Thread:Aesop's Feast/@comment-1672596-20140904171718

You are not wrong when you say that Frollo's fear of God is indicative that he has the ability to discern between right and wrong. But the thing is, his definition of right and wrong has become skewed and he uses religion as a convenient justification for his actions, so anything he does that he thinks is wrong is twisted to become right in his mind. He seeks to purge the world of all evil, but he fails to see the corruption within himself. This failure to see anything wrong with what he's doing is why he does not feel remorseful – he has not done anything wrong (in his mind) in the first place.

Oh, and if you wish to continue the debate, kindly post it on my wall. We shouldn't take up too much space on another's wall.

In case you aren't aware, God himself is like Frollo, only he actually relishes in the total fear of his worshippers, even with Jesus's sacrifice, and he most certainly has no remorse for any harm he inflicted onto humanity (why should he? After all, he has no one above him, and he cannot be hurt or killed by anyone). He told us we must never kill anyone (and considering his son Jesus didn't even kill out of self defense despite clearly having the advantage, that's definitely kill and not merely murder), yet he hypocritically demanded total genocide of the Malenkites and relished in slaughtering Sodom and Gomorrah (and those did have children in there, so not even the most innocent were spared in the destruction other than Lot and his daughters). In fact, had I been God, I'd effectively behave exactly like Kefka Palazzo did when he became a god, basically place the Ten Commandments to force people to obey them, yet ignore them myself since I have no application to them since I'm all powerful and thus not restrained by anyone, slaughter absolutely everyone and rule the entire world through fear alone, and if people demand I stop, I flat out admit that my actions are fun precisely because people are hurt in the process and remind them that I'm all powerful and they are all helpless before me, and then non-chalantly state that even if they do somehow succeed in killing me, they'll all die with me anyways. I'd have no fear of anyone, any retribution, and with it, I have absolutely no remorse. Oh, and I'd also frequently mind-rape humanity if they attempt to barter with me to show just how much power and knowledge I have and how superior I am to them. That's exactly how I'd behave as God, and I definitely know that's the potential God actually has because I've seen such acts from similar omnipotent, omniscient, immortal creatures (like the Architect from the Matrix, Kefka from Final Fantasy VI, Abeloth from Fate of the Jedi, the Patriots AIs from Metal Gear, Ulyaoth from Eternal Darkness, Frieza from Dragon Ball, and the like). The fact that I actually do fear God is the only reason I'm remorseful regarding sin and try to avoid it whenever possible and in any way. It's been that way since I saw the ending of Raiders of the Lost Ark, and it's only gotten worse since then. 