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On Evil
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RE: On Evil
(May 26, 2009 at 5:45 am)dagda Wrote: Under my definition of evil, any direct or indirect action which leads to the intentional harming, both emotionally and physically, of another consciousness

Agree with you totally there Dagda. Good defintion of what evil is, do I think.

(May 26, 2009 at 5:45 am)dagda Wrote: Means that nature can not commit evil because, as atheists would be the first to point out, nature does not have a consciousness hence e is unable to harm anyone intentionally

Exactly right. Humans are pretty much the only one that can commit evil, plus dolphins and apes too of course.
- Science is not trying to create an answer like religion, it tries to find an answer.
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On Evil - by dagda - May 24, 2009 at 9:28 am
RE: On Evil - by lrh9 - May 24, 2009 at 9:39 am
RE: On Evil - by Kyuuketsuki - May 24, 2009 at 10:54 am
RE: On Evil - by Edwardo Piet - May 24, 2009 at 11:39 am
RE: On Evil - by dagda - May 24, 2009 at 12:45 pm
RE: On Evil - by Kyuuketsuki - May 25, 2009 at 4:36 am
RE: On Evil - by Edwardo Piet - May 25, 2009 at 9:57 am
RE: On Evil - by Edwardo Piet - May 24, 2009 at 1:13 pm
RE: On Evil - by LEDO - May 25, 2009 at 8:00 am
RE: On Evil - by Tiberius - May 25, 2009 at 8:41 am
RE: On Evil - by dagda - May 26, 2009 at 5:45 am
RE: On Evil - by Giff - May 26, 2009 at 8:11 am
RE: On Evil - by Kyuuketsuki - May 26, 2009 at 5:21 pm
RE: On Evil - by Giff - May 27, 2009 at 3:55 am
RE: On Evil - by Edwardo Piet - May 26, 2009 at 5:25 pm
RE: On Evil - by dagda - May 27, 2009 at 1:13 pm
RE: On Evil - by Edwardo Piet - May 27, 2009 at 7:44 pm
RE: On Evil - by dagda - May 30, 2009 at 10:18 am
RE: On Evil - by Samson - May 26, 2009 at 5:38 pm
RE: On Evil - by Edwardo Piet - May 26, 2009 at 5:45 pm
RE: On Evil - by Samson - May 26, 2009 at 5:52 pm
RE: On Evil - by Edwardo Piet - May 26, 2009 at 6:52 pm
RE: On Evil - by Samson - May 26, 2009 at 9:30 pm
RE: On Evil - by leo-rcc - May 27, 2009 at 3:33 am
RE: On Evil - by Edwardo Piet - May 27, 2009 at 10:20 am
RE: On Evil - by Samson - May 27, 2009 at 1:49 pm
RE: On Evil - by leo-rcc - May 27, 2009 at 5:08 pm
RE: On Evil - by Kyuuketsuki - May 28, 2009 at 3:17 pm
RE: On Evil - by Kyuuketsuki - May 27, 2009 at 2:54 pm
RE: On Evil - by padraic - May 27, 2009 at 10:18 pm
RE: On Evil - by Samson - May 28, 2009 at 1:32 pm
RE: On Evil - by leo-rcc - May 28, 2009 at 4:25 pm
RE: On Evil - by Kyuuketsuki - May 28, 2009 at 5:09 pm
RE: On Evil - by Edwardo Piet - May 28, 2009 at 5:49 pm
RE: On Evil - by Samson - May 28, 2009 at 9:30 pm
RE: On Evil - by Darwinian - May 30, 2009 at 10:21 am
RE: On Evil - by Edwardo Piet - May 30, 2009 at 10:47 am
RE: On Evil - by g-mark - May 31, 2009 at 10:17 am
RE: On Evil - by Kyuuketsuki - May 31, 2009 at 12:35 pm
RE: On Evil - by g-mark - May 31, 2009 at 1:05 pm
RE: On Evil - by Edwardo Piet - May 31, 2009 at 12:40 pm

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