evil

Rather than derail the other thread, I thought that this topic deserved its own thread. Normally the existence of all of the evil in this world is taken as evidence that there is no god or that if God exists then he must be a pretty unsavoury character. But assuming that God made the world the...

What most people fail to understand is that Christianity is a WARRANT for villainy. I will say that again Christianity RATIFIES evil. Any villain aspirant loves Christianity. That is why Constantine adopted it. A person who TRULY and seriously believes in the TENETS of Christianity knows that...

Not always, anyway. Religion gives millions (billions!) of people all over the world comfort and hope in a world that seems bleak and uncaring. I do not condone those evils that are perpetrated by religion (child abuse, terrorism, subjugation of women, etc), but nor do I overlook the tremendous...

I was watching this video of Christopher Hitchens in which he describes the Rev. Billy Graham as evil. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1hl2jdfIiA&feature=related It occurred to me that the Rev. Billy Graham might also describe Mr. Hitchens as evil. It got me thinking about what it means...

Evil and Good are in direct opposition. Evil rules by the principle of servitude to Its Master. Good exists for the mutual benefit of all.

Please tell me I’m not out to lunch. I was debating on a Christian forum with some of the Chosen over the whole “god creates evil”, which is mentioned numerous times in the OT. (yeah, yeah, yeah – I was out to lunch when I decided to waste my time on a Christian message board. Ha ha.)...

Something I've heard quite often from believers is that humans are, in the words of the last person I heard it from, "inherently evil". Others have put it in other ways - "humans are wretched sinners", "humanity's fruits are rotten", and so on, but it's always the same basic principle: that...

I did a forum search on this, but I didn't see this topic addressed. Basically I'm asking myself this question simply because of a discussion I had with my co-workers. One of them said that "if someone doesn't say 'thank you' when you open a door for them, then they are evil!" Of course, that...

"Religion is an insult to human dignity. With or without it you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion." - Steven Weinberg This quote, or some slight variation of it, seems to turn up here in the...

Nowadays it seems a bit old-fashioned to say that someone is evil. If someone commits mass murder, we say that they have a "personality disorder," or some other form of mental illness. However, it occurs to me that, if we eliminate the concept of good and evil entirely, would that undercut the...

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In reading Genesis and discussing the creation (according to Biblical text) it occurred to me that when God creates the world he looks at it and says everything he made was Good. In Genesis 3 when Adam and Eve are being judged for eating the tree of life he says that ---they have become like us...

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NOTE: This thread was originally posted in 'Conspiracy Theories' - that's where it belongs! BUT anywhere is better than nowhere ;) BEWARE of the Moderators and Owners of this Forum! Neither THEY nor anyone else can prevent the Truth from SEEing the Light! UNRAVELING the mother-of-all Conspiracy...

http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21379338-663,00.html

Is there any to kill these things? I have one on my computer now... It is called pesttrap, and keeps telling me I have all these virsuses on my comp, but I have to go to their damn website to download the real thing...I cannot delete it off from my remove hardware settings, it says I must...

Well, this seems like it's a little out of touch with reality but I honestly can't tell sometimes when it comes to politics. If we can successfully redefine victory in Iraq to mean 'handing it over Iran and Syria', we can do anything. This is why Republicans will kick ass in November.

Intelligent Design is a trojan horse attempt to get Christian creationism into the classroom, but wouldn't there be a better case for Evil Design than Intelligent Design? Intelligent seems a bit comparative: perhaps the designer is relatively dumb but very powerful. But evil: that's seems hard...

I've discussed several times without any conclussion if by nature animals and/or humans are GOOD or EVIL. I mean, i personally care for other people, I feel bad when i see other people bad. I think i'm good by nature, but other people argued that my social environment, make me fell like that...

Just thought it would be cool to have the links to the entire program in one thread. The links are from YouTube and it's broken up into 9 five minute to 15 minute segments. Enjoy. Part 1.1 part 1.2 part 1.3 part 2.1 part 2.2 part 2.3 part 2.4 part 2.5 part 2.6

So... it seems that the Pope, who called Islam evil...or used a quote that implied it is now apologizing and yet, the Muslim nations are still calling for his head. Yes, it seems that YET AGAIN, the Islamic world is going to prove everyone wrong who called them violent or terrorist.....by...

Earlier today, I was trying to get into youtube to watch Dawkin's programme again because I remember in a certain part, he accused the pope of shady shenanigans ( or something along those lines )..... .....anyway, that got me thinking and I started to wonder how many people here trust the pope...

ok...apologies for the double post - i first put this question in the politics forum....but i think it belongs here..... What is evil? We have considerations of what it means to describe an individual as "evil"..... Darat provides the following Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn sig...... So there...

What is evil? I think this is a fascinating question deserving of it's own thread ( inspired from http://www.internationalskeptics.com/forums/showthread.php?t=61458&page=4) We have considerations of what it means to describe an individual as "evil"..... Darat provides the following Aleksandr...

No, it's not my claim. But it is my family. My brother-in-law maintains this website where he goes WAY off the deep end. The funny thing is that aside from odd tastes in music, he's a pretty nice and normal guy, unless you start talking politics. And some of his points aren't really totally...

The Devil - mind control or a way to discribe the fact that " evil " exists? I've been thinkin' a lot lately about this one so much that I'm at a bit of a crossroads, so to get a range of other opinions.... ...guess where I come!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6193866746249268230 I found this online. The new show from Richard Dawkins. Even though I have been putting up videos, this time it was not I who posted it.

I have noticed there are lot of threads around here which share a general theme of "How could God exist and let this happen?" This, I think, is the most powerful reason why people find it impossible to believe in the mainstream Christian conception of God. Put simply, the state of the world...

There is more to consider in this "problem of evil" than one might think. I am praying that God will reveal more to me. Yea, I know, this post is already screaming "fundy". Just to let you know, everything in this post presupposes that God exists. The problem of evil can be interpreted as...

So it turns out that the other evil, right-wing voting machine company has been acquired. By a company which in turn is said by some to have rigged elections. No, not in Ohio. In Venezuela! Hahahahaha! It has a Venezuelan parent company, too! Viva Chavez and free elections! OK, funny part's...