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Ethics & MoralityInherently Good or Evil?
15 Posts • 12913 Views Philosophy Forum |
yea... i think people are inherently "good" and become "evil" or gain "evil" tendencies once they grow older and begin learning about the world around them. i sorta think... |
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God in ReligionIf there's a god, why is there evil?
222 Posts • 57565 Views Religion Forum |
evil does not exist. Evil is to be understood as a lacking of good. All that god created is good. even satan himself is good in the sense that God created him. So evil does not exist in this world as... |
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Enherit Goodness Of Mankind
6 Posts • 3759 Views Philosophy Forum |
I believe that people are not nor evil or good but they are a blank slate at birth. Then the experiences one under goes determines their out come. So there are major factors that play key roles such a... |
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ChristianityHands up if you're a Christian
54 Posts • 12168 Views Religion Forum |
"The scale is in comparison to information you do not and apparently cannot posses, the goodness without the evil."
Again you are describing evil as if it is something - as if it exists i... |
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Religion & HumanityWhy?
9 Posts • 4036 Views Religion Forum |
spinning off of this a bit, assuming that there is good because there is evil and vise versa, would it be logical to also say that since there is "universe" there is also some sort of "... |
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Religion & HumanityWhat defines good or evil?
33 Posts • 10208 Views Religion Forum |
It's in quotation' 'cuz, even though it is true, I prefer not to belive in it I think you are right, just because the majority accepts something doesn't make it a good nor does the... |
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God in ReligionThe Problem of Evil
202 Posts • 41713 Views Religion Forum |
Evil - Man - Good
All good and all evil stems from man.
The only real good is in knowledge. And the highest of these forms that I know of is feelings. The only evil is in perspective, stems from... |
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God in ReligionIf there's a god, why is there evil?
222 Posts • 57565 Views Religion Forum |
that is the problem, if god was the only thing that existed before creation, and he created everything, then he must have created the evil that tempted adam and eve.
someone earlier mentioned balanc... |
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Religion & HumanityWhat defines good or evil?
33 Posts • 10208 Views Religion Forum |
OKCITYKID thought that I brought up a topic worthy of a new thread so here it is! Who is to say what is bad or evil? The way I see it is there are only different points of veiw. eg. If you could go ba... |
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Ethics & MoralityEvil
19 Posts • 6421 Views Philosophy Forum |
I would say that people who do evil acts are not evil necessarily because of the act i.e killing someone, it may have been in self defense or by accident. I would define the act as evil and the person... |
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God in ReligionDoes GOD Not Existed?
171 Posts • 42175 Views Religion Forum |
To Ms. Bond and 'Elemental'...
Ms. Bond, I think that if God does exist the best way to serve him would be to inquire about him and his existence. This is specifically what 'DumbTee... |
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GovernmentThis Is The Reality
30 Posts • 7178 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
Xris - you have a different definition of evil than I do.
To make it clear:
Righteousness = life
Evil = death
While both the USSR and Germany have commited crimes against there own. Crimes... |
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God in ReligionWhy Do You NOT Believe In God?
192 Posts • 40700 Views Religion Forum |
the source of my euphoria is a succumbing to all the things I would like to be true, mixed with what I "know". Honestly, it mostly comes in waves of what feels more like chemical releases in... |
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What is the nature of man?
40 Posts • 10688 Views Philosophy Forum |
I think that human nature is divided into three equal parts: good, neutral, and evil and that is what we're born into. The neutral part is where environment and personal choices comes into play.... |
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God in ReligionIf there's a god, why is there evil?
222 Posts • 57565 Views Religion Forum |
Even though the God in this thread is all powerful/knowing. He is also caring enough to give man the right to choose, though He already knows man will choose to do evil things, it would be cruel of Hi... |
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Religion & HumanityWhat defines good or evil?
33 Posts • 10208 Views Religion Forum |
cturtle talked of freedom, you might call that good, and the lack of freedom evil. But it is a hard one to define. Is a rainstorm evil? Afterwords there is life. Is an earthquake evil? The shifting gr... |
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Enherit Goodness Of Mankind
6 Posts • 3759 Views Philosophy Forum |
I came up with a theory recently where 'evils' were things that are bad for you, like smoking or poor diet.
I guess the 'evil-doers' would be the people who push these things onto... |
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SocietyPETA's Actions Ethical?
8 Posts • 3801 Views Politics & Current Events Forum |
If a person with good intentions does something evil, is it ok? ( I used the generic terms of good and evil.)
PETA (animal rights non-profit) spies on laboratories to undercover illegal acts of cru... |
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Why try to understand what we can't change?
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"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing" Edmund Burke
The only problem now is we don't know good from evil |
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God in ReligionWhy Do You NOT Believe In God?
192 Posts • 40700 Views Religion Forum |
DT...
"You must give your word a definition."
I just did give it definition. If you choose not to see it that is your choice. Love is... god, is allah, is good, is creation, is creator,... |
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Religion & HumanityWhat defines good or evil?
33 Posts • 10208 Views Religion Forum |
Good and evil are human manifestations. The remainder of the universe functions on a masculine/feminine balance, neither good nor evil. The sun is masculine, the moon is feminine, water and earth and... |
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Religion & HumanityDoing good: Universal Religion
24 Posts • 8013 Views Religion Forum |
we put the responsibility, on god, because then we dont feel so guilty about putting our "evil" deeds on the devil. we want a scpae goat, but someone came up with the idea of balancing out t... |
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Ethics & MoralityEvil
19 Posts • 6421 Views Philosophy Forum |
evil comes from boredom. when your mind is empty, its a vessel for evil to climb into. we are not naturally born with nothing to do, so evil is not a natural thing. as for what is concidered evil, tha... |
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God in ReligionIf there's a god, why is there evil?
222 Posts • 57565 Views Religion Forum |
I have a response for the question "Why do you all think there has to be evil along with the good?" The reason is, how would you know *how* good something is unless there is an equally evil... |
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God in ReligionIf there's a god, why is there evil?
222 Posts • 57565 Views Religion Forum |
More specifically, can there be an all-knowing, all-powerful, all-GOOD god, based on the amount of evil there is in the world? |
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