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Originally Posted by filtherton
I think that it could be argued that there's no such thing as destructive or creative or negative or positive- at least not in any objective sense. The differences between destructive and creative or positive and negative depend on perspective.
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That I have to agree with filtheron on that.
But I do think the concepts of good and evil are in fact valid even though I don't believe in any higher power.
Good and evil are human terms for moral/immoral actions. Our morals are part of our genetics as a social animal and it is our morals which we mirror in our religions (not the other way around). Even when a society appears to be 'evil' it tends to be evil to out groups and moral to its own. This too is part of our genetically influenced behavior.
So while evil wouldn't be the work of the devil it would be recognized as extremely selfish behavior non-compatible with harmonious social living.