Interpretations
David Elsensohn writes on God's wrath in the context of the poem. Elsensohn disagrees with Milton that God's wrath should be called down; rather, Elsensohn argues for understanding:
"Milton's outrage mirrors my own doubts and disdain for overly zealous adherence to dogma and the elevation of Scripture to near-divine status; cleaving too tightly to power and one's own view of divinity leads never to enlightenment or to peace, but to violence and oppression. While Milton calls for the Lord's own wrath to expose and avenge the wrongdoing, I call for acceptance of all faiths and of no faith. Such acts must always be told - their cries echoing over the hills, and to Heaven - for only by exposure and universal condemnation are such acts of hatred lessened and eventually ceased."
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