My latest tthoughts concerning the "problem of evil" argument.

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@Polytheist-Witch
If you have to question whether or not rape or child molesting may or may not be evil you have a problem with evil in your own self.
Says a subject.

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Excuse me? Better watch what you accuse people of, sick ass.
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What are you talking about? Did you understand what I wrote? It was only 3 words
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Whats the opposite of evil?
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Im interested in the large numbsr of people who are in and  or witness bad shlt ,  talk about the offenders eyes .
Wether it it was like,  he looked straight  through me  
Or
He had a " look " in his eyes .
Or
I seen his eyes change. 
He or she but mainly he. 

Wich instantly makes you think,   if he was giving you $1000 there eyes would be different. 

This might not have nothing to do with evii or not buttttttt , it is a avenue. 
Or it could be the closest actual  thing we have to witnessing what evil is. 
Can Someone look " Evil " ?


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To Perceive 
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To Perceive something as evil messes with the so called subjectivit. 
Well it comes before.  
No?

Im not sure what that means now. 


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Evil is subjective.

And the problem of Evil is attempting to demonstrate that it is not possible for God to be perfectly good, or at least impossible to prove.


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Robbing the rich to give to the poor? We have a term for that, progressive taxing.

To literally ROB the rich to give it to the poor would be unauthorized which would eventually deviate from what the country think is good.

If the country itself is evil though, in this sense, it is another thing altogether.

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Its evil O' clock  

With this "evil " thing being diffrent here and different somewhere else,  probably just slightly.  
You can get to the worlds most "evil ist " spot.
Coin size spot. 

Could ya?

Actually.  The worlds most " evil  " spot might not currently  have anthing evil happening there. 
So it changes 

Butttttttttt. 
   " the worlds most evil spot " exists always somewhere. 


O no.
You got me thinking about " evil " again.  
It isn't as bad as thinking about  ( free willh )  
Thinking about evil is as  bad as thinking about ( what happens when you die.   

I was going to mention yesterday that .
Knievel was another type of evil but it was spelt wrong.  

Back to the drawing board.
Tis a Good game but. 
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Imagine two people that are "  real bad " and or somewhat  odd  at deciding what is " evil " or not. 
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100 actions on a page .

John and Tims answers as to Tinas and Toms 

And some differences 

Can two  be Bad at deciding  with someone else on  what should be deemed as " evil " or not. 

Can two be good at it.  

Can one be " good "  or   "  bad "  at it. 


Hang on . 
Subjectivity has kreeped in again hasnt it. ?


Look i am going to use my last pass. 



PASS.




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Subjective  offfffffff some ones subjectivity    or ness
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 purely
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10 people are given 
100 acts on a page.   To label as evil or not evil. 

They all answer the same way. 
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One insane person 


No hang on .
Two insane people deciding over " evil "  


PASS 
PASS PASS. 


My Fucking ABORT key ain't working. 
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Oh and 
The 10 people with the same answers.
One of them copied the other.

Does it have to be subjective ?
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Oh Nature 
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When ya die and god gets to the part in judgment on deciding if ones evil or not.  
He pauses and thinks . What a stupid question.
He chuckles  Then skips to the next judgment .

God aint dumb .
Omni jective.

He gave up weighing souls  on his " GOOD  v   EVIL  " scales ages ago. 

Its a simple thumbs up or thumbs down now.  Like back in the old days. 

Imagine GOD attempting to tell one Secular Merlin,  he is NOT evil. 
I DOUBLE DARE HIM.


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Why did he kick Satan out of heaven? 

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Why did he kick Satan out of heaven? 

Nice question Deb.


Isaiah 14:12 How you have fallen from heaven, morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid low the nations! 

the above is believed to be a reference to Lucifer ( light bringer), Satan, devil , great dragon and the serpent of old etc.

And then...... Jesus refers to himself as: 

 the root and offspring of David, and the bright and morning star.” (Revelation 22:16)…

I can only see this as yet another dilemma for the Christians.


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Saul referred to himself as the king of Israel.

so did David.

so did Solomon.

so did Herod. 

hmmm.  I reckon that therefore this means that Saul is David is Solomon is Herod.  Wow. glad someone decided to raise that question.


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@Polytheist-Witch
...may or may not be evil you have a problem with evil in your own self.
is it "evil" when a rabbit eats it's own newborn infants ?
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@secularmerlin
My moral intuition agrees with yours poly but that only makes it an opinion we agree upon and incidentally (or not so incidentally) one which aligns with the good of the species.

Moral arguments are ought statements.
well stated
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I suppose one could argue that some fiction exists in which good always triumphs, and there is no evil,
it is extremely difficult to write an engaging story WITHOUT some sort of (implicit) "danger" that will hold the attention of anyone over the age of five
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No. Is it evil when a 30-year-old sticks his dick in a 9-year-old, yes. If you don't think it is there's something wrong with you. I'm not going to change my mind on that. Owning another human being is never not evil. Raping someone is never not evil. Killing someone for any reason other than self-defense is never not evil. God or not it's wrong and it's evil. 
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ok, atrocious atrocity is atrocious, i get it

the obviously repulsive stuff is obviously repulsive

but i think what we're looking for here, is some sort of coherent moral principle

that applies exclusively to humans
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Why did he kick Satan out of heaven? 
demands for equal rights
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Course it applies to humans only who cares what tigers or deers are doing in their day-to-day life. They're off in jungles and forests doing their own thing they don't interfere with us. But to say there's no unifying moral principle is basically saying that human beings are pieces of s*** that want to do what they want to do and hurt others if that's how you want to live you're free to do that and when you get caught you'll go to prison.
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@Polytheist-Witch
If you have to ask that about certain things then you're evil.
asking questions is not evil