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05-23-2007, 09:58 PM
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Does evil exist?
Requiem in another thread got me thinking. Do you believe evil exists?
I know moral relativism is the way to go in today's world. What is your definition of evil? Does it exist? If it does, is there a way to combat it? |
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05-23-2007, 10:12 PM
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Yes. Combat it?...I think you know the answer to that one.
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05-23-2007, 10:14 PM
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05-23-2007, 10:20 PM
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With regard to the nature of evil, it should be observed that evil is of three kinds -- physical, moral, and metaphysical. Physical evil includes all that causes harm to man, whether by bodily injury, by thwarting his natural desires, or by preventing the full development of his powers, either in the order of nature directly, or through the various social conditions under which mankind naturally exists. Physical evils directly due to nature are sickness, accident, death, etc. Poverty, oppression, and some forms of disease are instances of evil arising from imperfect social organization. Mental suffering, such as anxiety, disappointment, and remorse, and the limitation of intelligence which prevents humans beings from attaining to the full comprehension of their environment, are congenital forms of evil each vary in character and degree according to natural disposition and social circumstances. Physical evil is easy to understand. Moral and metaphysical evil falls into the relative category... |
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05-24-2007, 02:11 AM
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I think evil exists. It exists in the thoughts and actions of men. I don't believe there are hosts of demons placing those thoughts in our heads. Humans are plenty capable of evil without supernatural influences.
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05-24-2007, 02:50 AM
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Devil inside, devil inside, every single one of us, the devil inside. Oh, wait, that should probably go in the music forum. 
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05-24-2007, 03:20 AM
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Evil exists, just examine the world.
In what forms, well the Catholic dictionary's definition is relatively good. As to form of unseen spirits exist to do battle against us, how should I know, they are unseen. Nonetheless, men do enough evil without their help and I myself am subject to the forces of evil.my own.
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05-24-2007, 07:27 AM
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But that does date you.
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05-24-2007, 03:19 PM
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05-24-2007, 03:24 PM
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