Are all "Isms" ultimately evil.?
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No!  That would be weird.  We could call the belief that all isms are bad "Ismism"!  Then it would be a paradoxical belief!
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I'm guessing "money is the root of all evil"
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:}\nNo there aren't any "good" ones anywhere4e. they are all involved in Sin. the more accurate they are , the more likely they have found favor with the dark side.
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First, it isn't "money is the source of all evil".  It's "the  love of money is the source of all evil"\nThat, and sex crimes are only two of the many evils.  Genocide comes to mind, as another.  Plus more.
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of course!  just because a few are evil doesn't make that religious group as a whole bad, there are plenty of evil christians too
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Not really, because if we didn't know what is evil, how would we know what is good? There would be no comparison and therefore good would be just what everything is.
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I TOTALLY AGREE with you!!!\n\nin your additional details, again, I ABSOLUTELY AGREE with you!\n\ntnmack is right. it's abhorrently evil to kill an innocent human being. i saw a documentary how it's done, it makes me wonder how evil can people be due to selfish reasons. it is HORRIBLE. and only evil people can allow it or condone it.
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Many people don't see religion as casting all humans as inherently bad.  For some of us, for example, our belief in a higher power incentivizes us to do good even when society would permit us not to.  In my own personal conduct, integrity is the hallmark of everything that I do and say.  I trace that integrity to a belief that at some point in the future I will have to answer for (i.e. justify) my every choice, word, and action.  In other words, even when it appears that no one is observing my conduct, I behave because I believe that Someone is.  It has become fashionable in political circles to mention one's religion, and particularly one's fundamentalism, much in the same vein as one lists other credentials (i.e. education, business experience, and political involvement to date).  I am tremendously skeptical that many if any of our political leaders truly believe the faith they profess.  I am convinced that if more of them anticipated justifying their conduct to a higher power, the world would automatically be better and, for example, the war in Iraq might never have begun under such false pretenses.
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Evil is a choice. God made man, man made evil.
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The answer: YES, but it has nothing to do with good and evil or right and wrong. It has to do with going against the established norms set forth by a society in which you live.
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first of all war is not evil, okay let me rephrase war is evil if it is to kill and murder innocent but if war is declared to stop evil for instance Hitler majorty of the world will agree that hitler was evil yes? But if it wasn't the wars he would still have his way... what I am trying to say is war is not evil if it is fought for the right reasons, for freedom, for the innocent, and against evil to stop evil i might add something later on to this but for now this is it. gtg
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More killing has been done in history in the name of religion than for any other reason.I believe in God without a doubt,but I wouldn't walk into a church if you paid me.It's funny that I find church goers to be the most intolerant folks I've come accross.The people in church may not be evil but yes ,religion is most definetly evil and you can bet satan is happy with the divisions that religion creates.All part of his evil plan.
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Uh...  I doubt it.  This is like saying the Germans were as evil as Hitler. \n\nNo.  Evil people are responsible for their acts.  People who are unwittingly duped are victims like, well... the victims.
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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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Good and evil don't exist in reality, at least not outside of the mind that believes in them. \n\nThey are only judgments passed by the individual from their own unique perspective. What one person sees as bad or evil may seem to be the only logical thing to do from some other perspective. The ideas of both good and evil are point of view specific. This is why people like bush and bin laden are either loved or hated. Bush is seen as good by people who share his fear based thought system. Those who have a compassionate concern for all of mankind often see him as evil.\n\nBin laden is much the same. He is a villain in much of the western world, but he is somewhat of a celebrated pop star on the Middle East. There are T-shirt shops that sell items with his picture as though he was Jesus. It all depends on your point of view or perspective.\n\nTo sum it all up good is the name we give to people who do things that we think we like. \n\nEvil is the name we give to people who do the things that we don’t like. \n\nThis is of course based solely on our particular point of view. \n\nLove and blessings\n\n Don
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poverty...which is the root of all evil
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I don't know.  I can say that the way I feel it would be evil, but there is always so much good too.  I think it would be accurate to say that we are only shown the evil by the media and somehow all the good that happens gets filtered out because the evil is more "news worthy".  I think it's probably pretty close to even, but there's no way to know for sure.