{"tag":"morality","articles":{"texts\/fiction\/afterlife-inc":{"key":"texts\/fiction\/afterlife-inc","type":"article","published":true,"meta":{"createdAt":"2019-05-16T20:51:07+02:00","publishedAt":"2019-05-17T15:38:00+02:00","group":null,"category":"texts","subcategory":"fiction","slug":"afterlife-inc"},"content":{"en":{"slug":"afterlife-inc","title":"Afterlife, Inc.","intro":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\n                \u003Cnoscript\u003E\n                    \u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/cinema_small.jpeg\u0022 alt=\u0022Empty cinema\u0022 class=\u0022border-bottom\u0022 width=\u0022480\u0022 height=\u0022320\u0022\u003E                \n                \u003C\/noscript\u003E\n                \u003Cspan class=\u0022hide-noscript\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022data:image\/png;base64,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\u0022 data-src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/cinema_small.jpeg\u0022 alt=\u0022Empty cinema\u0022 class=\u0022border-bottom\u0022 width=\u0022480\u0022 height=\u0022320\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n                \n            \u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe usually remembered his dreams. Not this time, though. He felt as if he had slept for many, many days, and yet, he couldn\u2019t remember a single thing his subconsciousness had produced over that time. Strange.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOh, wait!\u003C\/em\u003E There was this thing... People were chasing him around the village with pitchforks, they were angry, he was running away, but he couldn\u2019t run, \u003Cem\u003Eclassic dream problems!\u003C\/em\u003E, they caught him, everything went even more blurry... \u003Cem\u003ENah, whatever, just another dream\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis ceiling looks strange, doesn\u2019t it?\u003C\/em\u003E, he realised. \u003Cem\u003EWhere the fuck am I?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","content":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\n                \u003Cnoscript\u003E\n                    \u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/cinema_big.jpeg\u0022 alt=\u0022Empty cinema\u0022 class=\u0022border\u0022 width=\u0022960\u0022 height=\u0022640\u0022\u003E                \n                \u003C\/noscript\u003E\n                \u003Cspan class=\u0022hide-noscript\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022data:image\/png;base64,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\u0022 data-src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/cinema_big.jpeg\u0022 alt=\u0022Empty cinema\u0022 class=\u0022border\u0022 width=\u0022960\u0022 height=\u0022640\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n                \u003Cfigcaption\u003E\n                    \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/evlkOfkQ5rE\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\n                        \u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\n                        unsplash.com\/photos\/evlkOfkQ5rE\n                    \u003C\/a\u003E\n                \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\n            \u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe usually remembered his dreams. Not this time, though. He felt as if he had slept for many, many days, and yet, he couldn\u2019t remember a single thing his subconsciousness had produced over that time. Strange.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOh, wait!\u003C\/em\u003E There was this thing... People were chasing him around the village with pitchforks, they were angry, he was running away, but he couldn\u2019t run, \u003Cem\u003Eclassic dream problems!\u003C\/em\u003E, they caught him, everything went even more blurry... \u003Cem\u003ENah, whatever, just another dream\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis ceiling looks strange, doesn\u2019t it?\u003C\/em\u003E, he realised. \u003Cem\u003EWhere the fuck am I?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe pulled up his head and looked around. \u003Cem\u003EWHAT THE FUCK IS THIS MATRIX!?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhichever way he looked, he couldn\u2019t see the end to rows and rows of snow-white hospital beds filled with people of different ages, genders, skin colors and who knows what else. They all looked dead serious.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOh, did I say \u201cdead serious\u201d? I meant just \u201cdead\u201d.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAll of them were laying flat on their backs with no sign of breath or movement.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe started panicking. \u003Cem\u003EWhat is this place? How did I get here? Am I supposed to be dead?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe looked at the young guy to his right. He could clearly see bruises around the poor dude\u2019s neck. \u003Cem\u003EDid he hang himself? Is it like a morgue or something?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe looked at the old lady to his left. At that age she\u2019s more likely to be dead than alive anyway, morgue or no morgue...\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESuddenly, he heard some voices from a distance. Yup, someone was coming. He could see them. Far, far, away.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFuck, what do I do? Am I supposed to be dead or what? Are they friendly or not? What the hell is happening? Oh my god... \u201cthe hell\u201d... Is this hell? Nah, don\u2019t be stupid... Hell and heaven is just some bullshit made up to make money.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018What\u2019s her story, Jeffrey?\u2019, he heard a male voice from the far.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Not bad, Sir\u2019, he heard an answer. \u2018She\u2019s gonna do fine with the movie, I guess. Quite boring, frankly. Finished school, with mediocre results, found a menial job, found a white straight boring republican guy to marry, had three children, lived long enough, died from cancer, she\u2019ll see that her husband and children miss her, but they eventually manage to move on. Boooooring, but she\u2019ll like it.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Phew... OK, let\u2019s get over with it then.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThey were getting closer. \u003Cem\u003EI\u2019m obviously supposed to be dead now...\u003C\/em\u003E, he thought, \u003Cem\u003ENo idea if they are friendly or not, and whatever the fuck is happening here, but I think I should at least play dead for now.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe laid back down, as straight and unnatural as possible, closed his eyes, and tried to calm down to hide his awfully visibly breathing lungs and awfully loudly pounding heart.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThey went just past him. They didn\u2019t notice anything. Phew!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETheir steps went quiet, and it seemed like they were standing a couple of rows away from him, so he dared to open his eyes and slightly move his head up to see what they\u2019re doing.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the men was tiny and bald, the other one \u2013 old and white-bearded. The Sm\u00e9agol stood at the patient\u2019s head and was clicking something on a computer attached to the bed. The Gandalf, meanwhile, stood right in from of the patient and tried to look serious and important.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Light on!\u2019, said the Dobby before clicking something, and suddenly a powerful light started shining around the bed. \u003Cem\u003EIt must look powerful from the inside! She will probably only see the Dumbledore emanating with cool light, and not much else around.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Awake in 3, 2, 1, ...\u2019, said the bald one after some more clicking. Then the lady woke up. She raised her head and looked straight ahead, straight into the eyes of the bearded one.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Jehovah? Is that you?\u2019, she asked.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Jehovah? Yeah, sure...\u2019, he answered, visibly crestfallen, but then quickly realised how unprofessional it looked, so he cleared his throat and repeated: \u2018I am Jehovah! Welcome to the Afterlife, my child!\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Is this heaven?\u2019, she asked hesitantly. \u2018Was I good enough for heaven?\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018That\u2019s something you\u2019ll have to decide yourself, my child...\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018What does that mean?\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Get up and come with me, I\u2019ll show you.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo she did and they went. Away. But only a couple of steps. And then they just disappeared. The small guy, the big guy, the dead lady, the blinding light \u2013 everything just faded away.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe undead dude got up. He just had to follow them! He had to see what is happening to people who wake up here. He had to know what\u2019s gonna happen to \u003Cem\u003Ehim\u003C\/em\u003E...\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe run towards the place from which those people disappeared, but there was nothing there. Just white floor and rows of sterile beds all around. He went back and forth, left and right, until he lost himself in the boring maze of beds. \u003Cem\u003EWhere the fuck are they?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EI want to get out of here\u003C\/em\u003E, he thought. And from that moment on, every step he took, everything around him was getting more and more dark. Ten steps later he was in a different place. Just like that.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt was a long corridor. Horizon-long. With doors on both sides.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd someone was coming. \u003Cem\u003EGod damn it\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe hid behind the closest door.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt was just a broom closet.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EActually... that\u2019s perfect! I\u2019m naked, like all those dead people, and unlike those Gandalfy people, who wore those long white robes... If someone sees me here naked, they\u2019ll probably drag me back to that bed and kill me back or something... If only I could find some janitor\u2019s clothes here, I could pose as a cleaner and basically get into anywhere!\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo he scoured the closet, and he found some robes (a bit too short for him, but will do), and a janitor cart.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPushing his cart in from of him, he walked along the corridor. Whichever doors he tried to open, were locked. Most had no labels on them, except for a couple: \u201cedit room\u201d, \u201ccinema\u201d, \u201cconservatorium\u201d, \u201cdormitories\u201d, \u201cstaff room\u201d... \u003Cem\u003EAll locked. How the hell do I get there?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAnd how do you get anywhere, here, you moron?\u003C\/em\u003E, he rebuked himself.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe just walked forward and thought loud and clear in his head: \u003Cem\u003EI want to go to the \u201cedit room\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E. And again, with each step he took, the dark gray walls and doors of the corridor gradually disappeared. They got replaced with neon-blue-ish desks and chairs and computers...\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe stopped at one desk that looked quite dirty. He grabbed some empty coffee cups, he wiped the table with a cloth... \u003Cem\u003EIt\u2019s smalltalk time, isn\u2019t it?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018How\u2019s work?\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe girl in a suit working at the desk seemed relieved that she can get a short break.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Horrible, to be honest.\u2019, she confessed. \u2018I\u2019m doing a serial killer today... They\u2019re the worst. Compiling the scenes from their life is damn challenging, as you might imagine.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Hard to watch, huh?\u2019, he asked. \u2018Emotionally...?\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Nah, come on.\u2019, she laughed. \u2018I saw so much gore in that job already, it doesn\u2019t really bother me anymore. Although, I can\u2019t help but feel guilty that we try so much to make them suffer... I prefer making a happy compilation of scenes with her parents and her puppy for a girl who died of cancer, not that...\u2019, she said, visibly annoyed by her current appointment. \u2018Anyways, what\u2019s so fucking hard about serial killers, is that simply showing them their crimes only makes them feel proud, instead of guilty. We have to really put on extra effort to make them feel the right thing.