Good and Evil?

Question

Is there a good and Evil? Good Guy, Bad Guy? Or is everyone and everything bad or good? Or mabe it isnt in existance.





WHAT THE HELL DOSE THIS ALL MEAN!!!!!

Answer 1

i think that there is someone good, and someone evil. we all do bad things, but that doesnt make us evil. i do believe that thaere a evil forces, and good forces, and there are good and righteous people, and there are evil people.

Answer 2

It depends upon how you define the words "good" and "evil".

You could go by a dictionary definition of the word, but not every dictionary has the same exact definiton as others. Also, two people can read the same exact text and come up with a slightly different definition than the other person. The words "good" and "evil" are words that are human inventions to describe certain aspects of our world.

When many people think about evil, they go to the classic example of good and evil, which is Adolph Hitler.

When he is examined, it becomes a case of nature versus nurture.

One of the things that he is most known for is the holocaust. But what if he had been born under different circumstances? It would have been pretty difficult for us to imagine him doing this if he had been born a Jew and raised in the Jewish religion.

Of course, you could say that even if his circumstances had been different, because of his personality he would have ended up being a bad person anyways. You cannot completely say for sure.

Let's say that we have 1,000 alternate dimensions where Hitler is born with the same DNA (same DNA meaning all the parts of the genetic code that help to determine personality), but in one dimension he is born a black man in South Africa, the next one he is born a blind man in America, the one after that he is born into very fortunate circumstances in England as the heir to the throne.

Continue with these random scenarios until you reach dimension #1,000.

Now after he has lived his lives, look back at the results. It's not too much of a stretch to say that in at least a very, very small percentage of cases that he actually lived a very good, moral life.

Now, when you examine the situation realistically, he couldn't have been born a different race, but he could have been brought up in a different country if his parents had decided to move. Or, perhaps his parents converted to a different religion or their grandparents did, or after he was born, he was orphaned and brought up in a Jewish household and raised as an Orthodox Jew in America.

The point that I'm trying to make is that even though certain scenarios are less likely than others (because they are contingent on multiple incidents), you cannot say with all likelyhood that he would have turned out a bad person every single time.

So, to answer your question, I do believe in evil IF it is defined as actions that someone did in his lifetime that were horrible and damaging to others and the person honestly knew these actions were bad and saw the consequences of those actions, but did not care one bit, and continued to do them anyways.

If, however, you define evil as something that is inherently bad, then the answer is no.

I am an atheist, so I cannot bring up the concept of a devil as an example of inherent evil, although some Christians would argue that if he had not been made as an angel by God, then he would not have the opportunity to rebel against him like he did in the first place, and maybe another angel would have taken his place to reign over Hell. This interpretation of course depends upon your particular religious beliefs.


As far as good goes, I would say that I do believe in it, because I believe there is the potential of good in all humans (once again, you could say it depends upon how you define the word). I would say that altruism is a universal trait and it has ensured the surivival of not only our species, but many other species found throughout nature.

Answer 3

Study the Parable of wheat and tares.

Christ's interpretation to the disciples.

Mat 13:37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
Mat 13:38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;
Mat 13:39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.
Mat 13:40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.
Mat 13:41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;
Mat 13:42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.
Mat 13:43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

Answer 4

Good and evil are integral to your belief system. For example, we in the United States generally consider Saddam Hussein evil. From our point of view, i.e. our values, he represents the bad. However, his family members may have considered him good. Good and evil are relative to your point of view. Generally speaking, your belief system dictates what you consider good or evil and most belief systems are based on religious teachings. But the mature man relies on no authorities, but makes those judgements for himself. As Herman Hesse wrote in Demian, instead of reading books or talking to the so-called experts to find the relative value of good or evil, the protagonist chose to "... listen to his blood." Or, as Siddartha Gautama, the Buddha, (600 B.C.) stated, "Do not rely on what has been acquired by repeated hearing, nor upon tradition, nor upon rumor, nor upon specious reasoning, nor upon another's seeming ability, nor upon the consideration, "The Monk is our Teacher," therefore to be believed. When you yourselves know: these things are good, these things are not blameable; these things are praised by the wise; when undertaken and observed, these things lead to benefit and happiness; enter in and abide in them." A rather wordy prescription, but boils down to: examine life carefully, thoughtfully and make your own judgments regarding whether an action is good or evil, a thing good or evil.

Answer 5

There is good and evil, but not in human terms. What we percieve as "good" and "evil" is nothing but those concepts put into terms which humans can understand. Basically, no human is good or evil. When we believe a human to be evil, this is only a result of our failure to understand his motives.

Hitler was not evil.

Evil is universal, it is obvious to anyone who witnesses it.

Hitler is only considered "evil" in the context of our society. This is so with everything.

Answer 6

Good and Evil are not opposites. Evil is Good, distorted. Good and Evil are not equal. You can have Good without Evil, but Evil cannot exist without Good. So there!!!

Answer 7

Good is what is enjoyable, profitable (not just financially), and healthy for us. Evil is the opposite.

God is everything that is good, Satan is everything that is evil. Heaven is being with God (all that is good), Hell is being away from God and with Satan (all that is evil). What do you choose?

Answer 8

Both must coexists. Like night and day, ying yang, compliments of color to complete itself.

Its really what the individuals see as good or evil that matters to them not what we see what others see as good and evil.

We need both to live a "good" life.

Answer 9

IT MEANS YOU NEED TO LEARN PROPER GRAMMAR!!!!

Good and evil don't exist. Its merely perspective. "Evil" people never think, "I am evil," its more likely that they see "good" as something contrary to popular belief.

Answer 10

it depends on your point of view and your frame of reference, obviously.