That's why thankfully we have that small voice within us. The description in the Elijah theophany in the Bible is remarkable for conveying to us we truly hear God when we stop to listen to the conscience implanted within us that commands us to continue on the strait and narrow path in this life. That is the greatest gift God has given Man and there are the few in whom it is void and they are evil and should be put down without mercy so the world can endure.
good post, although, in my opinion, the conscience is not implanted, there are some, sociopaths, whom do not have a conscience. It has a preordained , or vestige to make a conscience possible, if and when it is developed. What happened at Auchwitz and other places, to me, since evil has no bounds, is a result of the devil and his legions being able to ursurp the power of undeveloped consciences. ? word games, perhaps, but, to me, mercy is in the judgement of God, as to your statement of no mercy, but I know what you mean, emotions prevail over justice, but watchout, as emotions prevailed then, or rather through the written word of Langbehn and LeGarde, who convinced the northern German, the Volk, who were into New Age sort of religion anyway, their minds were led to believe certain things.