RE: does evil exist?
November 8, 2022 at 11:45 am
(This post was last modified: November 8, 2022 at 11:47 am by HankMoody316.)
Does evil exist?
I think there are two types of actions you can do. Actions that benefit you (such as eating healthy food or practicing your social skills by bringing your neighbors a basket of cookies for no reason and socialize for 30 minutes to overcome your shyness/introversion) and actions which harm you (such as liquidating your retirement account, converting it to gold, and tossing it out an airplane window over the vast Pacific ocean).
Given that neither of those 2 categories of behavior seem evil to me, then I would tend to believe evil doesn't exist because nobody should be compelled to act against their own self-interests. (unless the person compelling you to act against your self-interests is he himself evil)
Now that I've contradicted myself, it's probably best (next time) to just copy an existing argument that has been eloquently stated online before and just modify/incorporate that argument into your own words and add minor nuances, so you don't contradict yourself. For example, the villain from the Saw movies (if a person like that were real). After submitting this post, I'll search online for an essay about the film and analyzing whether the villain was evil and reading what a highly-cogent person has to say about it.
I think there are two types of actions you can do. Actions that benefit you (such as eating healthy food or practicing your social skills by bringing your neighbors a basket of cookies for no reason and socialize for 30 minutes to overcome your shyness/introversion) and actions which harm you (such as liquidating your retirement account, converting it to gold, and tossing it out an airplane window over the vast Pacific ocean).
Given that neither of those 2 categories of behavior seem evil to me, then I would tend to believe evil doesn't exist because nobody should be compelled to act against their own self-interests. (unless the person compelling you to act against your self-interests is he himself evil)
Now that I've contradicted myself, it's probably best (next time) to just copy an existing argument that has been eloquently stated online before and just modify/incorporate that argument into your own words and add minor nuances, so you don't contradict yourself. For example, the villain from the Saw movies (if a person like that were real). After submitting this post, I'll search online for an essay about the film and analyzing whether the villain was evil and reading what a highly-cogent person has to say about it.
Therefore, let us glory, yea, we will glory in the Lord; yes, we will rejoice, for our joy is full; yea, we will praise our God forever. Behold, who can glory too much in the Lord? Yea, who can say too much of his great power, and of his mercy, and of his long-suffering towards to children of men? Behold, I say unto you, I cannot say the smallest part which I feel. 🙏
