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The Problem of Evil/Human Suffering
It always comes up. And it's never answered. And every other religion thread has it. So why not this damned forum? FUCK!
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We lean to it, as it polarizes us.
It is dark, and it is everywhere.
Evil is the great shadow of perfection.
Evil is.
Evil.
You cannot wish it away.
You cannot create a free willed world without it.
It just is.
And shall be.
You cannot destroy it, nor create it; for it is a special sort of vacuum.
You can only fill it up, and weigh it down; or perhaps send it elsewhere.
It is not a toy. It cannot be controlled.
Evil is real.
And more terrifying than anything else.
It is cold.
It is alive.
It is intelligent.
It exists, and yet it is nowhere.
And yet it is everywhere.
That is what evil is.
An everlasting anomaly.
Which appears in everything that is created...
It consumes us, and aims to feed.
When I person heart is stolen by Evil, he can no longer think, but becomes a heartless animal...
...only capable of consumption themselves.
It does not merely exist in actions...
...but also exists in our thoughts.
Even without harming another...
...a living thing can brim with Evil.
A mere thought, never acted upon...
...still is an incarnation of Evil.
...Evil...
Evil in the context of the Problem of Evil is not evil in the sense of the reflection of Good or crap like that, it's more a reference of the existence of suffering.
Flame War is the state of all things.
Anyway, I'm going to be an asshole and paste dictionary definitions.
–adjective
1.
morally wrong or bad; immoral; wicked: evil deeds; an evil life.
2.
harmful; injurious: evil laws.
3.
characterized or accompanied by misfortune or suffering; unfortunate; disastrous: to be fallen on evil days.
4.
due to actual or imputed bad conduct or character: an evil reputation.
5.
marked by anger, irritability, irascibility, etc.: He is known for his evil disposition.
–noun
6.
that which is evil; evil quality, intention, or conduct: to choose the lesser of two evils.
7.
the force in nature that governs and gives rise to wickedness and sin.
8.
the wicked or immoral part of someone or something: The evil in his nature has destroyed the good.
9.
harm; mischief; misfortune: to wish one evil.
10.
anything causing injury or harm: Tobacco is considered by some to be an evil.
11.
a harmful aspect, effect, or consequence: the evils of alcohol.
12.
a disease, as king's evil.
–adverb
13.
in an evil manner; badly; ill: It went evil with him.
—Idiom
14.
the evil one, the devil; Satan.
And actually, you just have to abandon one.
If you claim to be evil, you're immature and lack priorities. Bottom line, there.
I forgot how Existentialism explained it but essentially, you reject the idea of morality coming from outside of you (society, God) and become your own source of morality. This was only advocated when either society or God was either morally corrupt or deficient.
There was a term for someone who rejected external morality and failed to substitute their own but it generally is something akin to a fool.
edit: Gelzo: Well for one thing, I wouldn't feel too bad about singling someone out in this case. For another, "pessimistic about their morality" is just a display of poor self-esteem.