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does evil exist?
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RE: does evil exist?
Ostensibly, because some suffering does not qualify as evil, just as suffering -and- evil do not require miasma going around spreading it out like seeds in a terrible harvest. That's why.

We saw some effect or some phenomena, and were wrong about it's cause or instantiation. Getting rid of miasmatic evil does not get rid of the things it was supposed to explain. "What possessed them?" standing in as an expression of ignorance , a failure of our imaginations to contend with the (hypothetical, lol.....) fact that no exterior force or entity is required to make some horrid thing manifest in reality.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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does evil exist? - by Quill01 - October 2, 2022 at 1:32 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by onlinebiker - October 2, 2022 at 2:03 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - October 2, 2022 at 2:45 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by The Grand Nudger - October 2, 2022 at 4:07 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Angrboda - October 3, 2022 at 3:27 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Neo-Scholastic - October 2, 2022 at 8:16 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Angrboda - October 2, 2022 at 8:23 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Silver - October 2, 2022 at 8:30 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Ahriman - October 3, 2022 at 12:06 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Angrboda - October 3, 2022 at 12:53 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Fake Messiah - October 3, 2022 at 1:04 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Anomalocaris - October 3, 2022 at 1:46 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by The Grand Nudger - October 3, 2022 at 1:56 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Anomalocaris - October 3, 2022 at 3:42 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by bennyboy - October 7, 2022 at 8:29 am
RE: does evil exist? - by The Grand Nudger - October 7, 2022 at 12:44 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by bennyboy - October 7, 2022 at 10:36 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Ahriman - November 8, 2022 at 6:18 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by bennyboy - November 8, 2022 at 10:50 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Orbit - October 7, 2022 at 4:37 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Anomalocaris - October 7, 2022 at 4:49 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by LadyForCamus - October 7, 2022 at 11:12 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by The Grand Nudger - October 8, 2022 at 12:05 am
RE: does evil exist? - by bennyboy - October 8, 2022 at 1:52 am
RE: does evil exist? - by arewethereyet - October 8, 2022 at 10:37 am
RE: does evil exist? - by h311inac311 - October 10, 2022 at 1:07 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by The Grand Nudger - October 13, 2022 at 5:57 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by bennyboy - October 13, 2022 at 11:01 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by The Grand Nudger - October 14, 2022 at 12:33 am
RE: does evil exist? - by Quill01 - October 30, 2022 at 4:08 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by HankMoody316 - November 8, 2022 at 11:45 am
RE: does evil exist? - by Belacqua - November 8, 2022 at 1:53 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by LinuxGal - November 8, 2022 at 11:07 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Neo-Scholastic - November 9, 2022 at 8:29 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by The Grand Nudger - November 8, 2022 at 11:13 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by bennyboy - November 9, 2022 at 8:56 am
RE: does evil exist? - by Anomalocaris - November 8, 2022 at 11:35 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by The Grand Nudger - November 8, 2022 at 11:42 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by The Grand Nudger - November 9, 2022 at 7:07 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by bennyboy - November 9, 2022 at 9:15 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by BrianSoddingBoru4 - November 10, 2022 at 5:56 am
RE: does evil exist? - by bennyboy - November 10, 2022 at 6:52 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Angrboda - November 10, 2022 at 8:31 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by bennyboy - November 10, 2022 at 11:42 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by HappySkeptic - November 14, 2022 at 3:04 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by bennyboy - November 14, 2022 at 8:51 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by h4ym4n - November 14, 2022 at 5:23 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by bennyboy - November 14, 2022 at 8:49 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by The Grand Nudger - November 9, 2022 at 8:47 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by The Grand Nudger - November 10, 2022 at 6:38 am
RE: does evil exist? - by Objectivist - November 12, 2022 at 12:19 am
RE: does evil exist? - by h4ym4n - November 15, 2022 at 5:30 am

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