Is it the absence of good?
2006-11-23 09:46:04 · 24 answers · asked by Missy 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
There is no evil in basic terms.You speak of it as if it were the opposite of good,yet, they are both moral value judgments that are understood from the perspective of "opposites are absolute", and you ignore the unity that exists. Creation and Destruction are two sides of the same coin. In your terms, Evil is the desire for destruction.
2006-11-23 14:41:39 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not the absence of good. If you believe in the concept of evil, you must believe in the concept of good. it's not that you can't have one without the other, for instance good can and will exist without evil one day. Good is the opposite of evil, not the avsence of it. If good is the creation of life, evil is the extinguishing of life. If good is the giving of gifts, etc, evil is the unlawful taking of the possessions of others. A good Bible verse to consider is 2 Corinthians 6 v15, in which the opposing nature of good and evil is discussed. However, the end of all evil is promised. Reading verses like Revelation 21 v4, Psalm 37 vs9-11 amongst other is very encouraging.
2006-11-23 10:35:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Evil cannot be defined. It is purely subjective, and everyone has a different view on what is and is not evil. Evil is the absence of what YOU think is good.
in actuality evil does not exist.
2006-11-23 11:42:58 · answer #3 · answered by Aaron 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Genesis 3:21-24
"Unto Adam also and to his wife did the LORD God make coats of skins, and clothed them.
And the LORD God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil: and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever:
Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life."
2006-11-23 10:33:01 · answer #4 · answered by DREAMER 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evil was a concept people used to try and explain why people sometimes behaved in an undesirable way before the advent of modern psychology. It doesn't exist in any real sense.
2006-11-24 11:13:32 · answer #5 · answered by Alan S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. I'm not doing anything good right now, but that doesn't make me evil. The classic comparison of good and evil to light and dark is flawed in that respect, perhaps we should use the analogy of sweet and sour.
2006-11-23 09:52:35 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In religion and ethics, Evil refers to the "bad" aspects of the behaviour and reasoning of human beings.In Buddhist the most Evil person is yourself and the best is also yourself.Another words ,meant you awake or still sleeping.Good is you :bad is also.
2006-11-23 09:57:27 · answer #7 · answered by Jason Koh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The word "evil", is the word "live" spelled backward. It is anything that
keeps us from Living and enjoying Life!
Even if it's just a negative way of thinking.
2006-11-23 10:26:31 · answer #8 · answered by THE NEXT LEVEL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personal evil is sinning against God.
Evil personified is spiritual possesion.
Social evil is laws that violate God's higher law.
2006-11-23 09:59:04 · answer #9 · answered by Jay Z 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hi, basically evil is a state of disobedience to the will of God and it is not a material object as such,so that we can say that someone has done an evil act but the person is not evil but rebellious to Gods revealed will. you can say that television is evil but this is wrong as an object is not inherently evil but the misuse of this medium can and sometimes is evil.
2006-11-23 09:56:41 · answer #10 · answered by Sentinel 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