(June 7, 2013 at 9:37 am)John V Wrote: Define your terms - good person, evil person, good things, evil things. You're either going to run into fallacies, or end up with something that can be applied to things other than religion.
Ok.
Good person = Someone that avoids causing mental, physical, or financial harm to another person but tries to alleviate such harm if it occurs.
Evil person = Someone that intentionally causes mental, physical, or financial harm to another person.
Good things = Helping other people not experience mental, physical, or financial harm or suffering.
Evil things = Anything that causes people mental, physical, or financial harm or suffering.
Can this be applied to other things than religion? Of course. I've already pointed out one. Patriotism is often used by people to justify commiting evil acts.
The number one justification though, is religion.
