Do you believe in good and evil?
358712
yep if you believe in birth you have to believe in death if you believe in light you have to believe in dark for every bad thing that happens there is a good thing that replaces it......
486404
Evil Angels or Good Angels?
119077
evil in essence does not exist.\nevil is merely the state of being without good
834905
my answer is based on bible, so sorry if you think the bible's a fake.\n\nbut, the bible teaches that all people are inherently evil.  i think the only good people do is solely out of the grace of god.
216827
If I was God, I would see no reason to just "get it over with" as I believe that we are all here to learn and grow.  I don't believe necessarily in "good" and "evil" because in my beliefs, nothing ever just happens for no reason.  Everyone has a purpose and path, regardless of whether or not they are perceived as good or evil while here.\n\nI don't believe that the things most people perceive as "evil" are truly bad.  From each "evil" society learns a great deal and so even the so called "evil" served a positive purpose.  \n\nWe can look at some of the most heinous events in our history and on that flip side of the coin..pinpoint all the good that came as a result of the event.  The ends do not justify the means and if I were God I would really prefer we all find a better way to learn, but I would not be able to discount the benefits from all the catalysts.\n\nSo no, I would not just get it over with but allow each individual to grow and fulfill their own paths with the knowledge that there is a reason for everything.  And if I were "God", I'm sure I'd already know all the reasons some things have to happen and play out.
624370
It is obvious to me that the evil in the world does not come from following the teachings in the Bible, but come from ignoring those teachings.  If people loved one another, treated one another as they would like to be be treated, were kind and helpful and did not take advantage of one another, the world would be a wonderful place.  That is the Bible teaching.  Where the people live the commandments of God there is peace and harmony.  This is the God I believe in, love, and will follow.  Satan is the one who spreads dissent, hate, discord, war, and suffering.  Satan wants you to not believe in the Bible.  There is no doubt in my mind who the good guy is, and who is the evil one.
701719
Not at all. No beliefs, no probelms!\n\nKnowledge is the answer. Ignorance is the root of all evil.
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I do not believe that there is such a thing as absolute good and evil; however, if there were, it would be impossible to tell the difference between the two.\n\nFor example, many people  believe that it would be evil to kill hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians; however, this is exactly what the United States did when it dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.  Some people believe that this was not evil and actually prevented a larger number of deaths by helping to bring an end to the war, while others believe that the end did not justify the means and regard the bombing as evil, regardless of the consequences.\n\nTwo research topics which may help you better understand this issue are the religious concept of dualism and the philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche.\n\nDualism is the idea that there is definite good and evil, and the two are separate from one another.  Zoroastrianism, an ancient religion from Persia, was one of the very first dualistic religions.  Before Zoroastrianism, gods and goddesses were often both good and evil.  For example, Greek and Roman gods were often considered neither good nor evil but were regarded as being capable of both.\n\nIt is believed that Zoroastrianism heavily influenced Judaism during the Babylonian Exile, and it is well known that Christianity is built upon the foundation of Judaism.  Many modern-day western ideas of good and evil are a product of this Judeao-Christian ethic; and these ideas have have been passed on from generation to generation, even when Zoroastrianism, Judaism, and Christianity themselves were not.  Conflicting ethical and religious systems have often been the cause of conflicts that led to wars between peoples.  The medieval crusades are a prominent example.\n\nFriedrich Nietzsche was a German philosopher who vigorously challenged the Judeao-Christian ethic and the common understanding of morality.  Nietzsche saw traits like generosity, mercy, and modesty as against the normal and natural order and declared them immoral.  It should be noted that Nietzsche did not deny the existence of good and evil, he simply redefined what was good and what was evil.  It is for this reason that he is sometimes called a moral skeptic.\n\nAdolph Hitler claimed to have admired Nietzsche's writings, and it is possible that Hitler's obsession with German world domination was a result of a value system alien to most people--a system that valued the strength of the German nation above almost all else, even human life itself.\n\nWith the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Japan joined Hitler's Germany as an Axis power during World War II.  Many Americans classify this surprise attack, which killed a large number of American soldiers, as evil; however, the Japanese value system highly regards honor and sees revenge for wrongs as a duty that must be performed.  The United States had placed an economic embargo upon Japan, and the Japanese saw this as an attack which required retribution.\n\nAs referenced earlier, the war ended with the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.  As you can see, the definition of good and evil, and ideas about good and evil, are constantly shifting and changing, depending on who is making the judgment and the history and context of each situation.\n\nThere is no such thing as ABSOLUTE good and evil--it is all a matter of perspective and only a subjective one at that.