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Oh, ok... so how did you approach this one, huh?\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018He has a code. To never ever hurt children. So he never did \u2013 not directly. But there\u2019s plenty of orphans in the world because of him. Seeing how they got affected will break him, I\u2019m sure.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Smart!\u2019, he complimented her insincerely. Well, his admiration for her skill was sincere, but his apparent gladness that the serial killer will suffer after all, was not. He was afraid of his own future. \u003Cem\u003EWhat are they gonna show me? Was I a good person?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe started re-examining his life before they can make him watch a movie that will make him re-examine his life.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018I\u2019m sorry\u2019, he said to the girl at the desk. \u2018I\u2019ve got to go.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe walked ahead. \u003Cem\u003EI want to go the the \u201ccinema\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E. And he did.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe cinema hall was huge, obviously. But empty. Among the infinite seats, he could only see a single one that was taken. By a person who also seemed to be the lead character in the movie that was currently playing.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe guy in the seat was crying bittersweet tears. The movie was about him in prison, trying to prove his innocence. Only after his death they have finally found the evidence that it was someone else who did it. They\u2019ve exonerated him posthumously, his wife finally realised she was wrong not believing him... It might have been a sad story, but at least now he knew that the truth was out there. He looked glad that he got at least a poor, post-mortem substitute of justice.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Hey, what are you doing here?\u2019, he suddenly heard a whisper. He looked at where it came from. An old, bearded man (different from the previous old, bearded man) came into the cinema together with a tiny, bald man (different from the previous tiny, bald man).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018I came here to clean up, Sir.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Didn\u2019t they tell you to wait until the patient leaves the cinema for conservation? Stick to the rules, man, or you won\u2019t be working here for long...\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018I\u2019m so, so sorry, Sir...\u2019, he said and started walking away.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETake me to the \u201cconservatrium\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E, he thought to himself. And there he was. In a huge, empty, dark green room. \u003Cem\u003EWhat the hell do they conserve here?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThen he saw it. It was far away enough not to draw attention to his presence, yet close enough for him to see what\u2019s happening over there. \u003Cem\u003EGod bless my 20\/20 eyesight...\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThere was a single chair over there. A girl was sitting on it, and she looked quite happy. Yet another Gandalf and Sm\u00e9agol stood around her.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018How do you feel?\u2019, Gandalf asked.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Good.\u2019, she answered with a smile. \u2018Happy. I\u2019ve led an exciting life, I kept true to my values, I had a loving wife who made all of my days brighter...\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018I\u2019m glad that\u2019s what you feel. Because that\u2019s what you\u2019re going to feel for the rest of eternity. You\u2019re welcome.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Sm\u00e9agol clicked something on a tablet, and the woman\u2019s eyes went blank. Gandalf waved a hand in front of her eyes, but she did not react. She didn\u2019t talk. She just smiled, absently.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EI need to get out of here! Take me to the \u201cdormitory\u201d!\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe dormitory, like all the other rooms so far, looked infinite. Almost identical to the room with hospital beds in it, with its white sterility and its excess of nude people. Except instead of lying in beds, they were sitting on a fluffy white floor.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAll eyes blank. None of them reacting to the janitor who just appeared among them. Some were smiling, like that girl from the conservatorium. Some looked scared. Some looked tense. Some looked high. Some looked happy. Some looked as if they have been crying for eternity already.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhich one am I gonna be? Fuck, that looks scary! I need to get out of here. Take me to the \u201cstaff room\u201d!\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd there he was. Among thousands and thousands of Dumbledores and their Dobbys. Among thousands of janitors and movie editors. They sat on comfy chairs and sofas, enjoying their brakes.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe sat down on one of them. He tried to relax.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIt\u2019s not gonna be bad, is it? You weren\u2019t supposed to wake up early. They don\u2019t know you\u2019re awake. At least you know what they do here. Maybe you can avoid it? Maybe you can run away?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Sir! Sir! We\u2019re done with this one. What a challenge it was! But Jake Onion\u2019s movie is finally finished!\u2019, shouted a movie editor as soon as he entered the room.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Thanks, Jeremy!\u2019, answered one of the white-haired old men. \u2018Let me just finish my coffee, and we\u2019re onto that.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFUCK!\u003C\/em\u003E, the undead fake-janitor thought. \u003Cem\u003EI AM JAKE ONION! And I was A CHALLENGE! God damn it, I\u2019m screwed! They\u2019re gonna go to the hospital beds\u2019 room and realise I\u2019m not there. What then?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe panicked. Instead of trying to run away, he went... to the hospital beds\u2019 room.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThere! There\u2019s my bed! Quick, I have to get rid of those clothes.\u003C\/em\u003E He took them off and tossed under some random bed. Then he laid down on his own bed.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat do I do now? I don\u2019t wanna feel. I don\u2019t wanna see my life. I don\u2019t wanna see anything. I don\u2019t wanna hear anything. Fuck, I\u2019ve left the janitor cart behind. It would have something I could stuff in my ears with.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe looked around. Nothing. Nothing but bodies. \u003Cem\u003EScrew it, I\u2019m too desperate to have morals!\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd he just bit off the ear of that young hangman next to him. Dude didn\u2019t even bleed. No wonder, he\u2019s dead after all, isn\u2019t he?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJake stuffed pieces of the hangman\u2019s ear into his own earlobes. He clapped to check if it worked. Fine enough. \u003Cem\u003ENow the sight...\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe remembered the blinding bright light emanating from the Dumbledore. He checked out the computer next to the pillow on his bed. The interface was a bit complicated and he had no idea what language was it on, but eventually he did find an icon of a light bulb.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe clicked on it, and indeed, a bright light appeared out of nowhere. There was a slider there as well. He moved it a bit up. Yup, the light got even brighter. Max power then!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA few seconds later, his eyes physically hurt. He blindly turned the light off. Yup, \u201cblindly\u201d is a good word. How he could not see a thing, just blackness.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe laid down and tried to calm down. \u003Cem\u003EIt\u2019s gonna be OK now\u003C\/em\u003E, he lied to himself. \u003Cem\u003EThey can\u2019t show you anything anymore. Just relax!\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe had no idea what was happening. At one point, he saw the blackness becoming a little bit less dark. \u003Cem\u003EDoes it mean the wizards woke me up now? I mean, I was awake the whole time, but I guess now they THINK they woke me up...\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo he got up.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Am I dead? Is this heaven?\u2019, he asked. He didn\u2019t hear himself say it, he didn\u2019t hear the answer. But he waited what he thought was appropriate time and he got up and started walking. Until he hit something with his big toe.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe bent down and tried to touch it. \u003Cem\u003EYup, it\u2019s a cinema chair. I made it here!\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJake sat down. The more he tried, the harder it was to relax.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EJust think positive. Think about the happy things in your life. Think about the studies in Rome. About those crazy parties. Think about the money you had. The villas you lived in. Think about the holidays in Ibiza. Just laying on the beach. Relaxing. Enjoying the sun. Drinking sangria. And in the evening having fun with the boys...\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EGod damn it, Jake, you idiot! That\u2019s the last thing you were supposed to think about! Don\u2019t think about the boys. No, girls are also off limits!\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFuck, I can\u2019t not think about them. But I\u2019m sure they\u2019re fine. I just showed them love, that\u2019s it. They came to me themselves, didn\u2019t they? They wanted it. They were already old enough to know what they want. Eight is enough already, isn\u2019t it? Damn, one girl was five... I\u2019m sure she\u2019s fine though...\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWherever he tried to point his thoughts to, the children were already there. His work \u2013 just an excuse to meet them. His vacations \u2013 he always brought some kid with him. His studies \u2013 he partied way more than his celibacy allowed him to.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe knew the kids weren\u2019t all right. He met one of them years later. At 40, he never even had a girlfriend. Was it because of Jake? What else could it be? He had heard about one girl who went bankrupt paying for her therapy. He had heard about that boy who took his own life when he was 14... The boy left no note, nobody knew why he did it. Jake knew. He told himself that it couldn\u2019t possibly be \u003Cem\u003Ethis\u003C\/em\u003E, but deep inside he knew it was him. It was all him.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAll his life he tried not to think about it. But apparently, you can\u2019t hold it in forever. Try as he might, his guts were filled with guilt. Whatever they were currently showing him on the big screen, he saw even worse things in his head.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe saw the scared, innocent faces of the children he raped. He saw the angry, murderous faces of his parishioners. He saw the pitchforks they were holding. He saw his death again.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EI\u2019m screwed. I\u2019m fucking screwed forever.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","tags":["afterlife","crime","death","emotions","feelings","film","heaven","hell","morality","pedophilia","priest","suffering","video"],"hasMore":true,"image":"https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/cinema_small.jpeg","introLite":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/cinema_big.jpeg\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/cinema_mini.jpeg\u0022 alt=\u0022Empty cinema\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022160\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe usually remembered his dreams. Not this time, though. He felt as if he had slept for many, many days, and yet, he couldn\u2019t remember a single thing his subconsciousness had produced over that time. 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Not this time, though. He felt as if he had slept for many, many days, and yet, he couldn\u2019t remember a single thing his subconsciousness had produced over that time. Strange.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EOh, wait!\u003C\/em\u003E There was this thing... People were chasing him around the village with pitchforks, they were angry, he was running away, but he couldn\u2019t run, \u003Cem\u003Eclassic dream problems!\u003C\/em\u003E, they caught him, everything went even more blurry... \u003Cem\u003ENah, whatever, just another dream\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThis ceiling looks strange, doesn\u2019t it?