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03-12-2012, 06:59 AM
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thought for the day.
Serious question. Does anyone here think good and evil exist as forces, not just as acts, and that there's an afterlife? Maybe not as on/off as Heaven and Hell but something? Assuming that there is, the argument that because nobody comes back to prove that it exists is about as farcical as the idea that the newborn could send messages back to the womb telling embryos that being born isn't the end of all things.
Think about it. An embryo has everything provided. Food, shelter, safety. Then it's forced down a dark constricting tunnel into an alien place. Blazing bright light, loud noises. Security snatched away. No wonder it comes out screaming.
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03-12-2012, 07:32 AM
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No and no.
I would elaborate further, but I gotta go.
Chas
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03-12-2012, 08:01 AM
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I was in a discussion with someone last week about the existance of evil eye and how it derived from envy. A pretty common believe among many nationalities.
I believe in evil acts and I do believe there is something more than life as we know it... here on earth.
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03-12-2012, 08:58 AM
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Possibly admin. Maybe ;)
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Yes I do.
Pete
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03-12-2012, 09:15 AM
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I with Chas on this one.
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03-12-2012, 09:51 AM
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I believe in the existence of good and evil----with shades of grey. I also have hope for an afterlife, just don't come at me with organized religion. I''l bite your head off, 'cuz that crock of BS has NOTHING to do with God. I guess this makes me agnostic?
The second paragraph reminds me of a quip;
"A man spends nine months trying to get out of one, and the rest of his life trying to get back in."
Dave
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03-12-2012, 11:29 AM
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Yes on the afterlife.
As far as good and evil, I agree with Dave. There is a lot of grey area.
Regards,
D-Ray
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03-12-2012, 11:53 AM
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I believe there is something past this plane of existence. I have no idea if it is better, worse, higher, lower, or just different: but we came from something, are something, and will be something. Believing anything else would seem to me to be irrational.
I do NOT believe in absolute good or evil.
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03-12-2012, 12:49 PM
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I don't believe there is anything after death just as there was nothing before birth.
I'm trying to make the best of things while I'm here!
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03-12-2012, 01:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by finnbow
I with Chas on this one.
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I'll join the Chas-Finn group.
IMHO, good and evil have no empirical basis and are only relative to human beliefs. Of course, what we believe to be good or evil changes over time.
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