Author Stephen King is a fantastic Horror, Fantasy and Science Fiction writer. Most of his novels have been brought to "life" in the movies. Funny how through stories the true human nature is revealed.
"Man are born good..." as a proverb goes. Truly, this person had not been through the darkest ages of Mankind.
Take for an example the novel "The Mist". In desperate times, people who are thrown into a state of panic embraces just about anything they think can bring "salvation" to them. Fanatics in this situation (whatever be their religion) rules the roost with their "preaching" of false gods. They offer false hopes and false sense of salvation to the "flock", having people made into sacrificial lambs to satisfy some dark innate sense of piousness to their "god" just to protect their own hide.
How about "The Shining", where a man battles with alchoholism and uncontrollable rage. At some point, he is fighting his inner demons. "IT" is similar, in terms of fighting inner demons, overcoming one's fears.
Mr Stephen Edwin King has truly mastered the art of satisfying men's dark appetite for blood, murder and evil. Not for the faint hearted though.
Ok, ok... I'm just reading into these books too much.
But, if men are born good, why are there constant reminders and teachings of spiritual salvation, teachings of good, and "finding one's inner peace", and so on?
Governments have to run campaigns for to remind citizens to be courteous, etc. But at the end of the day, who really gives the shit? These campaigns has a role, to condition one's mind as they are played on all media and repeated constantly (Pavlov's methods, perhaps).
Ultimately these things has to be taught by the people who populated the nation ... Parents.
"Dark" and "Light" forces are constantly waging battles for the human soul every single second. Every single second of each living and breathing life force existing on Gaia.
Shoot, I'm beginning to sound like some new age cuckoo who could run around screaming, "Repent while salvation is at hand! The world is coming to an end! The prophecies in the Book of Revelations are about to be fulfilled!"
Nah! I am a sensitive new age gal, and am a softy for humanity.
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