Is our apparent human maliciousness a trait inherited from a more underlying universal design, or even a natural outcome of the organic evolution (dynamics) of the substances of the Universe? Or do you think maliciousness is merely a human perception and the Universe itself is truly beyond Good and Evil? Can our very existence, at least in part, define the nature of the Universe?
2006-09-01 22:48:54 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
The universe has nothing to do with evil. However, it is proven men are more likely to harm a loved one on a full moon cycle. I believe the evil in within, passed on by Adam and Eve.
2006-09-09 20:59:05 · answer #1 · answered by Calvin of China, PhD 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No the Universe is just the Universe, it doesn't have Human Qualities. Maliciousness is more common in third world countries and places. In most "civilized" places we are culturally in 2006, while third world countries are culturally developed to levels more like the late 1800's to the early 1900's. Maliciousness like all human behavior is in part perception and mis-perception.
Our very existence can define the nature of the Universe, if we live long enough to figure it's nature out.
2006-09-07 03:15:00 · answer #2 · answered by spider 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Holy smokes! What a complicated question. I alway thought of the universe as sort of governed by the laws of physics. Unfortunately, we do not have a very good understanding yet of those laws. We do not even know what is holding the universe together. Dark Matter??? In might be malicious. Black holes gobbling up all matter that comes within its gravity wll. That sounds pretty malicious to me. But on the other hand it is just a law of nature that we will all eventually get swallowed by a black hole. If we do not get wiped out by a nuclear holocaust or an asteroid first. Or perhaps overpopulate the planet and all starve to death.
Good and Evil. They are sort of human traits. Or perhaps it would be better to say that they are concepts developed to qualify human traits. What one society might consider as good another might consider as evil. And those considerations might change over time.
2006-09-02 06:08:31 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Nothing is truly good or evil. Humans are the ones that categorized things into what they THINK are good and what they THINK are bad. Whether or not the Universe is good or evil really depends on the viewer. For example, you might say that Black Holes are evil, since they suck everything into them, but it might be because of them that the Universe is shaped the way it is, the Solar system is the way it is, and the Earth is just that far away from the sun to give us the right conditions for living things to come about. There really is no definite answer to that question.
2006-09-02 06:04:16 · answer #4 · answered by Emily K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our "apparent" human maliciousness is none of the things you mention. It's because we don't always stick to the "golden rule" i.e. treat others as you would like to be treated. Everyone knows this. Everyone knows when they have been "bad". To try to explain it away as part of a greater design is a cop out. Just be nice. It's not that hard.
2006-09-10 03:22:38 · answer #5 · answered by Dr Know It All 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The term malicious is subjective and applicable only to living things. Most of the universe is not alive and so the term malicious is not applicable to the universe
2006-09-07 04:46:34 · answer #6 · answered by xavier w 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's not only predicted that the Universe is malicious, it's mandated by the all pervasive 2nd Law of Thermodynamics and its corresponding corollaries found in Murphy's Law.
2006-09-02 15:20:40 · answer #7 · answered by Its not me Its u 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The universe is part of nature.Nature is neither good nor bad it just is.It has no thought.We on the other hand do have thought.With that we create our concept of good and evil.
As in everything else that exist we are made up of parts of the universe.We also evolve,come into existence,and die.In death our structure changes.In that respect our existence in can define nature.
2006-09-02 06:13:57 · answer #8 · answered by eva b 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Albert Einstein in "The World As I See It" wrote:
"The harmony of natural law...reveals an intelligence of such superiority that, compared with it, all the systematic thinking and acting of human beings is an utterly insignificant reflection."
The links below make for interesting reading. Me, I just live in the place, do the best I can and hope that it doesn't rain on me!!
2006-09-02 06:22:41 · answer #9 · answered by sincerely yours 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our existence defines nothing of the universe, except diversity.
Only our nature is good or evil. We create perception to define observations, and theorize the rest.
...jj
2006-09-08 10:50:37 · answer #10 · answered by johnny j 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