Is something really "wrong" or "bad"?

Question

Isn't this place we are in, reality/existence/being/some term "God" is perfect. How could goodness or rightness exist without wrongness and badness (we have to know and see and feel murder if we want something to live), not to mention, no one does a good job of putting reality into a box, like putting it into those words "reality/god/etc." Not to mention, it seems as though everything is important and no more important than anything else, in other words nothing is important. Your thoughts...

Answer 1

Ha, I find it funny how many individuals here completely bashed your entry. I, on the other hand, find this kind of "rant" a true philosophical point of view.
I used to believe in universal right and wrong, now I don't know any more. What do you think about the composition of realism, cynicism, and idealism in one person, is it possible or do they cross each other out?

Answer 2

Yes, what we do does make a difference.

There would be no point in creating a Universe where every single action was pre-determined from the beginning of time to the end.

By the act of observing ourselves, we affect ourselves and our actions.

We are able to make choices. We can choose to live as though nothing mattered, not caring who or what we hurt in the process ... and in the end, the world will go on without us.

Or, we can choose to improve the world ... try to reduce suffering, hunger, sickness, pain, lonliness. Even a small help is better than none.

You say "we have to know and see and feel murder if we want something to live". This is not true ... we can live without hurting others. When you eat an apple, do you think the tree suffers? The tree creates the apples so it will be eaten, spreading the seeds to create more trees.

When we lived in caves, it was one person against all others. Then we learned to cooperate, to share, to help each other, to protect each other against the dark. We live better now than then, because we treat each other better.

It is possible to have right without wrong, growth without pain. It is very rare, but it is possible.

May you find joy.

Answer 3

I don't quiet understand what your asking but here is my thought to everything there is an opposite why? I don't know why but there is and it kinda make sense "the sweet isn't as sweet without the bitter" think about it if you ate something sweet everyday it would just be a regular thing but if for one week all you ate were things that were bitter and at the end of the last day of the week you had just one thing that was sweet wouldn't it taste a whole lot sweeter then any other day? and think about it would it be IMPORTANT to you to have just one thing that was not bitter? What you choose to think is important is all up to you if you think that every thing you do and the things that happen have no importance then it kinda seems that there is no meaning in your life. If you drank a lot of water and then you need to go to the washroom is it important to get to the washroom? no not really you could just do it out in public but what is IMPORTANT is that you have to let the water out or you will be feeling the consequences.

Answer 4

Yeah....but the "reality" is that no one is going to feed us, clothe us, make money for us (THAT is a reality) and keep us at a standard of living you either enjoy or are working you butt off to achieve.
Your comment 'we have to know, see and feel murder if we want something to live". Are you saying we have to observe or be murdered to live? If that's the case....perhaps you do. I prefer to think of it as "flight or fight'. The natural feeling of wanting to survive. Gonna stand there in the middle of the street while that truck barrels down on you? Uh-uh. I don't need that experience to want to live. I just do....period. Yes, and we all die too. That's not putting reality into a box, paper bag or your pocket. That's fact...Jack.
I prefer to be analytical. Life is relatively predictable for the most part. Save getting hit by a truck, dropping dead or becoming ill to mention a few "relative" facts. Life is also important. I have people who depend upon me and vice-versa. I matter to some and some people matter for me.
If there are people who actually think that life is not important...in fact, that nothing is important, I'd really like to hear why.

Answer 5

yes, it's all perspective.

right and wrong are judgments based on a particular point of view. yet, i believe that truy- it really is ALL good- that everything that happens is forward moving, progressive, and from the highest perspective~ perfection.

there are many ways to look at this- i like to call it circles of truth. as your perspective changes, so does your understanding. the experiences we have here on earth can be considered painful, damaging, or bad..but that is usuually coming from the ~in the moment~ experience, as i'm sure you have experienced something negative only to recognize later in time the positive effect the bad experience has left with you. growth is sometimes painful, but always worth the uncomfort.

also badness and goodness are defined by different cultures, religions, social groups, gender, etc- nothing is intrinsically good or bad. we give the meaning to everything. nothing matters-until you believe that it does.

we are programmed, and can be easily re-programmed to think another way.

i have replaced the ideas of good and bad with the new construction of:
what works...and what doesnt work
and this allows me to be free in my choices, to grow and evolve naturally through life..paying attention to my own internal guidance system that directs me towards what feels most appropriate for me.

*peace

Answer 6

Everything is both wrong and bad. They should read the Bible of God's words more closely. Everyone has to leave on this earth together. We all should get along with one another. This world that we all live in needs to be lived as Paradise and not like vultures. Meaning do not take another life or anything that has not done wrong.

Answer 7

Creation is 'good' as created, but it becomes wrong or bad by how we use it. Bad is the absence of good, and wrong the absence of right. However, in our time and place, only God is Absolute, All Good and All Right. What we experience is not all good or all bad, but many degrees in between. We certainly do not need to experience 'murder' if we want something to live. We experience 'life' in so many ways in our family, etc. We give things importance by our choices, and we need to set our priorities. Unfortunately, we learn more from 'sad or bad' things, as we tend to be quite complacent or apathetic otherwise. Doesn't mean things aren't important, but just that they are not important to a person who is 'blind' to them. Life is a smorgasboard. You cannot take in every good, but to enjoy a good meal you need to decide what is important or better for you to enjoy the meal, and both taking too much or too little is not as good as taking what you need and enjoying it. Volunteering may help you see your values and choices better.

Answer 8

I surely understand your question. You are asking for feedback to some of your beliefs. Matthew 7:6-- might be of interest to you… although, you might just be wise enough not to take another's assessment of what you say personally, anyway.

Truly there is not a wrong or right. There are no sins. If one learns from a mistake then it was not a mistake at all… only a teacher. Even the most worst societal "wrongs" were only teachers for society in it infancy to learn what not to do. God is in All and is All. God is evolving from a pure non-physical Love to a single sphere of pure non-physical and physical Love.

RICHARD

Answer 9

I like the question about why God is good. It has far-reaching implications depending on your point of view...

Assuming that God is good... Is God good because all of God's actions fall within the category of what is universally good OR is God good because God decides what is good, therefore everything God does is inherently good?

Personally I look at morality as a social construct that has evolved in many species of animals [in different forms]. Social animals can not function together without structure & balance. We also protect those closest to us & being empathetic do not wish to do things to others which we would not like to have done to us. Part evolution, social balance & intelligent empathy.

Answer 10

Well, there are a great many things that are important. And some things are more important than others. You can rank them if you think about it. I think Goodness and rightness could indeed exist without wrongness. I don't think we have to do bad to know good.

Answer 11

I am really not seeing the question in the question! Right and wrong and good and bad are releative terms for many things, but it would seem that there are some wrongs or bad deeds that are for the most part universally accepted as wrong.