Compared to Adolf Hitler or Josef Mengele, his sins are mere pecadillos.

When I said “wrongdoers, no matter how bad” I really did mean Pol Pot, Charles Manson, Josef Stalin etc. I’d like to think that I’m not as bad as any of those, but no matter. I wouldn’t condemn any of them to eternal torment.

My own situation is that there are a sizeable number of people who want to see me dead. Not just dead, tortured to death in the most painful way possible.

Now I’m no pacifist, I’ll do whatever it takes consistent with my personal ethics to frustrate them. If it came to a shootout, I wouldn’t aim to kill, I’d aim to maximise probability of neutralising the threat. That unfortunately would probably result in their deaths. What I wouldn’t do is hold their children hostage, or similar immorality. Even if it meant my own demise.

It’s easy to love ones friends. Loving one’s enemies, much harder. I don’t think I’ve managed it. But having simple human compassion for them, while fighting to the maximum of my ability to ensure they do no more harm, that I can manage.

I’m atheist, don’t believe gods exist. But Good, that exists. Love, mercy, compassion, reason, humility, not being a complete arsehole – those exist. Faith not required.

Always assuming that in 50-60 years there will be enough humans left alive, and with enough food and water, to even be able to think about cleaning up.

I don’t. Never been a fan of justice untempered by mercy. The idea of rejoicing at the eternal torture of wrongdoers, no matter how bad or how much they may ‘deserve’ it, well, it sickens me.

David Barton and his White Evangelical followers don’t think about the fruit of their dishonesty and deception, and they certainly aren’t thinking about life 50-60 years in the future. The history books will not be kind to these Evangelical liars, and their offspring will be tasked with cleaning up their messes.