I have no problem explaining evil. Do you?

[Greatest I am]

I have no problem explaining evil. Do you?

This will explain the presence of evil for you if you recognize that you are an evolving creature.

I am a religionist who does not follow or believe in Bible God but in a sense, the Bible, if read right, shows God as doing evil so it can be said from it's POV that we are truly made in God's image. perhaps the ancients recognized this and we have forgotten. Perhaps that is why their invented God has such an evil streak. You have to read the Bible with blinders on if you can read it and not see the times where God acts in a purely evil way.

As to natural disasters, they are just that. They are not evil at all. For something to be called evil or a sin, it must have evil intent and nature has no intention. It just does what it does thoughtlessly and without emotion. No evil there.

I have no problem with explaining evil in man as well. God or no God.

We are evolving creatures and animals. Animals, as they evolve have only two choices they can make while living. Cooperate or compete. Cooperation can be seen as good and competing can be seen as evil. That is how we normally see things.

We also have no choice in this. We will and have to do one or the other and we usually do some of both every day whether we realize it or not.
This was also recognized in the past although they did not see evolution the way we see it today. They were right in saying that all men are born with evil in them but the religious accentuate the evil and not the good because evil brings in more $$$ and creates a dependence on the clergy as our $$$ are supposed to buy us forgiveness and a slot in heaven.

Religions, for this cause are unconscionable. God will send their hierarchies to hell for their actions.

Oops. there is no hell. Oh well. Perhaps they will get what they deserve here on earth.

Now. Knowing how evolution works, do you still have a problem with explaining the presence of evil?

Regards
DL

 

[birch]

I am a religionist who does not follow or believe in Bible God but in a sense, the Bible, if read right, shows God as doing evil so it can be said from it's POV that we are truly made in God's image. perhaps the ancients recognized this and we have forgotten. Perhaps that is why their invented God has such an evil streak. You have to read the Bible with blinders on if you can read it and not see the times where God acts in a purely evil way.

OR perhaps you've got this totally turned around and backwards.

MAYBE all the 'evil' as well as the interspersions of 'good' in the bible is there because it was written by PEOPLE who have those qualities as well.

not only do they observe it in the world but they also are faulty too.

 

[Socratic Spelunker]

I have no problem explaining evil. Do you?

No.

http://philosophiesofmen.blogspot.com/2011/01/evidential-problem-of-evil.html

 

[drumbeat]

I don't either.
People do good things. People do bad things.

Why do you have to complicate it? What's to explain?

 

[Me-Ki-Gal]

One person crusade to persecute god . An obsession would be my interpretation .

 

[birch]

a person would create god in their own image. so those who wrote those texts were motivated by their own character projecting it onto what they think god would be, is, thinks, and feels.

some of them are assholes and some may not have been. so that would have some evil scriptures and some good ones.

 

[birch]

One person crusade to persecute god . An obsession would be my interpretation .

so you can write a sentence that is coherent to be understandable. maybe you were drinking while writing the other posts.

 

[Thoreau]

Evil is an act of rebellion against God our Father. God endowed us with goodness and when we acknowledge God and we fulfill his commands, we prevent the Devil from taking over.

Oh wait, I'm not Christian.... well, it sounded good! LOL! (just kidding).

Evil is, simply stated, action which produce a negative result on either yourself and/or other sentient beings. Also, for non-sentient beings, it could easily be defined as an action that destroys it or is counter-productive to it's nature.

 

[Greatest I am]

OR perhaps you've got this totally turned around and backwards.

MAYBE all the 'evil' as well as the interspersions of 'good' in the bible is there because it was written by PEOPLE who have those qualities as well.

not only do they observe it in the world but they also are faulty too.

I think we are saying the same thing except I do not see man as faulty. I see him as just following human nature. We must compete and cooperate. We must do good and evil.

Regards
DL

 

[Greatest I am]

No.

http://philosophiesofmen.blogspot.com/2011/01/evidential-problem-of-evil.html

You might have noted that I do not need to invoke God to explain evil.
To do so is foolish as an omnipotent God and evil do not compute.

I did not want to particularly bring Epicures into the discussion but------

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmjF...:1&source=og&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wv&has_verified=1

I also have no problem with God the law maker designating what is evil according to law. I do have a huge problem with Bible Gods idiotic view of justice. Genocide is not justice of any kind.

Regards
DL

 

[Greatest I am]

I don't either.
People do good things. People do bad things.

Why do you have to complicate it? What's to explain?

The more complicated it is, the more you need the clergy to explain it all and take your $$$ for their teaching you their man made dogma. that way people need not think.

Regards
DL

 

[Greatest I am]

Evil is an act of rebellion against God our Father. God endowed us with goodness and when we acknowledge God and we fulfill his commands, we prevent the Devil from taking over.

Oh wait, I'm not Christian.... well, it sounded good! LOL! (just kidding).

Evil is, simply stated, action which produce a negative result on either yourself and/or other sentient beings.

It does create a victim for sure but to the one creating the evil action, it is profitable to do, otherwise he would not do it. We do what is pleasing and profitable to us. We do not intentionally hurt ourselves.

Also, for non-sentient beings, it could easily be defined as an action that destroys it or is counter-productive to it's nature.

Perhaps but it would not be evil to whatever kills it and takes whatever it wants from the exchange.

Regards
DL

 

[jmpet]

Knowing how evolution works, do you still have a problem with explaining the presence of evil?

Getting a little tired of your rants, which can be boiled down to one sentince.

Evil lives in the heart of the self-aware man, who knows knowledge of good and evil. All the animals are in a perfect state: existing regardless- good nor evil apply to them; they are ignorant.

Man is capable of good or evil and it is a grey line- sometimes good can be percieved as a greater evil. But Ghandi said "there is only one way of thinking: the right way" and I believe in that.

I guess the question boils down to "can good endure while the population blows all records?? Can we mass-apply goodness or sell it as a ware?