how does your religion define good/bad?

Question

what is evil and what is holy?

can you justify murder with love?

please give me examples from your scriptures or history how good and evil were done and how this impacted your life today

Answer 1

Buddhism doesn't talk about good or bad but right or wrong. Only compassion and truth are eternal while nothing else has any permanence so only adhering to compassion and truth is right.

Answer 2

"An' it harm none, do what ye will."

This pretty much sums up the whole of the bible's laws, and then some. It makes you more responsible for your actions. The Butterfly Effect explains how a butterfly taking off from a cactus in Mexico can cause devastating weather in the Midwest. Therefore, you have to be careful that what you do doesn't harm someone in the long run.

It also means that humans have free will. You can't go around forcing people do what you want. You can establish rules and limits, but you can't make someone fall in love with you.

Those eight words can leave you awake at night trying to figure out what is "harm" exactly.

Karma also plays a role in good and evil. Whatever you do, it comes back to you with even more power than you originally put into it. Yikes!

Answer 3

The Sacred Law bears the standards, and by the Sacred Law I mean the holy Quran and the Prophet's Sunnah (prophetic traditions).

God knows best.

Peace and Love

Answer 4

We use righteous and unrighteous.

Goodness and Righteousness. The apostle Paul seems to make a distinction between goodness and righteousness when, speaking of Christ’s sacrificial death, he says: “For hardly will anyone die for a righteous man; indeed, for the good man, perhaps, someone even dares to die. But God recommends his own love to us in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” (Ro 5:7, 8) A man can be termed “righteous” if he fulfills his proper obligations, is just, impartial, honest, not guilty of wrongdoing or immorality, hence one known for integrity of conduct and uprightness. Paul’s statement, however, implies a certain superiority in “the good” man. To be “good,” the individual could not, of course, be unrighteous or unjust; yet other qualities distinguish him from the man primarily known for his righteousness. The use of the Greek term shows that the person noteworthy for, or distinguished by, goodness is one who is benevolent (disposed to do good or bring benefit to others) and beneficent (actively expressing such goodness). He is not merely concerned with doing what justice requires but goes beyond this, being motivated by wholesome consideration for others and the desire to benefit and help them.—Compare Mt 12:35; 20:10-15; Lu 6:9, 33, 35, 36; Joh 7:12; Ac 14:17; Ro 12:20, 21; 1Th 5:15.

Thus, Paul evidently is showing that, while the man noted for being “righteous” may win the respect, even the admiration, of others, he may not appeal to their heart so strongly as to impel anyone to die for him. However, the man outstanding for his goodness, who is warm, helpful, considerate, merciful, actively beneficial, wins affection; and his goodness may appeal to the heart sufficiently that, for such a one, a person might be willing to die.

It may be noted that, in the Scriptures, that which is “good” is contrasted with that which is “vile” (Joh 5:29; Ro 9:11; 2Co 5:10), “wicked” (Mt 5:45; Ro 12:9), “evil” (Ro 16:19), and, of course, “bad” (1Pe 3:11; 3Jo 11). The “righteous” one, on the other hand, is contrasted with the “sinner” (the unrighteous person). (Mr 2:17; Lu 15:7) Just as a person may be a sinner (because he fails to meet righteous standards) and yet not necessarily be termed or classed as “vile,” “wicked,” or “evil,” so, too, one may be a “righteous” person and yet not necessarily be termed or classed as a “good” person, in the sense described earlier.

The commandments of God’s law to Israel were “holy [being from God] and righteous [being perfect in justice] and good [being beneficial in every respect for those observing them].”—Ro 7:12; compare Eph 5:9.

Answer 5

there is no such thing is good or bad. Or if there is, it depends on what you are comparing it to.

If I told you that I shot someone and killed them, then that is bad, right. Well, what if I killed them in self defense, then that is good, right.

Answer 6

devil= evil
god=good

evil is the absence of good (god)

no, you cannot justify murder with anything, it is murder

Answer 7

Good = Bad, there is no difference