2007-10-14 15:06:50 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Depends on the context & the many bias involved.
After all - before WWII many Germans believed Hitler was good for German. Afterwards - well the Winners are justified in their version of history.
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2007-10-15 02:17:40 · answer #1 · answered by Rai A 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
First I would like to say that many things have been considered good or evil, long before Christianity came about. It has absolutely nothing to do with religion, but more with societies views on a particular matter. Good and evil can also change and are not laws written in stone. When something is considered good, it is because it affects the majority of society in a positive way and it is evil if it affects the majority of society in a negative way. There are many examples of this throughout history. For example, in biblical times it was not considered evil to own slaves. The bible even condones the act as long as you do not beat them to death. If someone were to traffic or own slaves today, it would be seen as the act of an intensely evil person.
2007-10-14 22:30:14 · answer #2 · answered by Danny 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"good" are things we like, make us feel good, and comfort us. "evil" are things we don't like, fear, don't understand, or make us feel less secure. But the Universe is more than just Black and White. Personally, I am trying to get beyond Dualism, beyond seeing the world in terms of Good and Evil. Life is far more complicated than that.
2007-10-14 22:14:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evil is committing a sin with the intention of hurting another. For instance, Gossip is evil because it is a sin committed with the intention of slandering the name of another person. Sin is disobedience to God. Good is obedience to God.
2007-10-14 22:13:33 · answer #4 · answered by tas211 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
religion sees good and evil as forces vying for supremacy of the universe or some such nonsense...to me, they are words signifying one end or the other of the spectrum of human opinion...
2007-10-14 22:11:59 · answer #5 · answered by darwinman 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Polar opposites..
black & white
up & down
north & south
ying & yang
night& day
flipping a Pancake
2007-10-14 22:13:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God is good and everything in opposition to Him and His ways is evil.
2007-10-14 22:10:21 · answer #7 · answered by Nels 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I always think of it as:
If you don't want it down to you, it's probably bad
So, if you go and kill someone, you are telling the world you are open to being killed. Lead by example, really.
Evil and Good are measured against one another.
2007-10-14 22:12:10 · answer #8 · answered by Corvus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good is God and eternal. Evil is a seeming lack or absence of good, and temporal.
2007-10-14 22:27:22 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm not sure but it seems to me that God is the opposite of evil.....I have experienced bad and evil.....evil chills you to the bone.....the opposite of good is bad....IMHO
2007-10-14 22:27:19 · answer #10 · answered by dreamdress2 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