nothing is neither good nor bad but thinking that makes it so.. Can the universe be actually created with out good or evil,, but that comes from the thinking of man..
I see the purpose of life and free will id to find harmony and balance within the creator (God) and each person is ?rewarded? by their progression to or away from this goal. IMO the concept of good and evil is very destructive when it comes to advancing in spirituality. Allan On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 3:47 PM, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 28 Sep, 13:29, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't think so Pat,, as it was an old jewish rabbi that explained it to > > me,, out balance is brought on by the concept of evil and not equality. > > Allan > > > > Then, if I were you, I would remind the good Rabbi that, in Genesis, > in reference to the second day of Creation, there is no phrase, 'that > it was good', like there are with the other days. In the Zohar, it is > explained that it was on the second day that evil was created by the > Creator. I would take issue with the Rabbi and tell him to go and > study some more. Alternatively, how could One know good without evil > or vice versa? Both would be seen to be required if either are to be > recognised. > > > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Pat <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 26 Sep, 01:42, iam deheretic <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > well Chris and Orn forgetting the people who are impressed with > > > themselves, > > > > other than a a starting point I personally find the thought > interesting. > > > > One of the definitions I found for perfect years ago was "Complete > > > Whole > > > > Hearted and In Balance" now this could also be used to define good. > > > basing > > > > good off that definition then Yes God is Good. > > > > Allan > > > > > Surely if God is 'in balance', there must be an equal amount of evil > > > to balance any good. Therefore, God is equally both good and evil. > > > Is that 'good'? Accepting that God is 'in balance', rules out a view > > > that He is 'All Good', whilst the adjective could still be used to > > > describe that one, single attribute. > > > > > > On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 1:41 AM, ornamentalmind < > > > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > *** chuckles *** > > > > > > > "Is God Good By Definition?" is copyright © 1992 by Graham Oppy. > All > > > > > rights reserved. > > > > > The electronic version is copyright © 1998 by Internet Infidels > with > > > > > the written permission of Graham Oppy. All rights reserved. > > > > > > > On Sep 25, 3:52 pm, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > >http://www.infidels.org/library/modern/graham_oppy/god.html > > > > > > This article touches on a few points we've discussed recently. > > > Thoughts? > > > > > > -- > > > > ( > > > > ) > > > > I_D Allan > > > > -- > > ( > > ) > > I_D Allan- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > -- ( ) I_D Allan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/minds-eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
