#tldr; YOU DIDNT RESTORE SHIT YOU JUST MADE THE BIBLE EMO!!!!!!!!!

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light yagami's black-and-white mindset is so interesting and i want people to expand on it more. like that one time where he sincerely considered killing the bullies at his school. the only (stated) thing that prevented him from following through with the kill is the fact that it was too closely connected to him. it wasn't the fact that they were also still kids, nor the fact that being kids meant they had more of a chance to still change for the better, but the fact that it would up his chances on getting caught. which is so insanely interesting to me.

following this logic would imply a belief that anything that rots stays rotten-- which ironically is exactly the same kind of mindset that light's initially trying to combat. light yagami fights under the impression that the only way to restore justice and protect the innocent is through extreme methods (since the current method of a courtroom is clearly flawed). his extreme methods consist of, as we all know, executing criminals, making an example out of them, and then uniting all the "righteous" civilians under a benevolent god. this way, in his eyes, all the wicked have been plucked and the remaining will never step close to crime because of the fear of being next.

that's christianity. light yagami has re-created christianity.

those exact three things can all be found in the bible (or at least the one i read). and they also can be found in american and british history. y'know because of christianity. no matter how much you try you cannot eradicate christianity from these histories because of how influential it was in the culture. this is also why you can't pluck it from american law either. light yagami is not american, but this still applies to other justice systems as well. religion is such an integral part of early society i would argue you couldn't strip a religion from any nation's law. light yagami does not restore justice, he creates a religion, which is why the justice system he's fighting exists in the first place. he just restarted the cycle. and that is so incredibly ironic to me.

he is a teenager and it shows. he is so incredibly detached from both life and death and it shows. i don't even know how this turned into me talking about religion this whole thought process was sparked from fucking Pumped Up Kicks i need to put this man in a blender.

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Hi don't mind me I just feel like trying to contribute. I'm sorry if this comes off as me being a dick but I kinda wanna add something.

While lights philosophy is very much like Christianity light is very much close minded, Christianity despite all its.. questionable takes does preach one thing extremely hard.

Redemption.

the one thing the light doesn't think will happen, Christianity offers that instead of just suffering in the void of hell because you did something fucked up even if it was years ago, you can repent, you can try to be better as long as you humble yourself and admit you did something wrong as well as admitting you want to be better and want to try to be.

Light is so sure in his judgement that he doesn't think it's possible for people to change, but they can, the reason why Christianity is so viral during certain times is because people aren't just afraid of forever going to hell, if that was the case it would have died instantly, but instead offers the chance to change and repent, an offer of a better fate as long as you are humble.

Lights is just blind judgement and biased against people. Hes had this god complex and when he receives the death note it's just allowed to show, he's never been a good person.. well he may have been and he could be if he never picked up the book, but he did and his arrogance only grew, and that affected his actions. Yes certain people will never change but that does not mean no one will. But It's up to those people to change themselves, to humble themselves and choose to be better yet light just refuses to see that because he's so sure.

He may have had the power of a god. But his actions and cruelty were due to his unwillingness to comprehend the human heart and his arrogance.

I apologize if I'm being snobbish but I just felt like bringing this up... Partly due to my faith but mainly due to the contrast between lights beliefs and religions beliefs.. especially Christianity. I hope I made sense, have a good day and if you didn't like this I can always just delete this reblog.

light yagami's black-and-white mindset is so interesting and i want people to expand on it more. like that one time where he sincerely considered killing the bullies at his school. the only (stated) thing that prevented him from following through with the kill is the fact that it was too closely connected to him. it wasn't the fact that they were also still kids, nor the fact that being kids meant they had more of a chance to still change for the better, but the fact that it would up his chances on getting caught. which is so insanely interesting to me.

following this logic would imply a belief that anything that rots stays rotten-- which ironically is exactly the same kind of mindset that light's initially trying to combat. light yagami fights under the impression that the only way to restore justice and protect the innocent is through extreme methods (since the current method of a courtroom is clearly flawed). his extreme methods consist of, as we all know, executing criminals, making an example out of them, and then uniting all the "righteous" civilians under a benevolent god. this way, in his eyes, all the wicked have been plucked and the remaining will never step close to crime because of the fear of being next.

that's christianity. light yagami has re-created christianity.

those exact three things can all be found in the bible (or at least the one i read). and they also can be found in american and british history. y'know because of christianity. no matter how much you try you cannot eradicate christianity from these histories because of how influential it was in the culture. this is also why you can't pluck it from american law either. light yagami is not american, but this still applies to other justice systems as well. religion is such an integral part of early society i would argue you couldn't strip a religion from any nation's law. light yagami does not restore justice, he creates a religion, which is why the justice system he's fighting exists in the first place. he just restarted the cycle. and that is so incredibly ironic to me.

he is a teenager and it shows. he is so incredibly detached from both life and death and it shows. i don't even know how this turned into me talking about religion this whole thought process was sparked from fucking Pumped Up Kicks i need to put this man in a blender.