My mom says If I don't believe in god, then I automatically pass up the belief in satan/devil. Ok this is fine because I don't believe in god, heaven, devil, hell. But what do you all think - I also believe there is no evil people - just people who do evil things.
2006-07-12 03:15:15 · 15 answers · asked by foxtel_iq 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
P.S. I am a Scientologist....
2006-07-12 03:22:06 · update #1
sshhorty - HELLO Brainwashed.....
2006-07-12 03:42:34 · update #2
Your mom is on the right track. Smart lady.
Many people seem to regard evil is a 'thing'... something that has some form of corporeal existence in the physical universe. In that sense, evil does NOT exist.
Evil 'exists' only as an abstract concept... one that is 'dualistic' in nature. 'Evil' cannot 'exist' without 'good'. They are the two sides of the same coin, in the Yin/Yang sense. One cannot 'exist' without the other; neither can be defined or described except in terms of the other.
Good/evil is further abstracted in the sense that it represents a 'judgement'... not a 'thing'. As a judgement, good/evil is wholly subjective, since it relies entirely upon the 'criteria' that is employed in making the judgement.
So, the real issue is not good/evil per se... rather it is the criteria that people use in making their judgements of good/evil.
Since we are pretty much all wired the same, and share pretty much the same cultural values in a larger sense, we usually find ourselves on common ground when we judge questions such as "Was Hitler evil?", since we can agree on the criteria. However, we should realize that if Hitler had been asked the question "Are you evil?", he most certainly would have been thoroughly offended by the very idea. According to HIS criteria, he would have seen his actions as good, for his people and for 'The Fatherland'.
When we get down to subtler questions, where someone's 'criteria' might depend upon interpretation of a particular bible verse, for example, these kinds of judgements can get a little stickier.
Remember, though... it's not really about good/evil,it's really about criteria... which ultimately comes down to one's moral compass.
2006-07-12 03:23:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Evil exists, people who continually do evil do it because, guess what? They're evil! Nero was evil, Hitler was evil. There's a whole of lot evil running around today. People have a choice, to embrace good or evil, and some make the conscious decision to embrace evil.
Of course, the fact that you're into scientology explains a lot, the road to logic turned into the road to La-La Land, E.T.'s and all.
2006-07-12 03:30:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your mother is right. There are "Satanists" that don't believe in God but worship the devil. The funny thing is, God created the devil or the fallen angel Lucifer. You can't worship Satan without first believing in God.
2006-07-12 03:26:34 · answer #3 · answered by Ring Ring Ring Bananaphone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even scientologist believe in a supreme being. I personally believe that you don't know what you believe or don't believe. Everyone believes in something. There are sinful people and there always will be as long as we live in this sinful world.
Jesus loves you and I hope that you don't pass your chance to accept Him as your Savior. I am going to pray for you.
You must believe in something or else why would you be on a Spirituality web site?
2006-07-12 03:49:18 · answer #4 · answered by racam_us 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree, you can't believe in one and not the other (God and the devil) but I disagree, some people do evil things since childhood, maybe people are born evil...that debate has been going on for awhile. (whether or not people learn it or are born with it)
2006-07-12 03:19:24 · answer #5 · answered by James P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your definitely on the right path.............however there is a lot more to existance than that..not that you should believe in "god" but you should have an understanding of there being some form of "higher being" be karma,destiny, or fate.....whatever you want really as long as you are wholeheartedly a good person(not as saintly as mother theresa or anything but close..or as close as humanly possible for yourself) that way IF there is god or whatever youll probably get into "heaven" anyway...i mean do you really think god cares about our beliefs and whatnot?..i doubt it i find it much more relevant that who you were and what you did be the deciding factors in your afterlife....
2006-07-12 03:26:59 · answer #6 · answered by alss03 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sorry, just because you don't believe in something does not make it not exist. Just look around at nature. All of nature could not have just randomly happened, there had to be a Creator.
Check out this website and see if you still believe in no God.
http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/faq/God.asp
2006-07-12 03:23:04 · answer #7 · answered by bobm709 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'll answer saying this God loves u it doesn't matter if u believe in HIM or not He still loves u and Jesus Christ still took your place (as he did everyones) on calvary.
We all have a choice what we believe as for me and my house we serve the Lord.
there is coming a day when all will stand be4 God and every knee will bow every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord at that time there r no choices.
2006-07-12 03:31:36 · answer #8 · answered by sshhorty2 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You can believe in anything (doesn't make it true), and you don't need to believe in god to believe in satan/the devil.
2006-07-12 03:31:23 · answer #9 · answered by ceprn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not people that do evil things. People are people. The things they do are evil. You are a person with choices. You can choose to do good or do evil, your choice. People are not bad or good. what's bad or good is the decisions they make and the executions they take.
2006-07-12 03:23:50 · answer #10 · answered by U'Nique 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