We exist in Hell.

A comment from one of my game players, after I explained how this existence was Hell:

"I am never reading anything Jorm writes while high again. 4/20 just got a lot more paranoid."

The conversation thread was based on the idea that there could or could not be a "utopia" on Earth. That someday we, as a species, would come together as one and be ultra happy and peaceful.

My response:

It is not possible to achieve a Utopia in this world because, simply, this is hell.

We are in hell.

What is hell? Why, it is the worst thing imaginable.

When Lucifer (or Satanael, or whatever) was cast down, the most horrible punishment that could be inflicted upon him and his cohorts was to "no longer be able to hear the Voice of God and be Removed from His understanding."

None of us know these things. Ergo, this is hell.

Ergo, you won't be finding any "perfect society."

If you are a Christian, or a Jew, or a Muslim, this logic must follow you. I apologize for bursting your bubble, but, according to your belief system, you are in Hell.

The worst punishment is to be divorced from the Mind of God.

And none of you can claim to be witness to the Chorus of God.

In your hearts, in your souls, you know what I say is true.

So from this, you can extrapolate two ideas:

1) Everything you have been taught about God and religion is true, and you are in Hell

2) It's all bullshit, and if there is a God, he doesn't care enough about you (and Hell) to put you in it, or to give you access to the Chorus, or whatever.

Take from that what you will.