Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181110034633/@comment-37596759-20181123055156

But the thing is, a human is not at all obligated to show another person respect if they are given disrespect. I would say that this is even more true for a god, who created the humans and gave them everything they needed to live happy lives. They, to my knowledge, never even demanded worship or servitude, just don't disrespect them. I don't see that as asking for much at all. For the scene where they are bringing Ozma back between life and death multiple times, that wasn't them toying with him. Salem entered their realm and asked for help. She was told no. She then went behind the God of Creation's back and asked his brother, who brought him back. And then that was undone by the GoL. He was brought back by the power of the gods; he was taken away by the power of the gods. And this was all taking place in their realm, where their rules should be in full effect. The problem was that Salem tried to bypass their rule by not informing the GoD that his elder brother already told her no, which lead to a misunderstanding of who was in the right based on their preexisting rules. I don't fault the gods at all here. This was all because of Salem. The reason for the GoD wiping all of humanity out based on the actions of a few is because they displayed an inherent flaw in our species. To a greater or lessor extent, we are all arrogant, violent and ungrateful creatures. The gods didn't really do anything to anger most, if not all, of the people that Salem roused into action. They simply answered her call out of greed and a lust for power. Humanity was their creations and they proved to be not to their liking, so the GoD ended them. Again, I don't think that's unreasonable. They were made for a purpose, and they didn't live up to that purpose. Lastly, on the topic of balance. I could be wrong, but don't believe he was implying that their needed to be balance as if there were some sort of natural law of the universe that demanded it. But more that there needs to be a balance between life and death for humanity as a whole to function as it was intended to. If the gods never allowed people to die, the human experience would be vastly different. For life to have value, it must have an end. That is the lesson, and it seems to be why they gave Salem immortality. So that she would see that her existence has no true value. It's just a never-ending hell. The gods aren't human they are gods. They are judge, jury, executioner, creator and destroyer. They have rules, which weren't unjust or oppressive, that Salem and a large amount of humanity went against. The God of Destruction then decided to wipe out his creations because they shown themselves to be defective and not what they had originally designed them to be. But it was later decided that they deserved a second chance, so they were brought back. You are trying to criticize the gods as if they are on equal footing as any other human. This just doesn't work. No human is greater than any other human. This does not apply to a god that created humanity.