There is no such thing as evil? It’s a religious construct.
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I can't agree with that statement.
How do you define evil?
The absence of good, which is embodied by a transcendant, omnipresent, omniscient God.
Good vs bad, evil vs holy, but good doesn’t mean holy as bad doesn’t mean evil. I think it’s an important distinction.
I don't agree with that distinction.
It’s cool. It’s a dichotomy box. We’re all stuck in a few of them at any given time. The world is however, in my experience a spectrum. Man generally has spent an enormous amount of time and energy trying to manufacture dichotomies out of spectra and they never fit properly. Even light and dark don’t qualify as a dichotomy in the natural world. Look around….tell me what you see.
You don't think there are evil people in this world? I don't believe in demons or devils or any of that but can accept that there are messed up evil people.
I think there are people who commit immoral acts, and do bad things for a variety of reasons, but the concept of evil suggests some force acting outside of the realm of the person’s control. It’s the same as blessings, I don’t believe one person can be blessed any more or less than anybody else.
Oh ok I can see where you're coming from. I guess in my mind describing someone as good or evil doesn't necessitate anything supernatural or spiritual.
I think the word good has been hijacked to be synonymous with holy. Good and bad are antonyms, while evil and holy are antonyms. It’s a nuance that I’m sensitive to, probably unnecessarily. 😊