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Feb 22, 2009 22:08

I'm between jobs, bored out of my mind and if that damn Benjamin Button movie wins one more award... I'm going to have liberate some little gold statues soon ( Read more... )

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not_occult February 23 2009, 03:35:37 UTC

In simplest terms, the Devil is evil.

wrldsmostwanted February 23 2009, 03:39:55 UTC

If one exists... yes. But does human evil exist because of him or does he exist because of human evil?

not_occult February 23 2009, 03:42:10 UTC

Of course one exi Because of him.

wrldsmostwanted February 23 2009, 03:44:11 UTC

So if he didn't exist there would be no wars? No poverty? No anger?

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easytochop February 23 2009, 04:01:36 UTC

Evil is a completely subjective term. I don't have a definition, because I don't use it.

wrldsmostwanted February 23 2009, 04:05:02 UTC

So you only see shades of gray then?

easytochop February 23 2009, 04:07:45 UTC

It's more that I don't care about other people's morality.

wrldsmostwanted February 23 2009, 04:08:30 UTC

So what of your own then?

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[voice; Japanese, text; English-translation] satisfiedsigner February 23 2009, 04:11:38 UTC

What is evil?

I don't think you can cookie-cutter it like that. I personally believe nothing is evil as long as the means are jusitfied. Wrong, maybe, but not necessarily evil. but I've never really thought of anything as actually "evil."

[voice; Japanese, text; English-translation] wrldsmostwanted February 23 2009, 04:17:43 UTC

So you would be in the duality camp? And do you really mean never?

[voice; Japanese, text; English-translation] satisfiedsigner February 23 2009, 04:21:16 UTC

Yeah, that'd probably be the closest. And no, I've never thought of anything as evil. Is that weird or something?

[voice; Japanese, text; English-translation] wrldsmostwanted February 23 2009, 04:25:34 UTC

Neh... I duhno I figure most people have a line they draw somewhere.

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sunrisewolf February 23 2009, 04:15:51 UTC

Evil destroys faith and those who fight for it. That is all that I can say.

wrldsmostwanted February 23 2009, 04:22:51 UTC

By that definition many would consider science to be evil. The great astronomer Galileo was considered wicked by some for simply saying the earth and stars didn't look the way the church said it did. Then he was ultimately proven right.

Why is faith so important?

sunrisewolf February 23 2009, 04:25:12 UTC

Humans can have faith in many things. Their Gods, their heroes, their knowledge.

Faith itself defeats evil.

wrldsmostwanted February 23 2009, 04:28:20 UTC

But hasn't faith caused a good deal of evil? Countless wars have been started over clashing religious faiths? And because people have placed their faith in the wrong leader?

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[text; translated] Wikipedia for copy-paste kanji to the rescue XD wolfuntamed February 23 2009, 05:16:23 UTC

悪即斬; Swift Death to Evil. As long as there is evil and corruption in this world, I will eliminate them in the name of the Shinsengumi; in the name of Tenchu 天誅 until Death takes me.

wrldsmostwanted February 23 2009, 05:22:57 UTC

Isn't killing people in the name of cleansing evil then an act of evil itself?

[text; translated] ahh I fail wolfuntamed February 23 2009, 05:24:44 UTC

It is a necessary evil. "Live by the sword, die by the sword," they say. I believe that's how it goes.

wrldsmostwanted February 23 2009, 05:34:29 UTC

I see a samurai. A friend of mine back home happens to be one.

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