If evil was really good...?
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what people tell you is right, is right for you, and what people tell you is wrong is wrong for you, if youre evil, then, since most people arent, you'd be against most people. For you evil is right, and you'd know that for other people it's wrong, since they're against evil. You see, there aint much difference between right and wrong.
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Evil is man made. God has given us free will. It is up to us to recognize evil and choose to do what is right. In the end, our good will be rewarded.
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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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the true nature of evil is to define the concept of good by being its polar oppisite
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Evil is a choice. God made man, man made evil.
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Wouldn't it be great to stop evil from happening?  Oh, well, I guess it won't happen any time soon.  I'll have to wait for Heaven for that one . . . but I can still avoid doing evil!
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Well, I suppose in the most basic of terms, "good" is what is beneficial and helpful to the object of the action (it is "good" of me to pet my dog, as he likes it).  "Evil" would then have to be the opposite of that, the absence of good; what is harmful to the object of the action (it is "evil" of me to hit my dog, as that would hurt him).  Those are, I think, the absolutely most simple definitions.
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Here's another noodle-baker.  If God is all powerful and all-benevolent, why is there evil in the world at all?  Either he is not all powerful (if he were he would have no evil) or else is not all-benevolent. (He could wipe out evil but chooses to allow evil things to happen anyways, something a loving and good God would not allow.)\nTake your pick, either way God is not all-perfect.
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Subject: Fw: Theory of Evil \n\n\n\n\n"Does evil exist? Did God create evil?" \nThe University professor challenged his students with this question: \n"Did God create everything that exists?" \n \nA student bravely replied, "Yes he did!" \n \n"God created everything?" The professor asked. \n \n"Yes sir", the student replied. \n \n        The professor answered, "If God created everything, then God \ncreated evil, since evil exists, and according to the principal that \nour works define who we are, then God is evil." \n        The student became quiet before such an answer. The professor, \nquite pleased with himself, boasted to the students that he had proven \nonce more that the religious faith was a myth. \n        Another student raised his hand and said, "Can I ask you a \nquestion professor?" \n    "Of course", replied the professor. \n \nThe student stood up and asked, "Professor does cold exist?" \n \n"What kind of question is this? Of course it exists. Have you \nnever been cold?" The students snickered at the young man's \nquestion. \n        The young man replied, "In fact sir, cold does not exist. \nAccording to the laws of physics, what we consider cold is in \nreality the absence of heat. Everybody or object is susceptible \nto study when it has or transmits energy, and heat is what makes \na body or matter have or transmit energy. \n        Absolute zero (-460? F) is the total absence of heat; all \nmatter becomes inert and incapable of reaction at that temperature. \nCold does not exist. We have created this word to describe how \nwe feel if we have no heat." \n        The student continued, "Professor, does darkness exist?" \nThe professor responded, "Of course it does." \n        The student replied, "Once again you are wrong sir, darkness \ndoes not exist either. Darkness is in reality the absence of light. Light \nwe can study, but not darkness. In fact we can use Newton's prism \nto break white light into many colors and study the various wavelengths \nof each color. You cannot measure darkness. A simple ray of light can \nbreak into a world of darkness and illuminate it. How can you know \nhow dark a certain space is?    You measure the amount of light present. \nIsn't this correct? Darkness is a term used by man to describe what \nhappens when there is no light present." \n        Finally the young man asked the professor, "Sir, does evil exist?" \nNow uncertain, the professor responded, "Of course as I have \nalready said. We see it everyday. It is in the daily example of man's \ninhumanity to man. It is in the multitude of crime and violence \neverywhere in the world. These manifestations are nothing else but evil. \n        To this the student replied, "Evil does not exist sir, or at least \nit does not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is \njust like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe \nthe absence of God. God did not create evil.  Evil is the result of what \nhappens when man does not have God's love present in his heart. It's \nlike the cold that comes when there is no heat or the darkness that \ncomes when there is no light." \nThe professor sat down. \nThe young man's name -- Albert Einstein\n=====================================\nhttp://patriotfiles.org/america.htm
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evil in essence does not exist.\nevil is merely the state of being without good
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There are evil angels impersonating good angel here on earth.  I cane imagine they would do such a thing.
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yes but EVIL is soooo good
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Evil is the creation of the deity "god" plain & simple. He is the sole creator and therefore he created Satan and his crew. Sure he started out as an angel, but wouldn't the deity "god" see that one coming? His evil gives him something to do you know...so he won't feel useless.
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A better question: Since Satan is so smart, would he REALLY make it so that "his work" can be picked out so easily? Satan could be GOD for all humans know; don't you think that would be the more ingenious move?
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BOTH!!!evil is as evil does!
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To flesh out the metaphor here ... money may be the root of evil, but it still has to be watered and weeded and whatnot before it turns into a BIG EVIL PLANT!  In a good person's garden, the root may stay just that, a root, under the ground and not becoming anything to be concerned about.  \n\npotential and reality are two different things.  just because money encourages evil doesn't mean everyone will make those kinds of nasty choices with it.  some will, some won't.
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...And would heaven be redundant without hell?  Same meat, different gravy.  But while it's obvious that there are different levels of good, bad, the ugly and unadulterated evil (often found in the vestry), there is apparently only one heaven and one hell - nothing inbetween.  So what happens to the atheist who goes through life devoting every spare minute to charity, but insults god by not accepting his existence?  Or the loving christian, but who has been nicking money from the church fund all his life?  Christians make one particular claim which gets right up my true grit.  'Our god is good and is responsible for everything wonderful in the world - if anything bad happens it's nothing to do with our god.'  So I guess, yeah - if it wasn't for evil, their god wouldn't have much to be smug about, would he?