What is the "evil eye" actually?  (at least in arabic culture?)?
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okay.. this is probably from hearsay.. \nCoz all I know is that.. I myself (not coz am from India or anything) out of my personal experiences am a little beware of cat eyes (people with light coloured eyes)\n\nAnd now.. more specific to your answer..\n\n.. think it is to do with (wrongly?) proclaiming xyz person as being witch or practicing witchcraft and thus having bad intentions/ aka an evil eye..\n\nMore copy/ paste from Aunt Wiki follows..\n\n"..The evil eye is a widely distributed element of folklore or superstition: a belief that some people, often women seen as witches, can bestow a curse on victims by the malevolent gaze of their magical eye. The effects on victims vary; some have them afflicted with bad luck of various sorts. Others believe the evil eye has even more baleful powers, that it can cause disease, wasting away, and even death.."\n\n"..Belief in the evil eye is strongest in the Middle East, Asia and Europe, especially the Mediterranean region; it has also spread to other areas like the Americas. In some areas where light-colored eyes are relatively rare, people with blue eyes are feared to possess the power to bestow the curse, intentionally or unintentionally.."\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_eye
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Might I ask if you have actually read the Koran?   If so, you should have found that it is for the most part a very peaceful book.   As with all beliefs, anything can be interpreted to suit good or bad - it's all how you look at it.\n\nThe Bible could be held out as violent (eye for an eye etc) as could the Torah.\n\nAnything can be used and interpreted to justify actions in the name of Religion.\n\n"They are not peaceful people like us?".. who is 'they' exactly?   If you think 'us' is a peaceful world, look again.
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Isn't it supposed to be based on the conqueror Vlad The Impaler in Romania? Google it, you will see....\n\nFictional character based on a real evil person.
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evil man\n\n:> peace\n.
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The Bible says "Show no pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot."  Deuteronomy 19:21\n\nGandhi said: "An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind".\n\nThe Bible suggests "an eye for an eye" as an actual standard for punishment.  If Joe injures Bob and Bob becomes blind in one eye, then Joe will be punished by having one of his own eyes blinded.\n\nGhandi argued that this approach is wrong.  My interpretation of what he meant is that If a world where one person loses an eye is bad, to have two people lose their eyes is worse.  Violence by the state is just as bad as violence by the person.\n\nLinks take you to the Bible quote and to the wikipedia article on Gandhi.
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It's the lord of the flies. which symbolizes the evil in all humans. it is the pig that (someone-i dont remember who) symbolically rapes the pig saying "'right up her @$$'".\n\nthis part of the book that i am talking about..the symbolic rape is in the middle of chapter 8. and then if you turn the page (or maybe 2-depends on your version) it says "'This head is for the beast. It's a gift.'" Chapter 8, pg. 124 (on this quote site its on page 124 but in my book its on page 137).
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What the heck is a benbow? All I find is an Admiral Benbow and a ship called Benbow. Nothing in the dictionary.\n\nOkay, here's what I found: The Eye of Providence or the all-seeing eye is a symbol showing an eye surrounded by rays of light or a glory, and usually enclosed by a triangle. It is commonly interpreted as representing the eye of God keeping watch on mankind. For the rest of the article go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_of_Providence\n\nI will say that this is also a Freemason symbol. Many odd theories abound as to why the Freemason symbol is really on the dollar bill.\n\nIn 1782 the Eye of Providence was adopted as part of the symbolism on the reverse side of the Great Seal of the United States. We don't know why, and there are many folks who have conspiracy theories on the subject, involving the Freemasons and the Illuminati.
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the opposing force in life.\nevil is just the most common way to describe it in the English language.\nbut it all depends on how one looks at things. some people say that "good" is the oppressor, & that "evil" is the easy road. but again, it's all up to ones perspective
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I think I actually killed more brain cells reading their propaganda. They warp it because they need an excuse to be violent, and it undoubtedly gives them a sense of community and struggling against evil that is difficult to describe in words. Its really just a Christianized version of the Muslim Jihadists who fight for the same reasons: to kill, and to be united against a common set of enemies. Hatred is actually quite fun, and both groups capitalize on it. I don't know how to describe this, but its just like Hitler's use of hate to unite Germany only in a religious format instead of ethnic/political.
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i read to "hate was is evil, love what is good", the only thing i wonder is who decides what looks/is evil or good. wasnt satan supposedly the most beautiful, suave talking lieing angel?
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Satan:\n\n"The idea of this ultimate agent of evil as the Prince of Darkness was most likely introduced by the Iranian (Persian) prophet Zoroaster, whose ideas would later influence Judeo-Christian beliefs[1]."
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OK I'll bite!! if you can see it is very much visually,and self explanatory.one is spelled SUNNI and the other is SHIITE HeHeHe!!!!!! SORRY I COULD NOT PASS IT UP JUST KIDDING.
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Hi Tina...\nthe Djinn OR genies are not evil spirit..in Quran Djinn are creatures of God like human beings and Angles....\n human beings are made of Clay...\nGenie are made of Fire...\nangles are made of light energy...angles have no will to choose ...so they just obey God.and pray to God...\nthe human beings and Genies have will..so they can choose to be good or bad..and they can be as atheists..or Jews or Christians or Muslims...\nbad genies are called devils..\nGenies can see and hear human beings ..but we can not..may they live with us but in another dimensions..\nabout people who contact with genie..we know that prophet David (Soliman) had a servants from Djinn..\nsome people like witch doctors pretend that they can contact Djinn...most of them are liars .....\nany way the Djinn can not harm human or they do not have a power on human coz they are just creatures of God..it not right to afraid of them.....any one who have a strong believe in God will not has a fear of them..
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Basically it is telling you not to let your 'flesh' or human desires lead you to hell or just temptation.  It is our eyes that lead us to do sinful things...like lust, adultery, etc.  And if not our eyes, then our mouths...like gluttony, alcoholism, slander, gossip.  So, actually it would be better here on earth to be blind than to let our eyes lead us to hell.
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its evil, maybe? Thats what I think.\n\nWhy else does much of the world call it the "Great Satan"?\n\nI don't quite agree with that, however, because the Devil is the Devil.
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YES (shudder) the Merry Go Round is evil...pure evil I tell you ....those eyes....that music....arrrrggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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assalamualaikum is arabic....it means "peace be upon you"...