\u003C\/em\u003E, he realised. \u003Cem\u003EWhere the fuck am I?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe pulled up his head and looked around. \u003Cem\u003EWHAT THE FUCK IS THIS MATRIX!?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWhichever way he looked, he couldn\u2019t see the end to rows and rows of snow-white hospital beds filled with people of different ages, genders, skin colors and who knows what else. They all looked dead serious.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOh, did I say \u201cdead serious\u201d? I meant just \u201cdead\u201d.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAll of them were laying flat on their backs with no sign of breath or movement.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe started panicking. \u003Cem\u003EWhat is this place? How did I get here? Am I supposed to be dead?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe looked at the young guy to his right. He could clearly see bruises around the poor dude\u2019s neck. \u003Cem\u003EDid he hang himself? Is it like a morgue or something?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe looked at the old lady to his left. At that age she\u2019s more likely to be dead than alive anyway, morgue or no morgue...\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESuddenly, he heard some voices from a distance. Yup, someone was coming. He could see them. Far, far, away.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFuck, what do I do? Am I supposed to be dead or what? Are they friendly or not? What the hell is happening? Oh my god... \u201cthe hell\u201d... Is this hell? Nah, don\u2019t be stupid... Hell and heaven is just some bullshit made up to make money.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018What\u2019s her story, Jeffrey?\u2019, he heard a male voice from the far.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Not bad, Sir\u2019, he heard an answer. \u2018She\u2019s gonna do fine with the movie, I guess. Quite boring, frankly. Finished school, with mediocre results, found a menial job, found a white straight boring republican guy to marry, had three children, lived long enough, died from cancer, she\u2019ll see that her husband and children miss her, but they eventually manage to move on. Boooooring, but she\u2019ll like it.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Phew... OK, let\u2019s get over with it then.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThey were getting closer. \u003Cem\u003EI\u2019m obviously supposed to be dead now...\u003C\/em\u003E, he thought, \u003Cem\u003ENo idea if they are friendly or not, and whatever the fuck is happening here, but I think I should at least play dead for now.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe laid back down, as straight and unnatural as possible, closed his eyes, and tried to calm down to hide his awfully visibly breathing lungs and awfully loudly pounding heart.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThey went just past him. They didn\u2019t notice anything. Phew!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETheir steps went quiet, and it seemed like they were standing a couple of rows away from him, so he dared to open his eyes and slightly move his head up to see what they\u2019re doing.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOne of the men was tiny and bald, the other one \u2013 old and white-bearded. The Sm\u00e9agol stood at the patient\u2019s head and was clicking something on a computer attached to the bed. The Gandalf, meanwhile, stood right in from of the patient and tried to look serious and important.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Light on!\u2019, said the Dobby before clicking something, and suddenly a powerful light started shining around the bed. \u003Cem\u003EIt must look powerful from the inside! She will probably only see the Dumbledore emanating with cool light, and not much else around.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Awake in 3, 2, 1, ...\u2019, said the bald one after some more clicking. Then the lady woke up. She raised her head and looked straight ahead, straight into the eyes of the bearded one.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Jehovah? Is that you?\u2019, she asked.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Jehovah? Yeah, sure...\u2019, he answered, visibly crestfallen, but then quickly realised how unprofessional it looked, so he cleared his throat and repeated: \u2018I am Jehovah! Welcome to the Afterlife, my child!\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Is this heaven?\u2019, she asked hesitantly. \u2018Was I good enough for heaven?\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018That\u2019s something you\u2019ll have to decide yourself, my child...\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018What does that mean?\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Get up and come with me, I\u2019ll show you.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo she did and they went. Away. But only a couple of steps. And then they just disappeared. The small guy, the big guy, the dead lady, the blinding light \u2013 everything just faded away.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe undead dude got up. He just had to follow them! He had to see what is happening to people who wake up here. He had to know what\u2019s gonna happen to \u003Cem\u003Ehim\u003C\/em\u003E...\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe run towards the place from which those people disappeared, but there was nothing there. Just white floor and rows of sterile beds all around. He went back and forth, left and right, until he lost himself in the boring maze of beds. \u003Cem\u003EWhere the fuck are they?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EI want to get out of here\u003C\/em\u003E, he thought. And from that moment on, every step he took, everything around him was getting more and more dark. Ten steps later he was in a different place. Just like that.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt was a long corridor. Horizon-long. With doors on both sides.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd someone was coming. \u003Cem\u003EGod damn it\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe hid behind the closest door.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt was just a broom closet.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EActually... that\u2019s perfect! I\u2019m naked, like all those dead people, and unlike those Gandalfy people, who wore those long white robes... If someone sees me here naked, they\u2019ll probably drag me back to that bed and kill me back or something... If only I could find some janitor\u2019s clothes here, I could pose as a cleaner and basically get into anywhere!\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo he scoured the closet, and he found some robes (a bit too short for him, but will do), and a janitor cart.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPushing his cart in from of him, he walked along the corridor. Whichever doors he tried to open, were locked. Most had no labels on them, except for a couple: \u201cedit room\u201d, \u201ccinema\u201d, \u201cconservatorium\u201d, \u201cdormitories\u201d, \u201cstaff room\u201d... \u003Cem\u003EAll locked. How the hell do I get there?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAnd how do you get anywhere, here, you moron?\u003C\/em\u003E, he rebuked himself.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe just walked forward and thought loud and clear in his head: \u003Cem\u003EI want to go to the \u201cedit room\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E. And again, with each step he took, the dark gray walls and doors of the corridor gradually disappeared. They got replaced with neon-blue-ish desks and chairs and computers...\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe stopped at one desk that looked quite dirty. He grabbed some empty coffee cups, he wiped the table with a cloth... \u003Cem\u003EIt\u2019s smalltalk time, isn\u2019t it?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018How\u2019s work?\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe girl in a suit working at the desk seemed relieved that she can get a short break.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Horrible, to be honest.\u2019, she confessed. \u2018I\u2019m doing a serial killer today... They\u2019re the worst. Compiling the scenes from their life is damn challenging, as you might imagine.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Hard to watch, huh?\u2019, he asked. \u2018Emotionally...?\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Nah, come on.\u2019, she laughed. \u2018I saw so much gore in that job already, it doesn\u2019t really bother me anymore. Although, I can\u2019t help but feel guilty that we try so much to make them suffer... I prefer making a happy compilation of scenes with her parents and her puppy for a girl who died of cancer, not that...\u2019, she said, visibly annoyed by her current appointment. \u2018Anyways, what\u2019s so fucking hard about serial killers, is that simply showing them their crimes only makes them feel proud, instead of guilty. We have to really put on extra effort to make them feel the right thing.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Oh, ok... so how did you approach this one, huh?\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018He has a code. To never ever hurt children. So he never did \u2013 not directly. But there\u2019s plenty of orphans in the world because of him. Seeing how they got affected will break him, I\u2019m sure.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Smart!\u2019, he complimented her insincerely. Well, his admiration for her skill was sincere, but his apparent gladness that the serial killer will suffer after all, was not. He was afraid of his own future. \u003Cem\u003EWhat are they gonna show me? Was I a good person?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe started re-examining his life before they can make him watch a movie that will make him re-examine his life.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018I\u2019m sorry\u2019, he said to the girl at the desk. \u2018I\u2019ve got to go.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWe walked ahead. \u003Cem\u003EI want to go the the \u201ccinema\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E. And he did.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe cinema hall was huge, obviously. But empty. Among the infinite seats, he could only see a single one that was taken. By a person who also seemed to be the lead character in the movie that was currently playing.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe guy in the seat was crying bittersweet tears. The movie was about him in prison, trying to prove his innocence. Only after his death they have finally found the evidence that it was someone else who did it. They\u2019ve exonerated him posthumously, his wife finally realised she was wrong not believing him... It might have been a sad story, but at least now he knew that the truth was out there. He looked glad that he got at least a poor, post-mortem substitute of justice.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Hey, what are you doing here?\u2019, he suddenly heard a whisper. He looked at where it came from. An old, bearded man (different from the previous old, bearded man) came into the cinema together with a tiny, bald man (different from the previous tiny, bald man).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018I came here to clean up, Sir.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Didn\u2019t they tell you to wait until the patient leaves the cinema for conservation? Stick to the rules, man, or you won\u2019t be working here for long...\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018I\u2019m so, so sorry, Sir...\u2019, he said and started walking away.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETake me to the \u201cconservatrium\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E, he thought to himself. And there he was. In a huge, empty, dark green room. \u003Cem\u003EWhat the hell do they conserve here?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThen he saw it. It was far away enough not to draw attention to his presence, yet close enough for him to see what\u2019s happening over there. \u003Cem\u003EGod bless my 20\/20 eyesight...\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThere was a single chair over there. A girl was sitting on it, and she looked quite happy. Yet another Gandalf and Sm\u00e9agol stood around her.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018How do you feel?\u2019, Gandalf asked.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Good.\u2019, she answered with a smile. \u2018Happy. I\u2019ve led an exciting life, I kept true to my values, I had a loving wife who made all of my days brighter...\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018I\u2019m glad that\u2019s what you feel. Because that\u2019s what you\u2019re going to feel for the rest of eternity. You\u2019re welcome.