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does evil exist?

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does evil exist?
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RE: does evil exist?
May 29, 2010 at 8:04 am (This post was last modified: May 29, 2010 at 8:13 am by Purple Rabbit.)
Evil as in "bad things done to scentient beings" exists.

Evil as an independent malevolent agent acting in this world overriding cause and effect and parasiting on humans exists only in the realm of fabulation and as an excuse.

Next question please.
(May 29, 2010 at 3:25 am)Saerules Wrote: I don't know that a term is coined for that... amusingly... if you type "nothing is objectively verifiable" without quotations into google: your post comes up as second result 0.o I should safely say it is nihilism... but I do not claim any knowledge of what to call that belief (that nothing is objectively verifiable). :S
Every definition of objectivity is subjective by default, so what the hell are you talking about?
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does evil exist? - by theistwithquestions - May 26, 2010 at 6:24 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Paul the Human - May 26, 2010 at 6:27 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by AtheistPhil - May 26, 2010 at 6:35 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by mysoogals - June 2, 2010 at 2:43 am
RE: does evil exist? - by Violet - June 2, 2010 at 3:29 am
RE: does evil exist? - by Paul the Human - May 26, 2010 at 6:36 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Minimalist - May 26, 2010 at 7:03 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Violet - May 26, 2010 at 8:40 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by fr0d0 - May 26, 2010 at 7:12 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Minimalist - May 26, 2010 at 8:09 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by paintpooper - May 26, 2010 at 7:13 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Violet - May 26, 2010 at 8:38 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by padraic - May 26, 2010 at 8:39 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Minimalist - May 26, 2010 at 9:01 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Violet - May 26, 2010 at 9:05 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Minimalist - May 26, 2010 at 9:07 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Tiberius - May 26, 2010 at 9:34 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Violet - May 28, 2010 at 3:58 am
RE: does evil exist? - by Scented Nectar - May 26, 2010 at 9:58 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Joe Bloe - May 27, 2010 at 12:18 am
RE: does evil exist? - by SleepingDemon - May 27, 2010 at 2:57 am
RE: does evil exist? - by Thor - May 27, 2010 at 9:56 am
RE: does evil exist? - by Sam - May 27, 2010 at 4:45 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by mem - May 28, 2010 at 4:24 am
RE: does evil exist? - by Edwardo Piet - May 28, 2010 at 6:25 am
RE: does evil exist? - by tackattack - May 28, 2010 at 6:39 am
RE: does evil exist? - by Violet - May 28, 2010 at 3:10 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by chatpilot - May 28, 2010 at 2:27 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Paul the Human - May 28, 2010 at 3:43 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by tackattack - May 28, 2010 at 3:50 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Violet - May 28, 2010 at 11:47 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by tackattack - May 29, 2010 at 12:17 am
RE: does evil exist? - by Violet - May 29, 2010 at 3:25 am
RE: does evil exist? - by tackattack - May 29, 2010 at 5:09 am
RE: does evil exist? - by Violet - May 29, 2010 at 5:22 am
RE: does evil exist? - by Purple Rabbit - May 29, 2010 at 8:04 am
RE: does evil exist? - by downbeatplumb - May 29, 2010 at 8:45 am
RE: does evil exist? - by Purple Rabbit - May 29, 2010 at 8:49 am
RE: does evil exist? - by downbeatplumb - May 29, 2010 at 9:19 am
RE: does evil exist? - by Purple Rabbit - May 30, 2010 at 3:23 am
RE: does evil exist? - by Violet - May 29, 2010 at 1:58 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by tackattack - May 29, 2010 at 7:37 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Disinter - May 30, 2010 at 8:25 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Killman - June 8, 2010 at 5:19 am
RE: does evil exist? - by annatar - June 21, 2010 at 8:46 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by KichigaiNeko - June 22, 2010 at 12:53 am
RE: does evil exist? - by Super Cynic - July 21, 2010 at 5:21 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Godhead - July 21, 2010 at 7:44 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by AtheistPhil - July 21, 2010 at 7:55 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Godhead - July 21, 2010 at 8:04 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Paul the Human - July 21, 2010 at 8:23 pm
RE: does evil exist? - by Godhead - July 21, 2010 at 8:46 pm

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