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Does Good Come From God?
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Ridiculous question, there's only one way to answer, and that is according to your philosophical/spiritual/religious perspective.
1. If you believe in a monotheistic, omnipotent, omniscient singular creator "GOD" that created the universe and all that is in it, then EVERYTHING, good and evil, came from that God, period. Even if there is a Satan that influences humans to perform "evil" that operates outside of the control of God, Satan was still created by God, as was the human that makes the choice to perform good or evil.
2. If you are an atheist, you believe that humans are responsible for their own actions
3. If you are of certain spiritual beliefs, you have a problem with the subjective terms "good" and "evil" in general. It can be murky stuff. There's no denying that something is a negative action, causing harm or pain, but evil starts treading in the whole "intent" arena (just like good).
A cat plays with a mouse for 30 minutes before finally killing and eating it. Is that evil? Or is the cat just honing it's reflexes for the next hunt?
A developer looks at an expanse of undeveloped land that is a natural ecosystem. He envisions a housing development, a shopping center, roads and all the revenue, homes and jobs this can generate, as well as income for him and securing the future of his children. A tree hugger would hear his thoughts and would be horrified.
I could get a lot more extreme, too, but believe me, the witch hunters in Salem really believed they were saving the souls of those people they hung.
Humanity created good and evil, the universe just provides us with potential.
1. If you believe in a monotheistic, omnipotent, omniscient singular creator "GOD" that created the universe and all that is in it, then EVERYTHING, good and evil, came from that God, period. Even if there is a Satan that influences humans to perform "evil" that operates outside of the control of God, Satan was still created by God, as was the human that makes the choice to perform good or evil.
2. If you are an atheist, you believe that humans are responsible for their own actions
3. If you are of certain spiritual beliefs, you have a problem with the subjective terms "good" and "evil" in general. It can be murky stuff. There's no denying that something is a negative action, causing harm or pain, but evil starts treading in the whole "intent" arena (just like good).
A cat plays with a mouse for 30 minutes before finally killing and eating it. Is that evil? Or is the cat just honing it's reflexes for the next hunt?
A developer looks at an expanse of undeveloped land that is a natural ecosystem. He envisions a housing development, a shopping center, roads and all the revenue, homes and jobs this can generate, as well as income for him and securing the future of his children. A tree hugger would hear his thoughts and would be horrified.
I could get a lot more extreme, too, but believe me, the witch hunters in Salem really believed they were saving the souls of those people they hung.
Humanity created good and evil, the universe just provides us with potential.
coldblue1955
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God is good
DJLegacy2k1
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wurd
Strongbow
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Jesus Christ PM me and tell me why, you know I can only take half your K, IDK bout Plank.
DJLegacy2k1
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a millie!
