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Is knowledge the root of all evil?

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Is knowledge the root of all evil?
Edwardo Piet Away
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RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil?
February 18, 2017 at 7:56 pm (This post was last modified: February 18, 2017 at 7:59 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(February 17, 2017 at 2:37 am)bennyboy Wrote: What's this evil thing of which you speak?

Boru informed me that it was Ben Affleck as Batman.

In all seriousness.... I'd say that torturing innocent people only and solely for pleasure without their consent is evil if anything is.

Extreme cruelty, basically.

But... more to the point: I don't think "evil" is a useful word.
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Is knowledge the root of all evil?

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Is knowledge the root of all evil? - by Won2blv - February 17, 2017 at 2:34 am
RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil? - by bennyboy - February 17, 2017 at 2:37 am
RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil? - by Won2blv - February 17, 2017 at 3:33 am
RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil? - by Edwardo Piet - February 18, 2017 at 7:56 pm
RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil? - by ignoramus - February 17, 2017 at 3:28 am
RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil? - by paulpablo - February 17, 2017 at 3:37 am
RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil? - by Won2blv - February 17, 2017 at 3:49 am
RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil? - by paulpablo - February 17, 2017 at 3:55 am
RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil? - by Won2blv - February 17, 2017 at 4:30 am
RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil? - by Aoi Magi - February 17, 2017 at 4:38 am
RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil? - by Won2blv - February 17, 2017 at 6:34 pm
RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil? - by ignoramus - February 17, 2017 at 5:02 am
RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil? - by Aoi Magi - February 17, 2017 at 5:17 am
RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil? - by ignoramus - February 17, 2017 at 5:40 am
RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil? - by Aoi Magi - February 17, 2017 at 5:42 am
RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil? - by ignoramus - February 17, 2017 at 5:51 am
RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil? - by Aoi Magi - February 17, 2017 at 6:21 am
RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil? - by Aoi Magi - February 18, 2017 at 12:12 am
RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil? - by Won2blv - February 18, 2017 at 1:45 am
RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil? - by Aoi Magi - February 18, 2017 at 2:15 am
RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil? - by Won2blv - February 18, 2017 at 11:33 am
RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil? - by Aoi Magi - February 18, 2017 at 1:11 pm
RE: Is knowledge the root of all evil? - by Won2blv - February 18, 2017 at 7:54 pm

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