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aRs3N1c42 · 10-08-2004, 09:33 AM

I'll respond to the Good can't exist without Evil position. It's actually quite the opposite. Take the analogy of light and darkness. Darkness doesn't have any measurable qualities. It is merely the absence of light. Similarly Evil is the absence of goodness.

This is why is takes effort to be Good, to do good deeds, to be selfless and giving whereas to be selfish, mean, or Evil it actually comes frightfully easily. This goes along with theories on entropy. In any given system (chemical, physical, dare I say psycho-spiritual) without the input of energy, the system will tend to deteriorate into chaos. Without applying Goodness, a system (person, society, culture) with tend to deteriorate to Evil.

Read Lord of the Flies. Without the imposition of adult authority and structure, or Goodness, the children on the island turned into savages, killing each other.

It's not Good that depends on Evil. It's Evil that can't exist without Good.

The next logical question from this argument is, "If Evil is the absence of Good, can we ever get rid of Evil entirely?" Will there always be Evil?

I'l let someone else address this, though I have my own thoughts on the topic.

10-08-2004, 09:33 AM	#14 (permalink)
aRs3N1c42 Upright Location: Somewhere over the rainbow	I'll respond to the Good can't exist without Evil position. It's actually quite the opposite. Take the analogy of light and darkness. Darkness doesn't have any measurable qualities. It is merely the absence of light. Similarly Evil is the absence of goodness. This is why is takes effort to be Good, to do good deeds, to be selfless and giving whereas to be selfish, mean, or Evil it actually comes frightfully easily. This goes along with theories on entropy. In any given system (chemical, physical, dare I say psycho-spiritual) without the input of energy, the system will tend to deteriorate into chaos. Without applying Goodness, a system (person, society, culture) with tend to deteriorate to Evil. Read Lord of the Flies. Without the imposition of adult authority and structure, or Goodness, the children on the island turned into savages, killing each other. It's not Good that depends on Evil. It's Evil that can't exist without Good. The next logical question from this argument is, "If Evil is the absence of Good, can we ever get rid of Evil entirely?" Will there always be Evil? I'l let someone else address this, though I have my own thoughts on the topic. Last edited by aRs3N1c42; 10-08-2004 at 10:08 AM..