"Evil does not exist, sir, or at least it does
not exist unto itself. Evil is simply the absence of God. It is just like darkness and cold, a word that man has created to describe the absence of God. God did not create evil. Evil is the result of what happens when man does not have God's love present in his heart. It's like the cold that comes
when there is no heat, or the darkness that comes when there is no light."
Albert Einstein
2007-11-29 04:51:16 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Einstein, if he actually wrote this, echoes a very old stand of both Greek philosophy and theology of the middle ages: evil is the privation of the good, and, hence, has no positive existence. In a more modern parlance, evil is parasitic on the good.
HTH
Charles
2007-11-29 04:59:00 · answer #1 · answered by Charles 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"Pure" anything doesn't really exist except as an idea. Total darkness doesn't actually exist any more than total light does. In actuality, there is only functionally total darkness--where the eye become incapable of seeing anything--and functionally total light--in which the eye would also be rendered incapable of seeing anything.
No real thing actually exists in a state of total purity, only more or less functionally pure.
Pure good, pure evil, perfection of any kind and infinity exist ONLY as ideas: mental "objects".
2007-11-29 05:05:30 · answer #2 · answered by anyone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no theres no such venture as organic evil , and as my guy jon jon suggested , the word evil and good are recommendations that we supply to issues , like if a tree ought to think of , it may mostlikely think of that an ax grow to be "organic evil" , so no theres no such venture as evil or good (in an purpose experience)
2016-10-18 08:43:24 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Logically speaking, "pure evil" cannot exist, otherwise there would be nothing else at any other given moment, which is impossible, but then I also say that the concept of an omnipotent creator being is very illogical as well, upon close examination.
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2007-11-29 04:55:48 · answer #4 · answered by vinslave 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The case of two parties is like that of the blind and deaf, and the seeing and the hearing. Is the case of the two alike? Will you not then understand?
The blind and the seeing are not alike.
He it is Who sends down His blessing on you, and His angels pray for you, that He may bring you forth from all kinds of darkness into light. And He is Merciful to the believers.
2007-11-29 05:00:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Good is just the absence of evil, in the same way that white is the absence of color, and black is the presence of all colors simultaneously...
2007-11-29 04:58:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no such thing as evil - evil is just some people's way of not taking responsibility.
2007-11-29 04:54:26 · answer #7 · answered by LillyB 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
that is true!
but he says evil does not exist unto itself THAT is the important part it exists circumstantially
2007-11-29 04:55:13 · answer #8 · answered by Lee's Wife 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree that there is no such thing as an evil person (damaged perhaps).
2007-11-29 04:54:55 · answer #9 · answered by Libby anne 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
very true but E=mc2+1. evil is opposite of good. evil exist because good exist.
2007-11-29 04:56:03 · answer #10 · answered by optcynbassist 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