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Sm\u00e9agol clicked something on a tablet, and the woman\u2019s eyes went blank. Gandalf waved a hand in front of her eyes, but she did not react. She didn\u2019t talk. She just smiled, absently.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EI need to get out of here! Take me to the \u201cdormitory\u201d!\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe dormitory, like all the other rooms so far, looked infinite. Almost identical to the room with hospital beds in it, with its white sterility and its excess of nude people. Except instead of lying in beds, they were sitting on a fluffy white floor.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAll eyes blank. None of them reacting to the janitor who just appeared among them. Some were smiling, like that girl from the conservatorium. Some looked scared. Some looked tense. Some looked high. Some looked happy. Some looked as if they have been crying for eternity already.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhich one am I gonna be? Fuck, that looks scary! I need to get out of here. Take me to the \u201cstaff room\u201d!\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd there he was. Among thousands and thousands of Dumbledores and their Dobbys. Among thousands of janitors and movie editors. They sat on comfy chairs and sofas, enjoying their brakes.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe sat down on one of them. He tried to relax.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EIt\u2019s not gonna be bad, is it? You weren\u2019t supposed to wake up early. They don\u2019t know you\u2019re awake. At least you know what they do here. Maybe you can avoid it? Maybe you can run away?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Sir! Sir! We\u2019re done with this one. What a challenge it was! But Jake Onion\u2019s movie is finally finished!\u2019, shouted a movie editor as soon as he entered the room.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Thanks, Jeremy!\u2019, answered one of the white-haired old men. \u2018Let me just finish my coffee, and we\u2019re onto that.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFUCK!\u003C\/em\u003E, the undead fake-janitor thought. \u003Cem\u003EI AM JAKE ONION! And I was A CHALLENGE! God damn it, I\u2019m screwed! They\u2019re gonna go to the hospital beds\u2019 room and realise I\u2019m not there. What then?\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe panicked. Instead of trying to run away, he went... to the hospital beds\u2019 room.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EThere! There\u2019s my bed! Quick, I have to get rid of those clothes.\u003C\/em\u003E He took them off and tossed under some random bed. Then he laid down on his own bed.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EWhat do I do now? I don\u2019t wanna feel. I don\u2019t wanna see my life. I don\u2019t wanna see anything. I don\u2019t wanna hear anything. Fuck, I\u2019ve left the janitor cart behind. It would have something I could stuff in my ears with.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe looked around. Nothing. Nothing but bodies. \u003Cem\u003EScrew it, I\u2019m too desperate to have morals!\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd he just bit off the ear of that young hangman next to him. Dude didn\u2019t even bleed. No wonder, he\u2019s dead after all, isn\u2019t he?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJake stuffed pieces of the hangman\u2019s ear into his own earlobes. He clapped to check if it worked. Fine enough. \u003Cem\u003ENow the sight...\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe remembered the blinding bright light emanating from the Dumbledore. He checked out the computer next to the pillow on his bed. The interface was a bit complicated and he had no idea what language was it on, but eventually he did find an icon of a light bulb.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe clicked on it, and indeed, a bright light appeared out of nowhere. There was a slider there as well. He moved it a bit up. Yup, the light got even brighter. Max power then!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EA few seconds later, his eyes physically hurt. He blindly turned the light off. Yup, \u201cblindly\u201d is a good word. How he could not see a thing, just blackness.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe laid down and tried to calm down. \u003Cem\u003EIt\u2019s gonna be OK now\u003C\/em\u003E, he lied to himself. \u003Cem\u003EThey can\u2019t show you anything anymore. Just relax!\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe had no idea what was happening. At one point, he saw the blackness becoming a little bit less dark. \u003Cem\u003EDoes it mean the wizards woke me up now? I mean, I was awake the whole time, but I guess now they THINK they woke me up...\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo he got up.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Am I dead? Is this heaven?\u2019, he asked. He didn\u2019t hear himself say it, he didn\u2019t hear the answer. But he waited what he thought was appropriate time and he got up and started walking. Until he hit something with his big toe.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe bent down and tried to touch it. \u003Cem\u003EYup, it\u2019s a cinema chair. I made it here!\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJake sat down. The more he tried, the harder it was to relax.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EJust think positive. Think about the happy things in your life. Think about the studies in Rome. About those crazy parties. Think about the money you had. The villas you lived in. Think about the holidays in Ibiza. Just laying on the beach. Relaxing. Enjoying the sun. Drinking sangria. And in the evening having fun with the boys...\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EGod damn it, Jake, you idiot! That\u2019s the last thing you were supposed to think about! Don\u2019t think about the boys. No, girls are also off limits!\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFuck, I can\u2019t not think about them. But I\u2019m sure they\u2019re fine. I just showed them love, that\u2019s it. They came to me themselves, didn\u2019t they? They wanted it. They were already old enough to know what they want. Eight is enough already, isn\u2019t it? Damn, one girl was five... I\u2019m sure she\u2019s fine though...\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWherever he tried to point his thoughts to, the children were already there. His work \u2013 just an excuse to meet them. His vacations \u2013 he always brought some kid with him. His studies \u2013 he partied way more than his celibacy allowed him to.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe knew the kids weren\u2019t all right. He met one of them years later. At 40, he never even had a girlfriend. Was it because of Jake? What else could it be? He had heard about one girl who went bankrupt paying for her therapy. He had heard about that boy who took his own life when he was 14... The boy left no note, nobody knew why he did it. Jake knew. He told himself that it couldn\u2019t possibly be \u003Cem\u003Ethis\u003C\/em\u003E, but deep inside he knew it was him. It was all him.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAll his life he tried not to think about it. But apparently, you can\u2019t hold it in forever. Try as he might, his guts were filled with guilt. Whatever they were currently showing him on the big screen, he saw even worse things in his head.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHe saw the scared, innocent faces of the children he raped. He saw the angry, murderous faces of his parishioners. He saw the pitchforks they were holding. He saw his death again.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EI\u2019m screwed. I\u2019m fucking screwed forever.\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","words":2949,"readTime":12,"lang":"en"}}},"blog\/mythology\/dumbledore-was-killed-by-voldemort":{"key":"blog\/mythology\/dumbledore-was-killed-by-voldemort","type":"article","published":true,"meta":{"createdAt":"2019-03-16T13:52:27+01:00","publishedAt":"2019-03-16T13:45:00+01:00","group":null,"category":"blog","subcategory":"mythology","slug":"dumbledore-was-killed-by-voldemort"},"content":{"en":{"slug":"dumbledore-was-killed-by-voldemort","title":"Dumbledore was killed by... Voldemort?","intro":"\u003Cp\u003EWho killed Dumbledore? It was Snape, right? We\u2019ve all read the book, we saw Snape cast the spell... But Dumbledore \u003Cem\u003Ekinda\u003C\/em\u003E killed himself, right...? And it wouldn\u2019t have happened without Malfoy, right? And what about the role of Voldemort in that death?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","content":"\u003Cp\u003EWho killed Dumbledore? It was Snape, right? We\u2019ve all read the book, we saw Snape cast the spell... But Dumbledore \u003Cem\u003Ekinda\u003C\/em\u003E killed himself, right...? And it wouldn\u2019t have happened without Malfoy, right? And what about the role of Voldemort in that death?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo, yeah, \u003Cem\u003Etechnically\u003C\/em\u003E, it\u2019s \u003Cstrong\u003ESnape\u003C\/strong\u003E who directly cast the spell that killed Dumbledore, for sure. But he only did that because Dumbledore asked him to. He\u2019s not a murderer, he\u2019s just a guy who did what had to be done, in order for the good to eventually win.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt wouldn\u2019t have happened without \u003Cstrong\u003EMalfoy\u003C\/strong\u003E though, would it? He\u2019s spent an entire year trying to kill his headmaster, and he almost succeeded, if it weren\u2019t for his scruples. He let all the Death Eaters into Howgarts, he disarmed Dumbledore... He basically did \u003Cem\u003Eeverything\u003C\/em\u003E to kill the guy, except for just casting the spell at the end. Ain\u2019t he a murderer then?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn the other had, \u003Cstrong\u003EDumbledore\u003C\/strong\u003E knew about all of that in advance, he let Malfoy proceed with his plan, he didn\u2019t even try to protect himself. He asked Snape to finish the job that he knew Malfoy wouldn\u2019t be able to do. If it weren\u2019t for that, Snape probably wouldn\u2019t have made the Unbreakable Vow and he wouldn\u2019t have had to kill Dumbledore. The Headmaster knew he\u2019s gonna die anyway, he wanted to pass with dignity and on his own terms.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EExcept, it\u2019s not like he knew he\u2019s gonna die soon just because he had been pretty old. There was a curse in his hand that was spreading to the rest of his body and there was nothing he could do about it. He would have died in agony, if Snape didn\u2019t \u201cmercifully\u201d casted \u003Cem\u003EAvada Kedavra\u003C\/em\u003E on him. That curse was no accident though, was it? It was \u003Cstrong\u003EVoldemort\u003C\/strong\u003E himself who put a curse on Marvolo\u2019s ring so that anyone who tries to destroy his Horcrux would die.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIf someone put another person in a chamber full of radiation, and that person got cancer because of that, and they would have died in terrible agony, so they asked a doctor for euthanasia, who\u2019s the murderer? The doctor? Or the maniac you gave them cancer in the first place? Or the poor person who decided they want to die on their own terms?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWho \u003Cem\u003Eactually\u003C\/em\u003E killed Dumbledore then? Whoever you think it is, I think one thing in that history is clear for everyone: it\u2019s not that easy to put blame here... morality is a complex subject...\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAin\u2019t it stupid that some people want to reduce that complexity to just one phrase \u201cthou shall not kill\u201d?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","tags":["death","dumbledore","euthanasia","fault","fiction","guilt","harry potter","hogwart","morality","murder","voldemort"],"hasMore":true,"image":null,"introLite":"\u003Cp\u003EWho killed Dumbledore? It was Snape, right? We\u2019ve all read the book, we saw Snape cast the spell... But Dumbledore \u003Cem\u003Ekinda\u003C\/em\u003E killed himself, right...? And it wouldn\u2019t have happened without Malfoy, right? And what about the role of Voldemort in that death?\u003C\/p\u003E","contentLite":"\u003Cp\u003EWho killed Dumbledore? It was Snape, right? We\u2019ve all read the book, we saw Snape cast the spell... But Dumbledore \u003Cem\u003Ekinda\u003C\/em\u003E killed himself, right...? And it wouldn\u2019t have happened without Malfoy, right? And what about the role of Voldemort in that death?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo, yeah, \u003Cem\u003Etechnically\u003C\/em\u003E, it\u2019s \u003Cstrong\u003ESnape\u003C\/strong\u003E who directly cast the spell that killed Dumbledore, for sure. But he only did that because Dumbledore asked him to. He\u2019s not a murderer, he\u2019s just a guy who did what had to be done, in order for the good to eventually win.