“You know why I hate God so much . . . I mean the idea of God?”
“Why?”
“Because it’s the idea of a dictator imposing limits on us. There are no limits!”
“There’s no sin?”
“Of course not! Don’t you see how sick the idea of sin is?!”
“What about Auschwitz?”
“What about it?”
“Was that sinful?”
“Well no, cos there’s no sin.”
“So the Nazis were right?”
“What do you mean, right?”
“Well, if there’s no sin, then anyone can do what they want. So Hitler and the gang were right in just doing what they wanted. And in a sense the psychopath is demonstrating this idea of there being no sin far more than ‘ordinary’ people, as their actions are statements of there being no limits.”
“Well you’re going to extremes here.”
“I hate to tell you, but the very nature of sin and evil does go to extremes. How could anyone possibly not know that? And anyway, a minute ago you were ecstatic about there being no limits. You should also be grateful I went straight to the bogeyman of the Nazis. I could have gone in all kinds of alternative and graphic routes in, let’s say, illustrating your position.”
