Oh My God! What Terrifying Love

Deiform Buddha

May 10, 2006

Someone captured a free-flying bird, confined it in a cage to admire, and shamelessly declared, “I love birds!”

Someone prevented their eight- or nine-year-old child from dressing themselves or playing outdoors, instead forcing them to study incessantly and suppressing their innate nature, yet solemnly and proudly claimed, “I love my child!”

Someone obstructed their divorced mother from remarrying, self-righteously asserting, “I love my mother!”

Someone monitored their spouse’s every move, flying into a rage at any interaction with the opposite sex, creating chaos at home, disturbing the neighbors, and exhausting their loved ones, yet shouted with all their might, “I love him (or her)!”

Someone discovered their partner’s infidelity and responded with violence and threats, yet swore with conviction, “I love you!”

Someone stole public assets to embellish their home and felt no shame in proclaiming, “I love my family!”

Someone adorned their home to be lavish and spotless but swept their trash outside without a hint of guilt, proudly claiming, “I love cleanliness!”

Someone invaded another country, committing arson, robbery, and murder, yet shamelessly declared, “I love my homeland!”

Someone recklessly destroyed natural resources while brazenly professing, “I love the people of my hometown! I love the masses!”

Someone enclosed themselves in a narrow religious bubble, preventing their followers from embracing new ideas and perspectives, yet shamelessly announced, “I love you all!”

Someone persecuted dissenters and boldly declared, “I love my party!” “I love my faith!”

Someone wielded bayonets and embraced atomic bombs with reckless abandon, proclaiming, “I love life! I love peace!”

A wolf killed a lamb to feed its cubs, its mouth dripping with blood, and proudly declared to the entire forest, “I love my children!”

Someone indiscriminately dumped trash everywhere, unfazed and unashamed, yet declared, “I love nature!”

Someone bullied kind and honest people while fervently swearing, “I love God!”

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Oh my God! What terrifying love!