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charmdpetKeira -> RE: Why there is “Bad” (3/18/2008 5:54:42 AM)
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ORIGINAL: Termyn8or
Well now I got you dancing. That is what you are doing, but I am not saying it is a bad thing.
T, I’ve been dancing all my life; I’ve just been trying to do the steps meant for others, and tripping up because of it, a lot.
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Looking back I do see that my post was provocative. I do not consider it beligerant, but I am not everybody.
Just glad I got through.
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However there is a flaw in your point, well your response.
"Think “purposeful”. "
By that, you state that unpurposeful is bad.
Maybe not in so many words, but the allusion is there. Actually I agree. But that was not the subject.
Actually, I would say, “unbeneficial to the goal”.
Everyone gets to choose, but no one should be surprised if in their choice, they have invoked the need to be responsible, in someone else.
The problem seems to lie in thinking we have too much responsibility in some areas, where we have none, but show little in others, where it is all us.
The thing is; I would be hard pressed to determine someone to be without purpose. Even someone who is going against the goal, has purpose as an example.
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What I tried to express is that we could never define light if there had never been darkness. There has to be something to compare it to, without that, the concept never emerges. If it is not ever expressed, it is never defined.
Darkness is not bad (unbenificial), it has purpose. People called it bad because they were afraid of it.
The creator is not “good” nor “bad”; but purposeful.
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Bad is a word. A word is a tool of expression. Perhaps it is that which we seek to define. I am not agreeing nor disagreeing. Why does it exist ?
It is a word created by man....
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Well we have some white paper, why does toner or ink exist in our printers, why do we have pencils ? A sheet that is all white is called blank, and that word comes from roots that mean white. Without contrast there is no picture, there are no words, there is no nothing, period.
If I remember correctly, one can use something like lemon juice, to write a message; when dry, it is invisible; wet the paper, and presto. (probably irrelevant)
White is the lack of color. Just because something is white does not mean there is nothing there to see.
Have you ever looked really close at a piece of paper?
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And if you are religious (doesn't seem so but we are in public here) answer me this. Who created the devil ? Why in the hell would our God create a devil ?
I would have to know how you define "religious" to answer that, but probably not by most standards.
In the terms it is thought of today, man.
I have traced the meaning of the word “satan” (it’s a neat story), it basically means opposition or one whom opposes.
There was also something about the word dragon meaning watcher, but I can't remember what, if any, the connection is between that and the other two.
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I can tell you why, even though this is outside my normal bounds.
God would only create a devil for one reason, to test us. Put it this way, if there are no bad choices to make, how would he know if you are good ? You have to have the choice to do wrong, but then refuse to do so. If you never have the option, how do YOU even know about yourself ?
When asked, most people know what the purpose of the creator is, even if they don’t believe it themselves, they know what someone who does believe would say.
The opposite of that, is the opposition’s goal.
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Maybe I am nuts and should be locked up. Maybe who knows.
The fact that you are considering it is an indication, you will most likely be fine.
k
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