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One sentence that throws the problem of evil out of the window.
RE: One sentence that throws the problem of evil out of the window.
(November 11, 2017 at 12:27 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:
(November 11, 2017 at 11:17 am)Aroura Wrote: How are you defining evil, to differentiate it from mental illness?

Culpability.

I'd also add that I don't think mental illness necessarily renders someone innocent for reason of insanity. A lot of people have a mental illness but don't go around killing and torturing other people. Just because a person has depression, for example, doesn't mean they are innocent if they go out and kill people.

Mental illness make you see things which aren't there. Usually; you will believe that the delusion is real.
Like thinking that a person smiling to you is actually mocking you. Or begin to understand words as insults while they're totally genuine.

Certain drugs can simulate the delusions even if the person is healthy.
They can also cure the person's delusions in some cases.

Not all evil acts are mental illness; but some people are crippled in the mind, so they torture and kill. We can't really blame a person that crippled in their heads. Depression is different because it doesn't give birth to constant delusions that live with the person.
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RE: One sentence that throws the problem of evil out of the window. - by WinterHold - November 11, 2017 at 5:14 pm

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