But Pat, during the years a man is busy perusing through parts of books looking for relevancy many people could starve to death. The man's years might be better spent cultivating land for harvest and tending to livestock to feed the hungry.
On Feb 8, 11:20 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8 Feb, 17:15, fiddler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Or perhaps people spending time and energy on irrelevant texts about > > tribal godlings rather than helping the starving people around them? > > Well, yes. I've always said that if all we did was prostrate > ourselves to God, we would be about as useful as rocks. But that > isn't all we do. A balance is required. Plus, there's the time it > takes to see which parts of which books are, truly, irrelevant and > which are vitally relevant. That could keep a man busy for years. > Trust me. ;-) > > > On Feb 8, 5:49 am, Pat <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On 3 Feb, 04:44, fiddler <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > A starving man steals a purse, knocking the woman to the ground and > > > > breaking her leg. Evil? Might he have not stolen a purse without > > > > physical action? Couldn't his frustration be the cause of unnecessary > > > > violence? and is frustration then evil? > > > > As soon as I read the second word, the problem was revealed. The > > > society that allowed the person to become starving is the truest evil > > > in your example. All the rest could have been avoided by a society > > > that cared. Perhaps, then, societal carelessness is the greatest evil > > > we face in today's world. > > > > > On Feb 2, 4:13 pm, MajorOz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On Feb 2, 6:26 am, Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > What is the greatest evil? > > > > > > > I wanted to use the word sin, but I want to get away from any > > > > > > religiousness in this one. > > > > > > > So what is the greatest evil, and why? > > > > > > For me, there is only one evil: unnecessarily harming someone. I view > > > > > all OTHER so-called evils simply as disturbance of someone's > > > > > prejudice. > > > > > > cheers > > > > > > oz, newbie- Hide quoted text - > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- 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.
