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I don't think good or evil exists. It is just something humans made up. Take animals for example:
One animal kills another of the same species. Is that evil? I don't think so. One animal steals from another of the same species. Is that evil? I don't think so. For some reason, people have to think of humans as "better" than everything else. That is part of the power behind religion. It makes people feel special, and therefore better than animals. People like to feel superior because it feels good. They may not realise their desire to feel superior, but if you ask them if humans are above animals, they will say yes. Sure humans are more complex than other animals, but the level of complexity doesn't determine the worthiness of a living thing. Nothing deserves to life more than anything else. How does this have to do with the topic? Good is superior to evil. People like to be good, because it means they are better people than the evil people. They call people evil so that there is a living manifestation of the inferior that is evil. Everyone probably feels they are a better person than Hitler (with the exception of neo-nazis). It is build into you to want to be better than someone else. You want to be good, because it is better than evil. That is possibly one reason behind the concepts of good and evil. Right and wrong are different things.
I subscibe to the "greater good" way of looking at things. Everyone sees the world differently so there is no true definition for good or evil.
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