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this brings up the important subject without evil can there be good?
Originally posted by powder005The view that good cannot exist in the absence of evil entails that good is relative and not absolute.
this brings up the important subject without evil can there be good?
Originally posted by no1marauderTherefore a glass of water is simply the absence of an empty glass?
By the same logic, "good" is just the absence of "evil".
Originally posted by DoctorScribblesI share the view that good is not merely relative. I don't need to know what starvation is to enjoy a Goan pompret Rechado.
The view that good cannot exist in the absence of evil entails that good is relative and not absolute.
Suppose there has always been justice in some universe. Is this good, or does an injustive have to occur in that universe to confer goodness upon the justice? Would you prefer to live in a completely just universe whose goodness would never be ...[text shortened]... r world. Further, it entails that God is only good in a relative sense, if he is good at all.
Originally posted by no1marauderNo. Light is measurable using Newtons prism to break white light into many colors and study the various wavelengths of each color. Darkness we cannot study, therefore, darkness does not exist. It is only a term to describe the absence of light. Likewise, heat transmits energy and therefore can be studied. Coldness in reality does not exist and is only a term to denote an absence of heat. In fact, absolute zero is the total absence of heat and all matter becomes inert and incapable of reaction at such a temperature. Goodness and evil are thus comparible. Goodness exists as where evil does not. The term evil is used to denote the absence of God's love in ones heart.
By the same logic, "good" is just the absence of "evil".
Originally posted by aspviper666As I said before, evil is a term to describe the absence of good. It is comparible to saying that you are getting cold even though coldness does not exist. Nevertheless, you know when you are getting cold. God created heat and light. He did not create darkness and cold or evil. Therefore those items do not exist. These terms simply denote the absence of what is present.
if there is no evil then how do know good?
When it comes up and bites you on the hindside.
Originally posted by whodeyBut just neutrality can be considered evil if the world was filled with
As I said before, evil is a term to describe the absence of good. It is comparible to saying that you are getting cold even though coldness does not exist. Nevertheless, you know when you are getting cold. God created heat and light. He did not create darkness and cold or evil. Therefore those items do not exist. These terms simply denote the absence of what is present.
Originally posted by sonhousethe largest voltage would cause the neutral to tend towards the opposite....if predominantly good...those neutral would tend towards bad.vice-versa.
But just neutrality can be considered evil if the world was filled with
good. Its like a voltage on a wire. If good = a large postitive
voltage, and evil= a large negative voltage, then anything in the
middle would be considered the opposite, from the evil viewpoint,
neutrality is good and from the good viewpoint, neutrality is evil.
So therefore there ...[text shortened]... o make him healthy, in the absence of
real evil, wouldn't the first person be considered evil?