The Way I Figure It

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Originally Posted by Brianna

You know what? There is such a thing as evil. Hitler's Germany was evil, what is going on in Darfur is evil--genocide is evil--I don't care what perspective you look at it from. The wholesale slaughter of human beings simply because they exsist and muck up your world view is evil. You are frightening.

Either one is good or is evil? There is no other condition? Everything is judged in 'black and white' - also called extremism. 'Black and white' is how we teach primary school children who do not yet have the mental capacity to understand an adult world. In a real world, only those with child mentalities still see everything in terms of 'black and white' - 'good and evil'. Even adult Boston fans don't view the Yankees in such extremes. Unfortunately, those extremists are the same people who would also invade other nations for no legal or logical reason. It was called the Crusades. It was called the 30 Years War. Those who react to the world with a 'black and white' simplicity would then meet the definition of evil.

When asked how to identify good Christians from the bad Christians, the general said, "Kill then all. God will know his own." What happens when everything is viewed only in terms of 'good and evil'? Those who view the world with such simplistic judgements are frightening. It was called the Spanish Inquisition. Nobody expected the Spanish Inquistion until everything was suddenly and only about 'good and evil'. Simplistic thinking is how George Jr will get relected: claiming everything only in the simplistic terms he understands - 'good and evil'.

Yes it is a rather serious problem. An easy mistake to make. Those who judge only in simple terms - 'good verse evil' - may be doomed to become evil. Explains why children make poor judges and leaders.