Its complicated
The other day while watching television with my granddaughters, of course Sponge Bob cartoons, (is it something else to watch?) I realized that the way that good and evil are represented hasn’t changed much since my childhood. This particular episode had Sponge Bob debating whether to get back at someone or not. Like magic, a little angel and a little devil appear on each of his shoulders and then the fighting began. Here, in the right shoulder, the angel of good, halo, wings, the whole nine yards, whispering in Sponge Bob’s ear "do not do it, to err is human to forgive divine”, and if you succumb to temptation you will go to hell" Here, in the left shoulder, the little devil, of course red attire, horns, pitch fork and the works, whispering in Sponge Bob’s other ear, "do it, go for it, its pay back time, you wont go to hell, but you are going to give him hell. --Look little devil, said the little angel, stop giving him bad advise, you wont be there when h...