The point being, such a 'God' would be pretty far from benevolent and that goes against everything I have come to know --or otherwise intuit-- about our Creator thus far.
I mean, if a person’s intentions are “good” then they must be aiming to do “right” by someone or something, even if they haven’t quite gotten IT right yet? Right? Even if you don't buy into a single Divine ruling source of over-arching universal balance, a 'God', perhaps you believe instead it is a persons actions alone which will determine whether or not they go to Heaven as opposed to Hell ... One has to wonder then, in such a scenario, is it an all or nothing deal? Or is it a percentage of intent --w.r.t. to actual outcome-- that determines whether or not your path leads into Hell? And in either case, do you only get ONE chance --one LIFE-- to get it “right”? Dante Alighieri's cast of characters --one of my recent reads-- each one stranded within the various levels of Dante's highly imaginative vision of Hell is swimming vividly through my mind right now.
Well these are the thoughts running through my head today. My mind tends to wander to odd places when I’m stuck in bumper to bumper traffic. Hah! And I just drove over a road sign, knocked flat, sans pole, lying in the middle of a four lane --each way— highway. What does this the sign 'say'? “NO THROUGH ROAD” … Hmmm: Perhaps this sign says it all? ; )
Song: "Demons", By Imagine Dragons
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