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Originally Posted by davidmartin
Sky I read something today that made sense
it said evil did not actually exist but its just a misdirected kind of action
it also said good and evil are not really opposites because good exists (and eternally as God), but evil doesn't exist as any real thing, but does exist when it's created. so basically it exists but nothing comparible or like the way good exists, because good is what God is
that doesn't exclude the existence of dark forces, etc, any more than dark people that do exist, but still evil doesn't have any life of it's own
the reason for this is to affirm the goodness and unity of God, and i guess to put the focus back on goodness where it belongs
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The loss of good is evil, good is positive and evil negative...
We can't do a good deed with evil on our mind, we can't think evil while speaking or acting kindly.
Of course we should focus on goodness but that only happens when we ignore badness.
St Augustine puts it simply as evil being the absence of goodness.
As you know I firmly believe in Yin/Yang, universal opposites but I don't believe in the biblical description of evil/satan etc :