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt wouldn\u2019t have happened without \u003Cstrong\u003EMalfoy\u003C\/strong\u003E though, would it? He\u2019s spent an entire year trying to kill his headmaster, and he almost succeeded, if it weren\u2019t for his scruples. He let all the Death Eaters into Howgarts, he disarmed Dumbledore... He basically did \u003Cem\u003Eeverything\u003C\/em\u003E to kill the guy, except for just casting the spell at the end. Ain\u2019t he a murderer then?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn the other had, \u003Cstrong\u003EDumbledore\u003C\/strong\u003E knew about all of that in advance, he let Malfoy proceed with his plan, he didn\u2019t even try to protect himself. He asked Snape to finish the job that he knew Malfoy wouldn\u2019t be able to do. If it weren\u2019t for that, Snape probably wouldn\u2019t have made the Unbreakable Vow and he wouldn\u2019t have had to kill Dumbledore. The Headmaster knew he\u2019s gonna die anyway, he wanted to pass with dignity and on his own terms.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EExcept, it\u2019s not like he knew he\u2019s gonna die soon just because he had been pretty old. There was a curse in his hand that was spreading to the rest of his body and there was nothing he could do about it. He would have died in agony, if Snape didn\u2019t \u201cmercifully\u201d casted \u003Cem\u003EAvada Kedavra\u003C\/em\u003E on him. That curse was no accident though, was it? It was \u003Cstrong\u003EVoldemort\u003C\/strong\u003E himself who put a curse on Marvolo\u2019s ring so that anyone who tries to destroy his Horcrux would die.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIf someone put another person in a chamber full of radiation, and that person got cancer because of that, and they would have died in terrible agony, so they asked a doctor for euthanasia, who\u2019s the murderer? The doctor? Or the maniac you gave them cancer in the first place? Or the poor person who decided they want to die on their own terms?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWho \u003Cem\u003Eactually\u003C\/em\u003E killed Dumbledore then? Whoever you think it is, I think one thing in that history is clear for everyone: it\u2019s not that easy to put blame here... morality is a complex subject...\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAin\u2019t it stupid that some people want to reduce that complexity to just one phrase \u201cthou shall not kill\u201d?\u003C\/p\u003E","words":459,"readTime":2,"lang":"en"}}},"blog\/mythology\/biblical-satanism":{"key":"blog\/mythology\/biblical-satanism","type":"article","published":true,"meta":{"createdAt":"2018-09-21T11:54:23+02:00","publishedAt":"2018-09-21T11:54:00+02:00","group":"satan","category":"blog","subcategory":"mythology","slug":"biblical-satanism"},"content":{"en":{"slug":"biblical-satanism","title":"Biblical Satanism","intro":"\u003Cp\u003EEver wondered, why does the biblical arch-enemy have such cool names? \u201cSatan\u201d means \u201cthe accuser\u201d. Is he accusing the God Almighty himself? What could he possibly have on that omnipotent, benevolent guy? \u201cLucifer\u201d means \u201clight-bringing\u201d. Does it mean he brings the humanity the knowledge, the enlightenment?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECould it be, that Satan is \u003Cem\u003Ethe good guy\u003C\/em\u003E?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","content":"\u003Cp\u003EEver wondered, why does the biblical arch-enemy have such cool names? \u201cSatan\u201d means \u201cthe accuser\u201d. Is he accusing the God Almighty himself? What could he possibly have on that omnipotent, benevolent guy? \u201cLucifer\u201d means \u201clight-bringing\u201d. Does it mean he brings the humanity the knowledge, the enlightenment?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECould it be, that Satan is \u003Cem\u003Ethe good guy\u003C\/em\u003E?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELet\u2019s start at the beginning: the Garden of Eden. God doesn\u2019t want humans to eat from a tree that would give them \u201cknowledge of good and evil\u201d. What\u2019s wrong about that knowledge? How can you expect humans to follow any moral standard, if they don\u2019t have such knowledge? It\u2019s Satan that sets the humanity free from the blind obedience and gives it the gift of knowledge.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn the other hand, it\u2019s God who mixes up human languages and divides people out of sheer pettiness (Tower of Babel). It\u2019s God who sends a massive flood on Earth, brutally killing almost all of its population, including innocent children and animals \u2013 all so that evil could be eradicated, which it isn\u2019t. It\u2019s God, who demands from Abraham a human sacrifice from his own son. It\u2019s God who utterly destroys entire cities. It\u2019s God who sends his people to conquer, to destroy, to kill, to rape and to enslave.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s God, who punishes the disobedient with eternal suffering. It\u2019s God, who tortures Job and kills off his entire family, just to prove a point. It\u2019s God, who kills all the innocent newborns of Egypt, just because their Pharaoh did something wrong \u2013 and he didn\u2019t even want to do the wrong thing, but God has \u201chardened the Pharaoh heart\u201d, free will my ass. It\u2019s God who demands burnt animal offerings. It\u2019s God who commands inhumane laws that demand death by stoning for things like homosexuality or adultery.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s God, who sent his own son to be tortured and die a horrible, painful death, just so that he can forgive humanity for having created them so flawed (sic!) and so that sin can be eradicated (which, again, it isn\u2019t).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWant a full list of all the terrible things that God has done or commanded to be done throughout the Bible? Check out \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/skepticsannotatedbible.com\/cruelty\/long.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E The \u201cCruelty\u201d section of the \u201cSkeptic\u2019s Annotated Bible\u201d\u003C\/a\u003E. It\u2019s 1312 points!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo quote Richard Dawkins:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022blockquote ml-4 pl-4 border-left\u0022\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENow: I believe neither in Santa Claus, nor in fairies, nor in God, nor in Satan. I can only describe them all as fictional characters. But if you\u2019re a person, who really believes that the Bible is a true account of the past and a valid description of the universe (it\u2019s not), then think about it:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBased on what the Bible tells you about those two characters, which one should you rather worship? That monster who commits countless atrocities, or a guy whose main \u201ccrime\u201d is opposing him, \u003Cem\u003Eaccusing\u003C\/em\u003E him, and \u003Cem\u003Ebringing enlightenment\u003C\/em\u003E to all the humanity?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","tags":["bible","cruelty","ethnic cleansing","lucifer","morality","satan","satanism"],"hasMore":true,"image":null,"introLite":"\u003Cp\u003EEver wondered, why does the biblical arch-enemy have such cool names? \u201cSatan\u201d means \u201cthe accuser\u201d. Is he accusing the God Almighty himself? What could he possibly have on that omnipotent, benevolent guy? \u201cLucifer\u201d means \u201clight-bringing\u201d. Does it mean he brings the humanity the knowledge, the enlightenment?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECould it be, that Satan is \u003Cem\u003Ethe good guy\u003C\/em\u003E?\u003C\/p\u003E","contentLite":"\u003Cp\u003EEver wondered, why does the biblical arch-enemy have such cool names? \u201cSatan\u201d means \u201cthe accuser\u201d. Is he accusing the God Almighty himself? What could he possibly have on that omnipotent, benevolent guy? \u201cLucifer\u201d means \u201clight-bringing\u201d. Does it mean he brings the humanity the knowledge, the enlightenment?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ECould it be, that Satan is \u003Cem\u003Ethe good guy\u003C\/em\u003E?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ELet\u2019s start at the beginning: the Garden of Eden. God doesn\u2019t want humans to eat from a tree that would give them \u201cknowledge of good and evil\u201d. What\u2019s wrong about that knowledge? How can you expect humans to follow any moral standard, if they don\u2019t have such knowledge? It\u2019s Satan that sets the humanity free from the blind obedience and gives it the gift of knowledge.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn the other hand, it\u2019s God who mixes up human languages and divides people out of sheer pettiness (Tower of Babel). It\u2019s God who sends a massive flood on Earth, brutally killing almost all of its population, including innocent children and animals \u2013 all so that evil could be eradicated, which it isn\u2019t. It\u2019s God, who demands from Abraham a human sacrifice from his own son. It\u2019s God who utterly destroys entire cities. It\u2019s God who sends his people to conquer, to destroy, to kill, to rape and to enslave.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s God, who punishes the disobedient with eternal suffering. It\u2019s God, who tortures Job and kills off his entire family, just to prove a point. It\u2019s God, who kills all the innocent newborns of Egypt, just because their Pharaoh did something wrong \u2013 and he didn\u2019t even want to do the wrong thing, but God has \u201chardened the Pharaoh heart\u201d, free will my ass. It\u2019s God who demands burnt animal offerings. It\u2019s God who commands inhumane laws that demand death by stoning for things like homosexuality or adultery.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s God, who sent his own son to be tortured and die a horrible, painful death, just so that he can forgive humanity for having created them so flawed (sic!) and so that sin can be eradicated (which, again, it isn\u2019t).\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWant a full list of all the terrible things that God has done or commanded to be done throughout the Bible? Check out \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/skepticsannotatedbible.com\/cruelty\/long.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E The \u201cCruelty\u201d section of the \u201cSkeptic\u2019s Annotated Bible\u201d\u003C\/a\u003E. It\u2019s 1312 points!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETo quote Richard Dawkins:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cblockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENow: I believe neither in Santa Claus, nor in fairies, nor in God, nor in Satan. I can only describe them all as fictional characters. But if you\u2019re a person, who really believes that the Bible is a true account of the past and a valid description of the universe (it\u2019s not), then think about it:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBased on what the Bible tells you about those two characters, which one should you rather worship? That monster who commits countless atrocities, or a guy whose main \u201ccrime\u201d is opposing him, \u003Cem\u003Eaccusing\u003C\/em\u003E him, and \u003Cem\u003Ebringing enlightenment\u003C\/em\u003E to all the humanity?\u003C\/p\u003E","words":538,"readTime":3,"lang":"en"}}},"blog\/mythology\/religion-simplifying-the-complex-complicating-the-simple":{"key":"blog\/mythology\/religion-simplifying-the-complex-complicating-the-simple","type":"article","published":true,"meta":{"createdAt":"2018-09-20T11:14:35+02:00","publishedAt":"2018-09-20T10:50:00+02:00","group":null,"category":"blog","subcategory":"mythology","slug":"religion-simplifying-the-complex-complicating-the-simple"},"content":{"en":{"slug":"religion-simplifying-the-complex-complicating-the-simple","title":"Religion: simplifying the complex, complicating the simple","intro":"\u003Cp\u003EToday I realised how two completelly \u003Cem\u003Eopposite\u003C\/em\u003E techniques can be used together to manipulate people in a really consistent way. That\u2019s what the Catholic Church (and religions in general) do: they make complex issues look simple, but they digress for ages about really simple stuff \u2013 overall turning the reality upside-down.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","content":"\u003Cp\u003EToday I realised how two completelly \u003Cem\u003Eopposite\u003C\/em\u003E techniques can be used together to manipulate people in a really consistent way. That\u2019s what the Catholic Church (and religions in general) do: they make complex issues look simple, but they digress for ages about really simple stuff \u2013 overall turning the reality upside-down.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EToday I read about a Polish catholic priest, who \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/bydgoszcz.wyborcza.pl\/bydgoszcz\/7,35590,23941997,ks-kneblewski-o-pedofilii-lamie-szoste-przykazanie-tak-samo.