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Re: Does Good and Evil Truely Exist?
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are they culturally embedded into our way of thinking and acting as children. Or is it embedded into our dna to know what's right and what's wrong? [/ QUOTE ] Both of these. [ QUOTE ] Does good and evil really exist [/ QUOTE ] As I said to my math lecturer one; this is all very dependent on your definition of 'reality' |
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That which exists through coercion and force is evil; that which exists through voluntarism is good. [/ QUOTE ] Popcorn is disgusting. Similar statements? |
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Is everyone predestined to exhibit either predominately good traits or evil traits?
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That which exists through coercion and force is evil; that which exists through voluntarism is good. [/ QUOTE ] What if I force you into feeding starving children? Or coerce you into discovering the cure for cancer? Is this still evil? What if you voluntarily blow up a school filled with children? Is that not evil? |
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Not to mention that almost any social mammal in existence is evil, since authority - and forceful if need be - is a key element in their social interaction. (Yes for anyone that wonders, that includes humans - we're primates, do the math.)
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Not to mention that almost any social mammal in existence is evil, since authority - and forceful if need be - is a key element in their social interaction. (Yes for anyone that wonders, that includes humans - we're primates, do the math.) [/ QUOTE ] Yeah, until an AC'ist explained it to me, I didn't realize how evil my parents were to me while I was growing up. "Eat your vegetables, Hopey...time for bed Hopey...don't run out into traffic Hopey" - pure evil, I tell ya! |
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That which exists through coercion and force is evil; that which exists through voluntarism is good. [/ QUOTE ] So parenting is Evil, huh? |
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Okay, here's another.... Are we born good or evil?? [/ QUOTE ]Yes, we are born good-or-evil, literally, precisely as stated. |
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Re: Does Good and Evil Truely Exist?
Re: Does Good and Evil Truely Exist?
No but + and - do. |
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