The Weight of The Equation of Love
My mind just wandered back to The Imitation Game, specifically the moment Turing recognizes the weight of the position he is in. "The Calculus of War" is essentially the combination of factors that puts him in the position of determining which of his allies must die in order to protect the secret that they can overhear their enemy's every move. While the play by play of this is certainly unenviable, despite Turing presumably possessing the intellect to identify the best solution to minimize overall casualties, it is the weight of the equation as a whole that presently has my interest.
Which is weightier, from a pure data perspective, if such a thing could be quantified: War or Love?
My assumption is that The Bible is correct, meaning that a comparative function such as "God is love." (1 John 4:16) weights this inexorably to the side of love. This now has me thinking of one of my favorite verses, admittedly in a new and ominous light "Love is as strong as death." (Song of songs 8:6). If something so simple as death were the final answer to fully calculate the equation of love, then why life's persistence in the absence of love's equation found complete? Would death and resurrection not suffice to satisfy the equation in full, in that circumstance? Why would a loving God not just wipe the board clean (kill everyone), and explain it with love itself, found and secured, upon everyone's resurrection?
Furthermore, in every instance of the horror of death portrayed, is it not the dying, rather than the death itself, that horrifies? Which is more horrifying, death or a state where you wish for death and it does not come? What is death from the position of life- factually, provably- besides the crossing of a barrier to the unknown? While fear of the unknown certainly exists, I imagine that, for most, it does not make the top three personal fears. Could there not be a deeper fear embedded into the fear of death, the fear that one's worst fears play out from that moment on? Perhaps, even worse, that one's greatest mercy was death, and that this mercy has been expended, opening the door for fears much worse than one knew they could ever possess?
Such thoughts exist, perhaps as whispers for most, but certainly not without perception entirely. While war here on earth presumably ends in death (most times, we'll say... certainly eventually), how might the search for the equation of love end, if unsuccessful? Even if successful, if the best fit solution is certainly already found, then why *this*? Could not the only answer be that *this* is the best fit solution, presently being witnessed in its unfolding (besides this being the failure to attain love, which returns me to my prior query)? If death were the sure-fire solution, why would death not be thorough? If a fate worse than what can be presently imagined awaits, such that death is a mercy from it, what must love contain to be worth the price? Who pays this price, in your story?
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