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E equates pedophilia with homosexuality and premartial sex\u003C\/a\u003E, because it all stems from breaking the sixth commandment. Wow. Just wow.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESetting aside the fact that \u201cthe sixth commandment\u201d only talks not about cheating on your wife\/husband, and not, how the Church likes to interpret it: any sex-related stuff they don\u2019t like you to do, like masturbation or porn... Setting that aside, and assuming that the commandment is indeed about \u003Cem\u003Eany\u003C\/em\u003E sex-related activity that doesn\u2019t involve your lawfully wedded spouse, also if you don\u2019t have any... You can\u2019t possibly defend the claim, that all of those acts are morally equivalent. It\u2019s a complex moral issue, not a black-and-white no-brainer.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd how about the origin of the universe or the origin of species? There is a complex explanation of how it all happened (complex and hard to find out, but also relatively easy to understand by common people). What does religion say about that? \u201cGod simply is, always was\u201d. Really that\u2019s it? And how did all the other things come to be? \u201cGod said so, and they appeared\u201d. Oh, give me a break!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn the other hand, there\u2019s teology \u2013 a master of spending decades on debating how many devils can fit on a pin.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe reality is simple: \u003Ca href=\u0022\/blog\/proof-that-there-is-no-god\u0022\u003E\u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-pastafarianism\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E there\u2019s not god\u003C\/a\u003E. It\u2019s a made up story. Enter a theologian: \u003Cem\u003E\u201cBut is it one god, three gods, or one god in three persons?\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E. Dude, you\u2019re missing the point! You\u2019re overcomplicating an issue that\u2019s not an issue. \u003Cem\u003E\u201cOK, but what is the exact relatioship between those three persons?\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMan, chill. There\u2019s no such thing. \u003Cem\u003E\u201cOK, I hear you, but let\u2019s think about how when a priest consecrates a host, is it literally or figuratively becoming the body of Christ?\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E. It\u2019s simple. We can, and we have checked that. We\u2019ve put the wafer under a microscope, did all the tests necessary on it, and we\u2019ve concluded that not a single thing about it has changed during the \u201ctransformation\u201d. It\u2019s the same as when a child hands you a fist full of thin air, claiming it\u2019s a cake \u2013 you pretend to eat it and you say it\u2019s yummy, but it\u2019s obvious to you that it\u2019s not a fucking cake. \u003Cem\u003E\u201cSo you\u2019re saying we should have a schism between those who think it\u2019s literal and those who don\u2019t?\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s all so shamelessly made up...\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","tags":["eucharist","god","homosexuality","manipulation","morality","pedophilia","religion","simplification"],"hasMore":true,"image":null,"introLite":"\u003Cp\u003EToday I realised how two completelly \u003Cem\u003Eopposite\u003C\/em\u003E techniques can be used together to manipulate people in a really consistent way. That\u2019s what the Catholic Church (and religions in general) do: they make complex issues look simple, but they digress for ages about really simple stuff \u2013 overall turning the reality upside-down.\u003C\/p\u003E","contentLite":"\u003Cp\u003EToday I realised how two completelly \u003Cem\u003Eopposite\u003C\/em\u003E techniques can be used together to manipulate people in a really consistent way. That\u2019s what the Catholic Church (and religions in general) do: they make complex issues look simple, but they digress for ages about really simple stuff \u2013 overall turning the reality upside-down.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EToday I read about a Polish catholic priest, who \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/bydgoszcz.wyborcza.pl\/bydgoszcz\/7,35590,23941997,ks-kneblewski-o-pedofilii-lamie-szoste-przykazanie-tak-samo.html\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E equates pedophilia with homosexuality and premartial sex\u003C\/a\u003E, because it all stems from breaking the sixth commandment. Wow. Just wow.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESetting aside the fact that \u201cthe sixth commandment\u201d only talks not about cheating on your wife\/husband, and not, how the Church likes to interpret it: any sex-related stuff they don\u2019t like you to do, like masturbation or porn... Setting that aside, and assuming that the commandment is indeed about \u003Cem\u003Eany\u003C\/em\u003E sex-related activity that doesn\u2019t involve your lawfully wedded spouse, also if you don\u2019t have any... You can\u2019t possibly defend the claim, that all of those acts are morally equivalent. It\u2019s a complex moral issue, not a black-and-white no-brainer.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EAnd how about the origin of the universe or the origin of species? There is a complex explanation of how it all happened (complex and hard to find out, but also relatively easy to understand by common people). What does religion say about that? \u201cGod simply is, always was\u201d. Really that\u2019s it? And how did all the other things come to be? \u201cGod said so, and they appeared\u201d. Oh, give me a break!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EOn the other hand, there\u2019s teology \u2013 a master of spending decades on debating how many devils can fit on a pin.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe reality is simple: \u003Ca href=\u0022\/blog\/proof-that-there-is-no-god.lite\u0022\u003E there\u2019s not god\u003C\/a\u003E. It\u2019s a made up story. Enter a theologian: \u003Cem\u003E\u201cBut is it one god, three gods, or one god in three persons?\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E. Dude, you\u2019re missing the point! You\u2019re overcomplicating an issue that\u2019s not an issue. \u003Cem\u003E\u201cOK, but what is the exact relatioship between those three persons?\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMan, chill. There\u2019s no such thing. \u003Cem\u003E\u201cOK, I hear you, but let\u2019s think about how when a priest consecrates a host, is it literally or figuratively becoming the body of Christ?\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E. It\u2019s simple. We can, and we have checked that. We\u2019ve put the wafer under a microscope, did all the tests necessary on it, and we\u2019ve concluded that not a single thing about it has changed during the \u201ctransformation\u201d. It\u2019s the same as when a child hands you a fist full of thin air, claiming it\u2019s a cake \u2013 you pretend to eat it and you say it\u2019s yummy, but it\u2019s obvious to you that it\u2019s not a fucking cake. \u003Cem\u003E\u201cSo you\u2019re saying we should have a schism between those who think it\u2019s literal and those who don\u2019t?\u201d\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s all so shamelessly made up...\u003C\/p\u003E","words":473,"readTime":2,"lang":"en"}}},"blog\/mythology\/if-god-existed-the-catholic-church-wouldn-t":{"key":"blog\/mythology\/if-god-existed-the-catholic-church-wouldn-t","type":"article","published":true,"meta":{"createdAt":"2018-08-15T23:28:09+02:00","publishedAt":"2018-08-15T23:26:00+02:00","group":null,"category":"blog","subcategory":"mythology","slug":"if-god-existed-the-catholic-church-wouldn-t"},"content":{"en":{"slug":"if-god-existed-the-catholic-church-wouldn-t","title":"If God existed, the Catholic Church 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\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEspecially, if they are catholic. Why? Because they have even less of a moral highground than the other biggots. Here\u2019s the logic:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Col\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EHomosexual sex between consenting adults, even if it were \u003Cem\u003Esomehow\u003C\/em\u003E immoral, \u003Cem\u003Ecannot\u003C\/em\u003E possibly be considered more immoral than pedophilia \u2013 one of the worst crimes one could commit.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ETherefore it would be hypocritical to strongly condemn homosexuality and deny LGBTQ people their civil rights, if you didn\u2019t fight even more strongly against pedophilia.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ECountless priests of the Catholic Church all around the world have been proven to have committed the crime of pedophilia.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ECatholic bishops, including bishops of Rome (popes), have been systematically covering up such cases.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EWhile pt. 3 doesn\u2019t mean at all that the whole institution of the Catholic Church is evil and accepting of pedophiles, pt. 4 undeniably does.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EPart of the \u003Cem\u003ECredo\u003C\/em\u003E is \u201cI believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church\u201d.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EA pedophile cannot be considered \u201choly\u201d, and the same goes for a person who covers for them, and the same goes for the whole organisation that has been and still is covering cases of pedophilia, especially if doing so from such low motives as PR.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ETherefore: the Catholic Church is not holy.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ETherefore: it is not the real, \u201cone, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church\u201d\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EThe very least a member of the Catholic Church could do to fight the pedophilia crisis within it, is to leave that organisation, since it\u2019s not the real Church of Christ anyway.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ETherefore: a person, who still remains a member of the Catholic Church has no moral highground to condemn homosexuals or deprive LGBTQ people of their rights.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ol\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQED\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","tags":["apostasy","catholic church","church","facts","homosexuality","lgbtq","logic","morality","pedophilia","sex"],"hasMore":true,"image":"https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/kk-gays-pedophilia_small.jpg","introLite":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/kk-gays-pedophilia_big.jpg\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/kk-gays-pedophilia_mini.jpg\u0022 alt=\u0022You don\u0027t get to bitch about those guys having sex, if you support an organisation that protects pedophiles.\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022294.72\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI\u2019m sick and tired of biggots treating me hatefully because of my sexual orientation. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEspecially, if they are catholic. Why? Because they have even less of a moral highground than the other biggots. Here\u2019s the logic:\u003C\/p\u003E","contentLite":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/kk-gays-pedophilia_big.jpg\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/kk-gays-pedophilia_mini.jpg\u0022 alt=\u0022You don\u0027t get to bitch about those guys having sex, if you support an organisation that protects pedophiles.\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022294.72\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfigcaption\u003E\n                    \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/twitter.com\/AtheistsAmerica\/status\/1018888564921323525\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csmall\u003Etwitter.com\/AtheistsAmerica\/status\/1018888564921323525\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n                \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI\u2019m sick and tired of biggots treating me hatefully because of my sexual orientation. \u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EEspecially, if they are catholic. Why? Because they have even less of a moral highground than the other biggots. Here\u2019s the logic:\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Col\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EHomosexual sex between consenting adults, even if it were \u003Cem\u003Esomehow\u003C\/em\u003E immoral, \u003Cem\u003Ecannot\u003C\/em\u003E possibly be considered more immoral than pedophilia \u2013 one of the worst crimes one could commit.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ETherefore it would be hypocritical to strongly condemn homosexuality and deny LGBTQ people their civil rights, if you didn\u2019t fight even more strongly against pedophilia.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ECountless priests of the Catholic Church all around the world have been proven to have committed the crime of pedophilia.