please no answers with the words 'ying & yang' you'll figure it out..............
2007-07-18 14:20:12 · 12 answers · asked by mike h 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i liked silverlock1974 answer, however if God is they creater of all He created the 'bringer of light': satan, who is all thats evil. why allow this evil into your good world? why not end his evil existence?
2007-07-19 03:09:30 · update #1
Sure. If you lived in a world of constant light, you'd appreciate being able to see. The fact that you did not have words for light and dark wouldn't bother you.
2007-07-18 14:27:42 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, we wouldn't. That state of being is bliss. In that state, you are ignorant of good or evil (pre-Adam & Eve), and so you don't have knowledge of either good or evil. Therefore you couldn't "appreciate the good".
The Bible, along with many literary sources, seem to refer to existence as being on a spectrum. Think of a spectrum of light. On the far right is blinding light that is 100% pure light. On the left is darkness so black that there is no light at all reflecting from it. Everywhere in between is a shade between the two.
EVIL and GOOD are also opposites on a spectrum line.
The "DEVIL" is all EVIL and no GOOD. "GOD" IS ALL GOOD AND NO EVIL. All else, including Jesus, is somewhere in between. From a Christian point of view, of course, Jesus is further to the right (towards good) than anyone else who has ever walked this Earth.
EVIL -------------------------------- GOOD
DEVIL----------------------------------GOD
Matthew 19:17 or Mark 10:18
"Why callest thou me 'good'? There is none good but one, and that is God."
Goethe's Faust has similar references, as do many other literary works and artistic representations.
2007-07-18 15:11:39 · answer #2 · answered by silverlock1974 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
All good things are not from the evil spirit but bad things came from the devil.
jtm
2007-07-18 14:25:17 · answer #3 · answered by Jesus M 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
"The good' means happy and yea I'd be appreciative to be happy all the time!
I know I'm not in quotations but got to add; "No evil can happen to a good man...either in life or after death."-Plato
2007-07-18 14:40:29 · answer #4 · answered by dawnUSA 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps, but that would be a pathetic way to justify the evil in this world. Why not appreciate "the good" for "good's" sake.
2007-07-18 14:24:25 · answer #5 · answered by Chimichanga to go please!! 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Heck, humankind has a serious problem enjoying the good, even though they can see the evil. Nothing is ever "good" enough for them.
Is it any wonder God gets cranky with us at times??
2007-07-18 14:23:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I believe they would. It would be relative as it is now. What we consider "evil" now is relatively minor to the evil that could truly occur.
2007-07-18 14:27:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Give me your portion of Good, you can have my evil.
2007-07-18 14:24:23 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes.
Watch an infant suckle. Said infant enjoys it without ever having eaten something nasty.
2007-07-18 14:24:36 · answer #9 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
of course not no-one would know what was evil if we never experienced both.
2007-07-18 14:24:42 · answer #10 · answered by golly geesh 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