The Road To Hell Is Paved With Good Intentions

Pardon my lack of understanding for the above proverb, but what exactly does it actually mean? Or is there no one fixed answer to it at all? Since being a proverb and all, the sentence by itself is open to different interpretations depending on how you want to see it?

I had always thought this is a proverb that is essentially an irony by itself. How can the road to hell be paved with good intentions? Or put it this way: How is it any good doing good knowing that eventually you will end up in hell anyway?! It just doesn’t make any sense at all.

Since the proverb stems from a religious context, allow me to put forward this scenario: There is this person who preaches about christianity, about how good it is for you and your soul... blah blah blah. And then after a period of time, the person eventually gets turned off by the constant pestering. The road to hell can be visualised here with respect to the deterioration of the relationship between these two or put in another way, if the person converts, the road to hell begins for people around him/her who cannot accept his/her conversion. Different scenario, yet yields the same results. Either way, we lose. More hatred in this world, not that we don't already have enough anyway.

Can you see where I’m getting at? Religion drives people apart, not bringing them together! That’s like the mother of all ironies man. It’s just like forcibly telling people: “Either you are with me, or NOT”. Wah, wu jit kuan eh daiji ah? Like that how different are these zealots from the terrorists that have been bombing innocent people everywhere?

Where is the sense and sensibility needed to sustain the fragile peace in this world? Haven’t we got enough trouble in the world already? Why can’t people of different faith live together peacefully? Israelis and Palestinians? Or something closer to home? Fervent christians who are forever trying to convert people, and the rest of the population?

Yah yah you tell me its not so easy. 废话, wounds take time to heal I also know. But YOU can take that small step today and make a difference to the world we live in! How? Embrace each other and say: “To hell with God! Let’s make love… errr and I mean peace, yeah peace!!!”

Say if there IS a God above, I’m sure He wouldn’t mind either. Who needs wars and conflicts where you can have love and peace?