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Post by Tulameen on Aug 14, 2005 17:01:30 GMT -5
Where do you think evil comes from? Is it a garden-of-eden thing or do humans simply have the capacity for evil?
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lolly
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Post by lolly on Sept 19, 2005 17:29:24 GMT -5
Man has free will, so it's a choice to do good or bad. Even with laws in place, some will break them. According to the Bible, mankind is tempted by Lucifer. He was created before us. Are other planets populated? I don't think so, as there is no concrete proof. I know, the believers counter this with conspiracy theories. For me though, until I see concrete evidence, it's just an age old story. As you look at all thats out there, it's logical to think that there is life out there, but no proof. Interesting question.
God bless, Lolly
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Post by Tulameen on Sept 19, 2005 21:11:41 GMT -5
I don't know what to believe, and that's pretty much why I posted the question. I often wonder if this "devil" thing is just a creative explanation for something we don't fully understand: how people can be so cruel to each other. It's not evolutionarily adaptive to go around killing each other, stealing from each other, and so on; people are more likely to survive if we cooperate with and support each other. So is evil a kind of mental illness? A bad gene? Not to say that dangerous people should not be removed from society and that genes or mental illness are good excuses for bad behavior. But it seems that something as maladaptive as antisocial behavior would have been wiped out of the gene pool eons ago. Does that mean then, that it COULD be externally caused, or influenced?
More food for thought...
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