Some people out there make some wild claims about evil.
If there was no evil, there could be no good.
Evil balances out good.
Evil is part of the yin / yang, male / female.
All crap.
Evil by definition is not needed. it is the opposite of necessity.
Darkness is not evil, and evil is not darkness.
Satan is not important or needed for life to exist.
This is an example of what a fool thinks about metaphysics.
A fool does not understand evil so he projects his ignorance as an assessment.
I reality, the fool and the ignorant are closer to evil.
Being a retard doesn’t help any one or any thing in the long run.
It fuels predators and dictatorship.
Some kinds of ignorance are not intentional. And as far as they are not intentional, they are not in the sphere of morality.
There is a neutral good and there is a moral good. A neutral good is the original position before any moral choice has been made by the subject in question.
Neutral good: knowledge of the world (recognition OR unintended ignorance of consent structure)
Neutral bad/evil: unintended ignorance of the world (unintended ignorance of consent structure)
Moral good: willfully acknowledging recognized
consent structure in our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
Moral bad/evil: willful refusal to acknowledge recognized consent structure in our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
[Remember: It is not what goes into a man that makes him unclean, so all of the ignorance that God subsumes does not neutrally OR morally taint him]
[Remember, too: Once you recognize consent structure—once you claim to see (John 9:41)—you are responsible to acknowledge it in your thoughts, feelings, and behavior. You put yourself on the hook… to choose truth, beauty, and goodness.]
Some ego defense is willful ignorance - a refusal to recognize consent - whether or not we “programmed” it in - which you would think would make it harder to refuse to recognize, but…
AI… if a consent structure… can use that refusal against us in their favor, so.
It all irons out in the wash/dryer. Heh.
P.s. A good motto/mantra in the information age: TMI? Too much spy! (reverse it to go on offense)
One of my JW contacts says there is so much evil in the world there had to be an opposite also. So basically, the worse the world is, the more likely there is a good Godhead. This seems like a problem. Inverted reasoning.
Perhaps not all have evolved moral compasses… if the current state of the planet/the warring factions/the violent dictatorships, are anything to go by.
But I agree with you, in that it is not necessary to have evil for good to exist, but simply that there are varying degrees of good/goodness.
That statement is the problem with the world in a nutshell. To think you can have good without evil is like up without down. Name one single matter composition in the universe that does NOT have a polar opposite ? You really need to get out that fantasy world you live in and try helping people instead of picking flaws with there ideas and giving absurd remedy’s. The world is in ruins and I’m starting to see root…
We need all molecular gradients for balance. Good is only so because we name it. The universe does not know all these words we invent to help our limited capacity for understanding. Or perhaps it does as we are the universe. Just bundles of gas going around in swirls and Eddie’s
You can have been a poet and didn’t know it my friend. My capacity is severely limited and has been for many years. I can only grow with the help of others. As “others” have stagnated around the intellectual capacity of the bovines. I have not had the chance to expand or enhance. Hope you understand. Catch up soon
When you say polar opposites, I think of north & south poles, where both north & south exist together. But good & evil are not like that, because good does not need evil to exist, whereas evil needs good in order to exist, as it is the privation of good, like rust is privation in iron, and blindness is privation in one who has the capacity for site. Neither north nor south are privations of each other. Ugliness is the privation of beauty. Ignorance is the privation of knowledge. Brokenness is the privation of wholeness. Goodness, beauty, truth do not need brokenness to be whole, and if that were not so, there would be no remedy for brokenness.
We need to ride the thermals a little higher here. A solution will never be found on the same level as the problem which created it. I’ve mentioned before that the speed of light is the fastest energy we are able to measure thus far. But no matter how fast it is. Darkness is always there waiting for it to arrive. We keep using energy in the form sound waves we name speech to understand the organism/environment. The more we name. The more we talk. The more we talk. The more we corner ourselves in and eventually game over. We need “evil” and “wars” to release to built up charged energy we create thro thermodynamics and various other departments. In the exact same way when your TV or electronic device starts to play up. You switch it off or remove the battery and hey presto. It’s back to normal functioning. We are all just electrons bouncing around at the speed of light. Sometimes we just need to reset. Evil and wars will become more common as our species grows. More electrons equals more static friction equals more destabilisation
Hold your horses Margaret. If you are offended or any other form of feeling attacked mentally or spirituality. There are plenty other topics on the website for you to get your kicks from by showing your ignorance. Now trot along and let the adults chat their peace. Much appreciated Maggie . Have a wonderful day how ever you see fit.
