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Old 01-12-2010, 05:53 PM   #69
trainedobserver
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Default Re: The Bible and the Evil God: Lies, deception & brainwashing

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Originally Posted by orthodoxymoron View Post
I believe in the existence of good...and in the existence of evil.
Isn't it true that good and evil exist only within the human mind? Is the Earth evil when an earthquake kills and disrupts life on its surface? Is a lion evil for killing an antelope? I think the majority of folks would see how silly those questions are so why do we try to impose the human concepts of good and evil on the 'reality' that is beyond human societal behavior? Certainly morals and ethics are good things and we'd hard pressed to get along without them but isn't important to recognize what exists solely as a human concept and what is real? Within the realm of human interaction there are good and evil acts. There may be diseased individuals who take pleasure from destructive (evil) acts but they are malfunctioning organisms and not the victims of some supernatural compulsion.
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