What's wrong with being bad ?

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 101898


I've found myself those days defending the bad character (namely
Snape), which goes completely against my own beliefs, as I'm a Christian.

But I'm deeply aware that it is *because* I'm a Christian that I
believe that bad is wrong. It's because I believe there's a God out
there who will punish those who do bad and reward those who do good
(simplified verson, but that will do for now). And I'm also deeply
aware that those who don't believe in a Higher Force like me have NO
reason to choose good over bad other than their own decision and
preferences.

Snape seems to be one of those people. He grew up in the Dark Arts and
seems to have adopted early on a "Dark Outlook" on life so to speak.
He doesn't seem to like niceness and sweetness and light, and seems to
prefer darkness and cruelty.

And I'm wondering : what's wrong with that ? Isn't he entitled to
choose as he wants ? It makes his and others' lifes harder, but so
what ? Isn't it still his right as a human being to live as he chooses
? If others disagree (and many do), it is their right to fight him and
prevent him from hurting them. But if he likes darkness rather than
light, and cruelty rather than niceness, what Higher Rule is he
breaking, if he doesn't believe in a Higher Force ?

Del