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Interesting, Gubby!
How does one measure
"overall happines"
of the world?
posted by
archiew
on April 14, 2005 at 9:15 AM
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Ah,
My idea is that evil is something that reduces the overall level of happiness in the world. Judging an act as evil is difficult though, because the person might not have intended something that way, might have been overcome by emotion or instinct... and judgement is aways objective, by definition; one man's evil could be another man's norm....
posted by
Gubby
on April 14, 2005 at 5:20 AM
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Arch, my belief is that evil is not substantiative, that is to say...
it is the absence of substance, the absence of good in particular.
Sean
posted by
itisdone
on April 12, 2005 at 5:15 PM
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good definition arch.
check out my blog on the origins of good and evil
hold on I'll give you the link
God as The Universe as an Organism
there!
posted by
Xeno-x
on April 12, 2005 at 2:39 PM
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sometimes I think the most
goody goodies are the evil ones...all that saintliness and holier than thou... blech. That said, those who don't know me real well would think I was a goody goody too. Well, I guess I might be now. Sigh.
posted by
FactorFiction
on April 12, 2005 at 2:20 PM
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My Cracked Definition of Sin:
A sin is something you really enjoy doing that someone else abhors. NOTE: You are only in trouble for sinning if that "someone else" is a deity.
posted by
archiew
on April 12, 2005 at 1:58 PM
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card playing on Sunday is evil
according to some.
eating meat on Fridays (whoops-that changed)
evil is in the eye of the definer(s) sometimes -- those who decide what is good and evil -- then adherents believe them.
my basic definition: evil is harm; harm is evil
allowing harm is evil.
posted by
Xeno-x
on April 12, 2005 at 1:44 PM
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posted by
Ariala
on April 12, 2005 at 12:21 PM
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How true, Ariala . . . .
. . . and that got me to thinking, and, of course, writing! Thanks for the inspiration!
posted by
archiew
on April 12, 2005 at 12:14 PM
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This is why I chose to let the dictionary define it and then ask people if
they agreed or disagreed with those parameters...I do think some people stretch the boundaries of "evil" more than others...and some rituals and cultures embrace what we might call "evil," while others reject it entirely.
posted by
Ariala
on April 12, 2005 at 12:13 PM
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