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ECatholic bishops, including bishops of Rome (popes), have been systematically covering up such cases.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EWhile pt. 3 doesn\u2019t mean at all that the whole institution of the Catholic Church is evil and accepting of pedophiles, pt. 4 undeniably does.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EPart of the \u003Cem\u003ECredo\u003C\/em\u003E is \u201cI believe in one, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church\u201d.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EA pedophile cannot be considered \u201choly\u201d, and the same goes for a person who covers for them, and the same goes for the whole organisation that has been and still is covering cases of pedophilia, especially if doing so from such low motives as PR.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ETherefore: the Catholic Church is not holy.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ETherefore: it is not the real, \u201cone, holy, catholic, and apostolic Church\u201d\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003EThe very least a member of the Catholic Church could do to fight the pedophilia crisis within it, is to leave that organisation, since it\u2019s not the real Church of Christ anyway.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003Cli\u003ETherefore: a person, who still remains a member of the Catholic Church has no moral highground to condemn homosexuals or deprive LGBTQ people of their rights.\u003C\/li\u003E\n\u003C\/ol\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EQED\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","words":291,"readTime":2,"lang":"en"}}},"blog\/mythology\/sin":{"key":"blog\/mythology\/sin","type":"article","published":true,"meta":{"createdAt":"2017-09-01T10:44:58+02:00","publishedAt":"2017-09-01T10:44:00+02:00","group":"grzech","category":"blog","subcategory":"mythology","slug":"sin"},"content":{"en":{"slug":"sin","title":"Sin","intro":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\n                \u003Cnoscript\u003E\n                    \u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/its-a-sin_small.jpg\u0022 alt=\u0022If You\u2019re Happy And You Know It That\u2019s A Sin\u0022 class=\u0022border-bottom\u0022 width=\u0022480\u0022 height=\u0022268.8\u0022\u003E                \n                \u003C\/noscript\u003E\n                \u003Cspan class=\u0022hide-noscript\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg 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data-src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/its-a-sin_small.jpg\u0022 alt=\u0022If You\u2019re Happy And You Know It That\u2019s A Sin\u0022 class=\u0022border-bottom\u0022 width=\u0022480\u0022 height=\u0022268.8\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n                \n            \u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe concept of sin is scary for believers, but for non-believers \u2013 it\u2019s just foolish. \u003Cem\u003ESinful\u003C\/em\u003E is not the same as \u003Cem\u003Ewrong\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003Eevil\u003C\/em\u003E and \u003Cem\u003Eimmoral\u003C\/em\u003E. 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Why not?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI think it\u2019s fair to define a \u003Cem\u003Ewrongdoing\u003C\/em\u003E as a deliberate action that has hurt another living, conscious creature. Something is \u003Cem\u003Egood\u003C\/em\u003E if it increases the general well-being of some conscious beings, and is \u003Cem\u003Ebad\u003C\/em\u003E, when it decreases such well-being.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETherefore I refuse to call something \u003Cem\u003Eevil\u003C\/em\u003E, if it didn\u2019t hurt anyone. I had a nice wank, so what? My well-being was increased significantly, while nobody else was affected in any way. But my healthy, pleasant and harmless act suddenly becomes \u003Cem\u003Esinful\u003C\/em\u003E when we create ourselves an imaginary entity that has a thing for getting offended at everything we do. That\u2019s just absurd.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENot believing in god is a sin as well. Because you\u2019re so proud that you dare to reject him. Silly, isn\u2019t it? If you don\u2019t believe in that nonsense, there\u2019s no god in your mind to offend in the first place. It\u2019s a crime without a victim! No Christian feels immoral for rejecting Zeus or Apollo \u2013 why the hell should we care about offending their imaginary friend?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMorality is a complex issue, which often cannot be divided into clear \u201cright\u201d and \u201cwrong\u201d. We face moral dilemmas every day. The concept of \u003Cem\u003Esin\u003C\/em\u003E makes that reality artificially simplistic: if god says it\u2019s good, then it is, otherwise you\u2019ll go to hell for that. Except god doesn\u2019t say anything (it\u2019s a hard thing to do when you don\u2019t exist), but \u201chis\u201d people do.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIs it so hard to see through? They\u2019re just manipulating you by dictating some rectum-derived set of rules that are impossible to fully follow, and simultaneously selling you \u201csalvation\u201d \u2013 a cure for the disease they\u2019ve made up. They keep adjusting those rules to whatever works better at the time. We wanna own slaves? Yeah, yeah, god said it\u2019s fine. Everybody starts treating slaves as people and it\u2019s now perceived inhumane to support slavery? Well of course god doesn\u2019t support it either!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESin\u003C\/em\u003E is just a set of rules made up by manipulative men, but masquerading as divine. It\u2019s a tool to make you feel unjustifiably guilty about being a human. They aren\u2019t even secretive about it! The concept of the \u003Cem\u003Eoriginal sin\u003C\/em\u003E tells you that you don\u2019t even have to commit any evil to be \u003Cem\u003Esinful\u003C\/em\u003E and to need their \u003Cem\u003Esalvation\u003C\/em\u003E!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHow can \u003Cem\u003Esin\u003C\/em\u003E have anything to do with \u003Cem\u003Emorality\u003C\/em\u003E, if even innocent newborns are \u003Cem\u003Esinful\u003C\/em\u003E?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThink about it.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","tags":["evil","good","manipulation","morality","pleasure","sex","sin","wrong"],"hasMore":true,"image":"https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/its-a-sin_small.jpg","introLite":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/its-a-sin_big.jpg\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/its-a-sin_mini.jpg\u0022 alt=\u0022If You\u2019re Happy And You Know It That\u2019s A Sin\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022134.4\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe concept of sin is scary for believers, but for non-believers \u2013 it\u2019s just foolish. \u003Cem\u003ESinful\u003C\/em\u003E is not the same as \u003Cem\u003Ewrong\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003Eevil\u003C\/em\u003E and \u003Cem\u003Eimmoral\u003C\/em\u003E. Why not?\u003C\/p\u003E","contentLite":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/its-a-sin_big.jpg\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/its-a-sin_mini.jpg\u0022 alt=\u0022If You\u2019re Happy And You Know It That\u2019s A Sin\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022134.4\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfigcaption\u003E\n                    \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/weknowmemes.com\/2014\/02\/if-youre-happy-and-you-know-it-thats-a-sin\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csmall\u003Eweknowmemes.com\/2014\/02\/if-youre-happy-and-you-know-it-thats-a-sin\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n                \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThe concept of sin is scary for believers, but for non-believers \u2013 it\u2019s just foolish. \u003Cem\u003ESinful\u003C\/em\u003E is not the same as \u003Cem\u003Ewrong\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003Eevil\u003C\/em\u003E and \u003Cem\u003Eimmoral\u003C\/em\u003E. Why not?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI think it\u2019s fair to define a \u003Cem\u003Ewrongdoing\u003C\/em\u003E as a deliberate action that has hurt another living, conscious creature. Something is \u003Cem\u003Egood\u003C\/em\u003E if it increases the general well-being of some conscious beings, and is \u003Cem\u003Ebad\u003C\/em\u003E, when it decreases such well-being.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ETherefore I refuse to call something \u003Cem\u003Eevil\u003C\/em\u003E, if it didn\u2019t hurt anyone. I had a nice wank, so what? My well-being was increased significantly, while nobody else was affected in any way. But my healthy, pleasant and harmless act suddenly becomes \u003Cem\u003Esinful\u003C\/em\u003E when we create ourselves an imaginary entity that has a thing for getting offended at everything we do. That\u2019s just absurd.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ENot believing in god is a sin as well. Because you\u2019re so proud that you dare to reject him. Silly, isn\u2019t it? If you don\u2019t believe in that nonsense, there\u2019s no god in your mind to offend in the first place. It\u2019s a crime without a victim! No Christian feels immoral for rejecting Zeus or Apollo \u2013 why the hell should we care about offending their imaginary friend?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EMorality is a complex issue, which often cannot be divided into clear \u201cright\u201d and \u201cwrong\u201d. We face moral dilemmas every day. The concept of \u003Cem\u003Esin\u003C\/em\u003E makes that reality artificially simplistic: if god says it\u2019s good, then it is, otherwise you\u2019ll go to hell for that. Except god doesn\u2019t say anything (it\u2019s a hard thing to do when you don\u2019t exist), but \u201chis\u201d people do.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIs it so hard to see through? They\u2019re just manipulating you by dictating some rectum-derived set of rules that are impossible to fully follow, and simultaneously selling you \u201csalvation\u201d \u2013 a cure for the disease they\u2019ve made up. They keep adjusting those rules to whatever works better at the time. We wanna own slaves? Yeah, yeah, god said it\u2019s fine. Everybody starts treating slaves as people and it\u2019s now perceived inhumane to support slavery? Well of course god doesn\u2019t support it either!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ESin\u003C\/em\u003E is just a set of rules made up by manipulative men, but masquerading as divine. It\u2019s a tool to make you feel unjustifiably guilty about being a human. They aren\u2019t even secretive about it! The concept of the \u003Cem\u003Eoriginal sin\u003C\/em\u003E tells you that you don\u2019t even have to commit any evil to be \u003Cem\u003Esinful\u003C\/em\u003E and to need their \u003Cem\u003Esalvation\u003C\/em\u003E!\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHow can \u003Cem\u003Esin\u003C\/em\u003E have anything to do with \u003Cem\u003Emorality\u003C\/em\u003E, if even innocent newborns are \u003Cem\u003Esinful\u003C\/em\u003E?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThink about it.\u003C\/p\u003E","words":444,"readTime":2,"lang":"en"}}},"blog\/mythology\/apatheism-i-just-don-t-care-for-god":{"key":"blog\/mythology\/apatheism-i-just-don-t-care-for-god","type":"article","published":true,"meta":{"createdAt":"2017-05-04T14:13:27+02:00","publishedAt":"2017-05-04T14:07:00+02:00","group":null,"category":"blog","subcategory":"mythology","slug":"apatheism-i-just-don-t-care-for-god"},"content":{"en":{"slug":"apatheism-i-just-don-t-care-for-god","title":"Apatheism \u2013 I just don\u0027t care for god","intro":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\n                \u003Cnoscript\u003E\n                    \u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/keep-calm-because-i-dont-care_small.png\u0022 alt=\u0022Keep calm, because I don\u0027t care\u0022 class=\u0022border-bottom\u0022 width=\u0022480\u0022 height=\u0022560\u0022\u003E                \n                \u003C\/noscript\u003E\n                \u003Cspan class=\u0022hide-noscript\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022data:image\/png;base64,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\u0022 data-src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/keep-calm-because-i-dont-care_small.png\u0022 alt=\u0022Keep calm, because I don\u0027t care\u0022 class=\u0022border-bottom\u0022 width=\u0022480\u0022 height=\u0022560\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n                \n            \u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom a scientific point of view, of course I care for the god hypothesis. Its existence and nature are facts about our universe that are definitely worth knowing. But since we have absolutely no hard evidence supporting the existence of any god, anything we say about it and its nature \u003Cem\u003Emust be\u003C\/em\u003E either an uneducated guess, or just shamelessly made up.