NEVER RESPONSIBLE.

By Brian Nzomo.

“It is this woman you have given to me that made me sin,” said the mythological Adam.

“It was this talking snake that lured me into eating the fruit,” said Eve, the mythological mother of all nations who was said to be moulded from a rib of a man made of clay.

The human is never responsible. And that even reflects in the antics of our mythological stories. Since time immemorial, cultures across the world created myths and supernatural delusions to explain the course of events and define phenomena. Man could never accept that negative phenomena like evil, were products of his own drive to survive, and products of their own cause.

It would have been too traumatizing for man to believe that he was the cause of this unfortunate string of events that hampered the bliss of others and himself. Man met a tough environment, tough nature. And he needed to survive. Survival meant overcoming the chaos of nature.

Man’s illusion hoped for a utopia. A world where such chaos was not apparent. It was a complete farce because reality reflected a completely different picture from that in his myths of a paradise.

His irresponsible mind and nature could not accept that evil as he defined it was a product of his doing. Cultures of men across the world came up with stories of the first parents to explain origin. They also came up with the story of how evil was spread to the world and its consequences. The stories were ridiculous to say the least.

Talking snakes telling a woman to eat a fruit from the tree of knowledge. Chameleons and birds supposed to tell men they would never die.

Death became the ultimate effect of evil. All mysterious phenomena that boggled the minds of men were interwoven in stories that made no sense and could never be logical at all.

It is surprising therefore, that despite millennia fleeting away, man is still stuck in the idea that evil has never been a product of his own reactions to survival. There still exists a creature responsible.

He is depicted in many ways. Scary ways to make everyone abhor him. He is called Satan. Others call him Shaitan. In Swahili he is called Shetani or ibilisi. He carries the sin of everyone. His agents called demons possess everyone who exhibits evil.

His ultimate punishment is an infinitely burning furnace. Him and those who served him.

But there exists nothing of that sort. He doesn’t exist and never has.