The thing about the assumption that good beliefs can lead to negative actions is...some people are fully aware of their actions, in such events as premeditated murder or such. The thing about Hitler was, he was infatuated with his vision that while a logical part of his mind might've registered what he was doing as wrong, his emotions overrode that logic. regardless, he was also pushed by his friends and peers (ie Heinrich Himmler, who was mostly responsible for the Holocaust)
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Originally Posted by EventHorizon
of course thoughts can be evil. its thoughts that control action right? thinking about killing someone or thinking about ripping people off or thinking about swiping a lollypop from a kid before knocking his teeth out are all evil thoughts. you just need to learn to control them
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There is a certain point here, being that the thoughts already were logically processed and planned out, and I believe that type of thought is evil. But what really screws up this concept is the line between fantasy and actual belief. And that's where serial killers/sadists/psychopaths fit in, right where that line begins to blur