Originally Posted by Jack1.0

Note: I don't have any "Training" in philosophy, but I have always thought of Pain as being proof (in my mind) of the existence of absolutes. Anything that you can do to inflict pain on others is “Evil”. Knowingly inflicting pain on another is an act of evil. Yes, you can condition your mind to accept, and to a certain extent, enjoy pain, however this is only after external stimulus has shifted the natural defense mechanisms of the body. If you slap a newborn baby on the bottom, they don’t laugh, they cry.