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does evil exist?
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RE: does evil exist?
May 30, 2010 at 3:23 am
(May 29, 2010 at 9:19 am)downbeatplumb Wrote: No. Nature is not evil.

The evil is in the intent.
Evil can only be truly done BY sentient beings, they understand that what they are doing is wrong. Therein lies the evil.
The problem with that pov is that we have no direct access to the intent of other sentient individuals beside ourselves (and even the latter is unclear since we cannot trace our own thoughts on a cause and effect basis). IOW, to base the definition of evil on intent does not clarify the word itself but invites one to reverse engineer agency from perceived evil. Isn't that what starts of religion in the first place?
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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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