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom my personal perspective, however, should I care about god at all? Would it change anything in my life? Would I become a better person, if I just started believing against all reason?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","content":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\n                \u003Cnoscript\u003E\n                    \u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/keep-calm-because-i-dont-care_big.png\u0022 alt=\u0022Keep calm, because I don\u0027t care\u0022 class=\u0022border\u0022 width=\u0022600\u0022 height=\u0022700\u0022\u003E                \n                \u003C\/noscript\u003E\n                \u003Cspan class=\u0022hide-noscript\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022data:image\/png;base64,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\u0022 data-src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/keep-calm-because-i-dont-care_big.png\u0022 alt=\u0022Keep calm, because I don\u0027t care\u0022 class=\u0022border\u0022 width=\u0022600\u0022 height=\u0022700\u0022\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\n                \u003Cfigcaption\u003E\n                    \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/floridagunsupply.com\/82-reasons\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\n                        \u003Csvg class=\u0022icon\u0022\u003E\u003Cuse xlink:href=\u0022#light-link\u0022\u003E\u003C\/use\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E\n                        floridagunsupply.com\/82-reasons\n                    \u003C\/a\u003E\n                \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\n            \u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom a scientific point of view, of course I care for the god hypothesis. Its existence and nature are facts about our universe that are definitely worth knowing. But since we have absolutely no hard evidence supporting the existence of any god, anything we say about it and its nature \u003Cem\u003Emust be\u003C\/em\u003E either an uneducated guess, or just shamelessly made up.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom my personal perspective, however, should I care about god at all? Would it change anything in my life? Would I become a better person, if I just started believing against all reason?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E1. There might be no gods.\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this case I can just freely live my life as an atheist, without wasting time for any superstitious nonsense, and without fearing death \u2013 since I won\u2019t even notice I\u2019m gone already. I\u2019d be trying to be a good person just because I don\u2019t want others to suffer.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E2. There might be a god that doesn\u2019t care about us at all.\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThen why would I care either? Cool, it created us, it is some deistic or pantheistic force of nature, maybe there\u2019s some afterlife, but we simply don\u2019t know it. In this case I can just freely live my life as an atheist, without wasting time for any superstitious nonsense, without fearing death \u2013 since my actions won\u2019t affect my potential afterlife anyway. I\u2019d be trying to be a good person, just because I don\u2019t want others to suffer.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E3. There might be a god that watches our moves and punishes or rewards us after death.\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Ch4\u003E3. a) It rewards us for our good deeds and morals.\u003C\/h4\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWell, without it telling us beforehand, in a straight-forward matter, what\u2019s actually good and what\u2019s bad, it doesn\u2019t really seem fair to get judged by it, does it? Still, I think it\u2019s safe to assume, that a secular morality, based on simply not being a dick and not wanting other people to suffer, should be enough, shouldn\u2019t it? (Seriously, I refuse to adjust my sex life or my menu to what some primitive bronze age book says!)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this case I can just freely live my life as an atheist, without wasting time for any superstitious nonsense, without fearing death, since I did my best to be a good person anyway \u2013 just because I don\u2019t want others to suffer.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch4\u003E3. b) It rewards us for our faith or some other stupid, arbitrary trace.\u003C\/h4\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThen why the hell would I want to be a pet of such a god? Being a mindless puppet, bullied into faith by a threat of hell, created for the sole purpose of worshipping its creator, not given enough information to make a wise decision, but being accounted for that decision anyway \u2013 that\u2019s not what I want to be. If god is really so unimaginably cruel, then I chose to be a rebel, no matter the consequences.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUnless the punishment is hell as pictured by some sophisticated theologians: a state of soul when it\u2019s separated from god. Then hell yeah! I\u2019d be happy to get as far away from such monster as possible.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003ESumming up\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo if I, somehow, managed to make myself believe in a god, no matter what \u003Cem\u003Ekind\u003C\/em\u003E of god would that be, would anything change for me?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI\u2019d still be as good a person, as I can. I\u2019d still refuse to base my morality on unverified sources and self-proclaimed authorities. I\u2019d still try to base my life on reason and evidence, as much as I can.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJust one thing would change for sure: how other people see me. Some would like me more, some would like me less. My parents might even start treating my like a son again (if I also started pretending not to be gay). But hey! If they all care about my faith more than even I do, is there any reason why should I be bothered by their bigoted opinions?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csvg xmlns=\u0022http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\u0022 style=\u0022display: none;\u0022\u003E\u003C\/svg\u003E","tags":["afterlife","apatheism","atheism","belief","consequences","deism","existence","faith","god","morality","pantheism","religion","theism"],"hasMore":true,"image":"https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/keep-calm-because-i-dont-care_small.png","introLite":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/keep-calm-because-i-dont-care_big.png\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/keep-calm-because-i-dont-care_mini.png\u0022 alt=\u0022Keep calm, because I don\u0027t care\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022280\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom a scientific point of view, of course I care for the god hypothesis. Its existence and nature are facts about our universe that are definitely worth knowing. But since we have absolutely no hard evidence supporting the existence of any god, anything we say about it and its nature \u003Cem\u003Emust be\u003C\/em\u003E either an uneducated guess, or just shamelessly made up.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom my personal perspective, however, should I care about god at all? Would it change anything in my life? Would I become a better person, if I just started believing against all reason?\u003C\/p\u003E","contentLite":"\u003Cfigure\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/keep-calm-because-i-dont-care_big.png\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg src=\u0022https:\/\/avris.it\/image\/keep-calm-because-i-dont-care_mini.png\u0022 alt=\u0022Keep calm, because I don\u0027t care\u0022 width=\u0022240\u0022 height=\u0022280\u0022 loading=\u0022lazy\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cfigcaption\u003E\n                    \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/floridagunsupply.com\/82-reasons\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022\u003E\u003Csmall\u003Efloridagunsupply.com\/82-reasons\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n                \u003C\/figcaption\u003E\u003C\/figure\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom a scientific point of view, of course I care for the god hypothesis. Its existence and nature are facts about our universe that are definitely worth knowing. But since we have absolutely no hard evidence supporting the existence of any god, anything we say about it and its nature \u003Cem\u003Emust be\u003C\/em\u003E either an uneducated guess, or just shamelessly made up.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EFrom my personal perspective, however, should I care about god at all? Would it change anything in my life? Would I become a better person, if I just started believing against all reason?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E1. There might be no gods.\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this case I can just freely live my life as an atheist, without wasting time for any superstitious nonsense, and without fearing death \u2013 since I won\u2019t even notice I\u2019m gone already. I\u2019d be trying to be a good person just because I don\u2019t want others to suffer.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E2. There might be a god that doesn\u2019t care about us at all.\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThen why would I care either? Cool, it created us, it is some deistic or pantheistic force of nature, maybe there\u2019s some afterlife, but we simply don\u2019t know it. In this case I can just freely live my life as an atheist, without wasting time for any superstitious nonsense, without fearing death \u2013 since my actions won\u2019t affect my potential afterlife anyway. I\u2019d be trying to be a good person, just because I don\u2019t want others to suffer.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003E3. There might be a god that watches our moves and punishes or rewards us after death.\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Ch4\u003E3. a) It rewards us for our good deeds and morals.\u003C\/h4\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EWell, without it telling us beforehand, in a straight-forward matter, what\u2019s actually good and what\u2019s bad, it doesn\u2019t really seem fair to get judged by it, does it? Still, I think it\u2019s safe to assume, that a secular morality, based on simply not being a dick and not wanting other people to suffer, should be enough, shouldn\u2019t it? (Seriously, I refuse to adjust my sex life or my menu to what some primitive bronze age book says!)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EIn this case I can just freely live my life as an atheist, without wasting time for any superstitious nonsense, without fearing death, since I did my best to be a good person anyway \u2013 just because I don\u2019t want others to suffer.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch4\u003E3. b) It rewards us for our faith or some other stupid, arbitrary trace.\u003C\/h4\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThen why the hell would I want to be a pet of such a god? Being a mindless puppet, bullied into faith by a threat of hell, created for the sole purpose of worshipping its creator, not given enough information to make a wise decision, but being accounted for that decision anyway \u2013 that\u2019s not what I want to be. If god is really so unimaginably cruel, then I chose to be a rebel, no matter the consequences.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EUnless the punishment is hell as pictured by some sophisticated theologians: a state of soul when it\u2019s separated from god. Then hell yeah! I\u2019d be happy to get as far away from such monster as possible.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Ch3\u003ESumming up\u003C\/h3\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003ESo if I, somehow, managed to make myself believe in a god, no matter what \u003Cem\u003Ekind\u003C\/em\u003E of god would that be, would anything change for me?\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EI\u2019d still be as good a person, as I can. I\u2019d still refuse to base my morality on unverified sources and self-proclaimed authorities. I\u2019d still try to base my life on reason and evidence, as much as I can.\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EJust one thing would change for sure: how other people see me. Some would like me more, some would like me less. My parents might even start treating my like a son again (if I also started pretending not to be gay). But hey! If they all care about my faith more than even I do, is there any reason why should I be bothered by their bigoted opinions?\u003C\/p\u003E","words":668,"readTime":3,"lang":"en"}}}}}