Satan was God's best friend. Though most readers of the Bible see Satan as either the sinful serpent who seduced Eve, or the lecherous figure lurking in the shadows, shying away from the almighty power of God, deeper reading will reveal that Satan, though both of those things, was once the right-hand man of God almighty. From the book of Isaiah, to Dante's Inferno, classical readers can infer that the Devil was once a handsome, righteous, "son of the light," and friend to the omnipotent Lord. Nevertheless, the Devil descended into sin, and disobeyed God, refusing his forgiveness. How could such a godly, moral man turn into such a monster? The only answer to that question can only be found by dissecting the hazy relationship of good and evil.
When the word evil comes to mind, the first thing I think of is Dr. Doofenshmirtz, the pitiful archetypal mad scientist in the Disney show Phineas and Ferb. Doof is quite literally just your average mad scientist: every episode, he creates some sort of technology with some sort of nefarious intent, and is always foiled by the secret agent, Perry the Platypus, the deus ex machina hero. Doof and Agent P. are the archetypal portrayal of the battle between good and evil. Each episode, no matter how absurd or unthinkable the threat, the hero Agent P. manages to set things right, and please everything. This portrayal of the battle between good and evil, though somewhat simplified, is society's ideal battle between the two forces. Many hope that all evil will be vanquished by a hero, and no matter how absurd the situation, people hold tightly to this ideal, as seen in religious devotions and whatnot.
There are a multitude of facets to each issue, and as an individualistic and free thinking species, we all take a unique side on one of the infinite facets of the issue. Take for instance the Brock Turner scandal. To many, what he did was a heinous violation on an innocent girl. However, this was not the case to those in power. The judge gave Turner a whopping eternity of six months in jail. There are hundreds in the United States jail system serving sentences over fifty times his sentence for crimes worth a fraction of the moral violation. His father and others around him cited his prolific and promising swimming career, as well as a multitude of other seemingly outstanding attributes. The judge, as well as the prison board, seemed to overlook the entirety of the crime, and focus only on this "nice kid who just messed up a little bit" argument. Thus, Turner ended up only serving three months of his sentence. This case perfectly captured how much the grey area of issues matters. Seemingly polar issues have layers upon layers of viewpoints, and all of them have an equal impact on the issue at hand.
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