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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Interesting. Say some more about that. How do you see these states occuring in actual life? In what way do they underpin much of existence?
Mostly this thread seems to be coming down against absolutes and the existence of abstractions like good and evil, so this assertion of yours really begs for some more discussion.
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Unfortunately, RB, I don't have the book learning to give a rigorous demonstration of what to me appears another way of looking at a basic duality that creates through dynamic interaction. There is some basic structure to our universe. The structure has energy. The energy is the true basis for everything that there is. And the energy comes from a dynamic balance of there/not there, or something/nothing. We see manifestations of such energy as good or evil. This is a personal tenet based on a form of non-religeous "faith" or "belief". A sink of energy is a sign of evil, and an outpouring of energy is a sign of good. Considering we have had several billion years to make the interaction rather sophisticated and complex we may not always unravel whether an outpouring will be ending up positive, or a sink always ending up as an ultimate negative. That is why it would be so difficult to encounter the pure states of good and evil. In real life? The work of Jimmy Carter, American Saint. He is a source of good. And the work of BTK guy. He is a source of evil. Yes, I may be propounding a fairy tale, but it is a tale that I believe describes a lot of things in a (probably overly) simple manner. But it works for me.