is there any absolute goodness and badness?
346301
no because not everything is black and white.
444774
without a bad thing, there could never be a good thing!
1017340
"good" and "evil" are just words of the english language that humans created and humans define. they only mean what the general population wants them to mean
426334
no, believing or not believing in something like god is neither bad nor good. It's what you do with the belief or disbelief that will determine whether it's a bad thing.
419704
I'm not sure its 'circumstances' that make one bad. That is a psycho-social point of view, sure; but not one I share as a Christian psychologist - it's the choices we make that define us as 'bad' or 'good' and, if people choose to do bad things and reject God then perhaps they deserve to pay for it...
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neither good nor bad. \nbut dont get addicted.
891641
This is true. Most people, of any religion, are good. \n\nAnyone who does make this ugly would be the exceptions here.
990577
as there is evil in the world,,,\nthere is also good....\nwhenever i see someone do something bad,\ni also see someone do something good.\nwhere there is pain,\nthere is also joy.\nwhere there are tears,\nthere is also laughter.\nwhere there is rain,\nthere is also the sun.\n\nokay, okay...i'm not trying to sound like a POOR  poet, but these are my true feelings...i know that i am a good person and get my feelings easily hurt and therefore isolate alot....it's not healthy and it's also very lonely.\nwe all come in contact w/good and bad on a a daily basis...
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I would have to sadly say that it is mostly evil. There's good, but there is more evil in human nature than good. Luckily, God can help us overcome that. If you believe in God that is.
1055886
That depends on what your inner being is. It is someone bad, then no. The good of the many must come before the good of the one.
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the good and bad of something
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I also continue to think about this subject. I have read many books in which one character is evil and one is good. Pro- and Antagonist. I have come to the conclusion that there is none such dilemma as to which is which and who is better. If you have an ideal can you really call it evil? People who are called evil are thought this way by their ideals and the actions that come of their ideals. Looking at it from the protagonist's view, the ideals the protagonists share are good and the antagonist's ideals are bad/evil. But from the view of the Antagonist, those views thought to be good are actually bad and those which are evil are really good.
195089
I think good and evil are artificial constructs Man has created. As Emerson said, if you drew a line between good and evil, you would cut across every human heart.
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Unfortunately, yes.  Good and Evil are human attributes, so an evil person is one of us, as much as we'd like to disown him.
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Give me one example of anything in the Christian religion being good.
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I don't believe so.  I'm not much into gray areas...I think in terms of good and bad...no inbetween.  Evil is evil and thats that.
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I feel that the most evil acts are commited when someone feels they are doing nothing but pure good. Good and Evil, while they exist within us, are drawn amongst a thousand shades of grey. Even the most vilified psychotic (such as charles manson) felt what he was doing was infact "good". I consider myself to be someone who thinks of what is not only good for me, but others as well. In my opinion to be truly good, is to "catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar". To not do what is right just for "myself" but what is ultimately right for others to. Buddha said "if you do not live for others than you do not live" while I am not a religeous person (lol) I do agree with this statement to some extent. I think being good is having the common sence that you cannot commit good acts on the backs of people. Right now George Bush feels what he is doing is good and so does Osama Binladin, but billions of people disagree with both of them. Even if you ask the biggest creep on the planet if they think they are a good person they will say yes. I believe everyone has good in them and the potential to be good people, truly not just subjectively. So I guess what I am saying is their is subjective goodness and Objective goodness. Objective goodness is goodness in truth because you are able to say "how does this make others feel?" and think in the mindset of how people around you will react to the stimuli you feed them. I try to do what I feel is right. Just like anyone else. However am I a good person? I try not to ask myself that question and just be as I am.