Is there really a struggle in the universe with good & evil - or is that just hollywood?

Question

I have believed all my life in the goodness of others and trusted with all my heart that good things happen to good people. That has not been the case for me in many respects, but I still beleive that no good can come of happiness that is gotten from someone elses pain...
It doesn't look as thou that is true. Manipulation, lies and a calculated plan over 3 years has taken from me someone very. very loved and dear to my heart.
I do all I can to try to still believe that the purity of my feelings will win out in the end- but after 1 year I will need to give up my belief that pure love can survive any storm and will be the strongest force ...
I am a dreamer, a beleiver in all that is truely good in this world- not a sugar coated "good person" who does the right thing so others know it and Ican be thought of as a "good person".. but act everyday and help in every and any small way that i can.
Is it true that evil seeks to destroy good.. and that evil usually wins?

Answer 1

i have this principle that i rather died than cross it.
i believe i rather be a loser as a good person rather than be a winner as a vile person.
when we do something for other..why do we want to do it
so that they recognize u as a good person or just because of ur sincerity .?
if u just want the society to recognize u than surely u'll be waiting for the payment day where all our good deed will be payed
and we encounter disappointments after another .
on d other hand if we are sincere enough we wont be waiting 4 the happy ever after ending .
u will just be content enough to see the smile of others and without realizing it you'll find someone who will bring happiness to ur life because they make the weariness of waiting seems nothing.

Answer 2

Evil never wins if you know your heart. Nothing can touch how your heart really feels. I could have evil all around me and I know I am protected with just the way I feel and nothing can break me. Sometimes we might come face to face with evil, but having God in your heart allows you to follow His direction of wisdom that it takes to recognize evil. He's showing us but it is up to us to tune into ourselves to get the message. Sometimes we're distracted and we make the wrong decision. Learn from that wrong choice. That's part of how we grow because we both know that this is not a perfect world with evil among us. I'm a little confused as to what you mean by -but after 1 year I will need to give up my belief that pure love can survive any storm and will be the strongest force.. The only thing I can say to that is you have not experienced pure love, God does and He will be the one to you through everything. Use the pure love He has for you to strengthen you. His pure love will make decisions for you, even when you think it is the wrong decision and you feel like your prayers aren't being answered. Find the lesson in your pain and look at it as a gift of wisdom when you get through it and realize the good that can come from burdens and sorrows. In the moment that something cruel or evil that we witness happens, most of the time we don't understand it and never will but to learn something from what happened will help you get through it. Even if it is just learning about your feelings. Let God sort out the things you don't understand. You will understand when it's your time to. This is not easy and I hope I don't seem like I'm minimizing the way you feel. I'm just trying to give you something that works for me. Take care.

Answer 3

Many religions in the world, today and in history, see the universe as a struggle between good and evil. This is called a 'manichaean' philosophy. Some religions, like Zoroastereanism, even have two gods, one good and the other evil. Satan has been elevated nearly to the status of a god in some forms of Christianity. It just seems like a natural way to look at the world.

Personally I think evil is just the absence of good. We humans are not perfect, we have many failings. Some are 'evil' (like greed) but others are just -weak- (like laziness or despair). Politicians and religious leaders alike have found ways to exploit these flaws, and in doing so they amplify them. You can use people's 'evil' nature against them. Most governments and organized religions have figured this out, and use it to their favor, to some extent or other.

Answer 4

I have always believed in the pleasure pain theory, no pleasure can go unpunished, no pain unrewarded. Life doesn't always do it by the book you can go through a life of bad luck but all will balance itself out in some way. I had a pretty crappy five years about 2 years nothing went my way but since then the way I think about things is different, it effected me in a beneficial way. There is as much good out there as there is evil, you just aren't looking in the right places.

Answer 5

If you were a true dreamer then you should start to believe by this point that "If this wasn't the one for me.. then surely there is someone even better in my future"

There's some good, there's some evil.. and a whole lot of gray out there.. life is not black and white.

Answer 6

I think the struggle is there........and you can't be satisfied by just knowing this........you have to struggle.