the spirit of the age is revenge

Perhaps egged on by our own upbringings, or perhaps cowed into believing at one time, what others believed to be true, whatever the reason may be, we, as a society have embraced revenge all too lovingly. I speak of America of course, but general pronouns are generally more polite.

Man, I believe, in some circles at least, has gotten so strong and able, that he now lusts for vengeance when hurt or when disobeyed. Men now think of themselves as executors of the ultimate justice. Exacting revenge for however they have been wronged, bringing their wrath upon peoples rather than persons. Man thus fancies himself as the righteous undertaker of god's work- a crusader. Men doing the work of God- the notion may be utterly fanciful to us- but far greater men have succumbed to far lesser lusts.

By his own rules, by his own beliefs, this man has strayed off the path. For it is laid down in every scripture, attributed to any god- Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord.

Man is foolish in his greed, in his blind lust, in his soul he is now hollow. Fear left him long ago, and nowadays, death is comfortably far away.