Evil reconciled to good? Frayed knot!
On Apr 5, 10:18 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
> Why is evil always so hard to nail down or why does it seem that no
> one really wants to identify it but simply dissect the potentiality of
> what it may define. You don't consider anything on the video as evil
> but do recognize it as bad, horrifying and obscene, which basically
> covers the face of evil, but rather bypass evil representation to
> bring attention to religious aspects, which by the way I agree with
> 100%, don't burn your steak here. The dark ages are still upon us
> brother and while technology creates a vision of advancement,
> attitudes and behaviours create a different picture, the picture of
> reality, of good and of evil. I feel we must somehow find resolve in
> the issue of what is evil. We have here a collection of brilliant
> minds, myself excluded lol, and so we can somehow be assertive in our
> resolve. I find too many threads wind up as fray ends. Which reminds
> me of a thread that walked into a bar, the bartender said "we don't
> serve threads", so the thread walked out, shredded out it's end and
> tied itself into a loop, walked back into the bar, the bartender
> noticed and immediately and irately said, "damn, I told you we don't
> serve threads in here", the thread responded "I'm not a thread" at
> which the bartender scowled, "you are so" and so the thread having the
> last word said "nope, I'm a frayed knot".
>
> On Apr 5, 12:26 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Slip. I don't really consider what is going on in the video
> > and what it represents as evil. It is bad, it is horrifying, it is
> > obscene, but it is also no more than religion battling it's fiercest
> > foe -- education and enlightenment. On the other hand, religion
> > considers education and enlightenment evil -- the work of the devil.
>
> > On Apr 4, 2:05 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > Thanks for the video gruff, it was overwhelmingly sad but very
> > > enlightening as to the seriousness and the dilemma of these people. It
> > > takes me back over to the other thread, Does Evil Exist. One only
> > > needs to watch this video for the answer.
>
> > > On Apr 4, 3:38 pm, gruff <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Here is a good reason for moral behavior -- call it what you like (we
> > > > are our brother's keeper, the golden rule, do unto others, etc.)
> > > > --http://video.nytimes.com/video/2009/02/22/world/asia/1194838044017/cl...
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