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If evil exists and god is against evil then god cannot be all good all knowing and all powerful at the same time.He either doesn't know about evil, doesn't have a problem with evil, or can't do anything about evil. \n\nThis is not about free will either, as if god is all knowing he would have known about evil before it happens, If he were all powerful he would be able to stop the evil, and were he all good he would not have created people who were going to do evil in the first place. \n\nThere is no way arround it, such a god would have created the universe for evil to be in it. He would have wanted evil. Thankfully there's polytheism.
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What is your justification for stating that God is evil?  I mean examples. . . nothing that I can think of denotes evil
67828
I believe that there is good in everyone but sometime people take advantage of thier goodness and use it hurt others just because it is easier to do evil than good.  We should not get down when we see evil from others, after all we will all be judge of our works by God in the end and reap our rewards then.  Just keep doing good, God's keeping score.
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Some Wiccans do not believe in the Judeo-Christian concept of a duality of good and evil. These Wiccans do not see that there is a war in the universe between a good god and a bad devil. This is something that the Bible teaches and Wicca's beliefs come from way before the Bible was ever written. Wiccans do believe in consequences however. And they believe that whatever you do is returned back to you three times as much! So if you hurt people, you are really hurting yourself; and if you are kind to people, you are really being kind to yourself. If a Wiccan ever did a "spell" to control another person, the Wiccan would face the consequence of having themselves be controlled three times as strong!
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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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I believe that the balance goes a step further.  God/Goddess.  Because evil and good are relative, I don't think that the evil is not divine.  Its all part of the Divine.  Make up your own mind, but I think you're on to something.
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I agree.Man made concepts of good and evil.No matter how bad we may think something is,it is just an opinion,not the truth.No one can really determine what is really good or bad,they can only give their opinion.Many may say that God can judge what is Good or bad,but who can determine that the bible is the word of God?No one.\n\n\nEverything just is.\n\n"Nothing is Good or bad.It's our thoughts that make them so"\n\n-Shakespeare-\n\n\n"Who knows what is good and bad"\n\n-Lao tzu,the founder of Taoism\n\n\nThere is no absolute truth regarding morals.They are all opinions.
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i believe that we, ourselves are as you call them, angels. yes, there is evil in the world, but there is this amazing capacity in eveything and everyone for so much good! i think that in the very smallest acts, others can uplift souls, mend broken hearts, and draw those who have ever known naught but darkness into the light of life, and the joy and sorrow it brings daily.i do not pretend to know anything about what lies beyond our small understanding of the world around us, but yes, i do believe in angels. just the everyday kind.
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hmmmmmnnn! very much like the conspiracies from where I come from... but not as sophisticated. But you know, I believe that those in power tend to justify evil for a "better" cause...sometimes even  if it meens erradicating people who in their belief whose lives are "insignificant" to their cause. That "cause" maybe  power,pride,vengeance, wealth,religion, lives of a few or more non "insignificant" individuals.  I find it hard to accept but somehow, I believe it is in it each one of us. In fact, it is written in our history books. We all have our Guardian Devil's to guide us.....fighting the urge to give in to the "URGE" would deeply depend on our individual ability to balance our sense of good and evil, right and wrong. sometimes....we tend to balance things with the conclusion that evil becomes right, and good becomes less right.  sad but true.......  9-11 is just a reflection of this nature.  sometimes, I believe that the whole world has becum a physical entity of HELL itself. This is not the world God wants us to live in or what He wanted for us. But we formed it this way.....so much for free will!!! After Noahs Arc, God may want to punish us all next with FIRE for all we know. I dont know if this world could ever get cured..... God knows......!