Is it the devil or human responsibility?
What is the cause of Evil?
I think this complicated question begs a divine answer. Evil is such an absolutist word... I prefer to ask the question as follows: what's the cause of injustice and sorrow in the universe?
Do you believe in the Devil?
What do YOU think the cause of evil is?
What is the cause of Evil?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byHuman ignorance and folly
Derrick says:
What is morally wrong
Posted November 09, 2009
Andras says:
I did not vote as the questions are not asked precisely. Satan exists, the devil does not. We all have a slice of god(the divine) and a slice of satan in us (as our lower-self. And if you question if god is an "actor" in mans' affairs than I am afraid you can consider me an "atheist" as he is not and actor and he is not a "he"
Posted September 20, 2009
monarch13 says:
We as individuals choose Evil or Good everyday in every decision we make or don't make.
Posted June 26, 2009
spirituality says:
Evil is - I think - best defined as a moral problem. What's evil is bad because it's morally wrong. And only humans are capable of moral choices, so it's a human problem. The cause of evil is people mistreating each other out of greed, ignorance and selfishness.
Posted June 17, 2009
The Devil or some other divine cause
The devil is the cause of all evil....
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Is The Devil Real
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Satan the Devil
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The ultimate existential question: what is the cause of evil, hardship, sorrow?
Since God is thought to be a good being, he can't be the cause of evil - which is why people believe in The Devil.
Leaving aside a lot of theological debate for the moment, I'd like to introduce you to some other ways the existential question can be asked:
- What is the cause of hardship and sorrow?
- Why are good people often miserable?
- Why am I so unlucky?
- Why am I happy when others are not?
All religions attempt to answer these questions. But their answers depend on which question they put as the uppermost one. Christianity focuses on divine justice, because the basic question is one of 'good versus evil'. Buddhism focuses on learning to deal with stress and sorrow, because it focuses on 'the cause of hardship and sorrow'. Hinduism stresses that the good get rewarded in the end by blaming it all on karma.
Heaven, Hell, Karma, Reincarnation: the consequences of evil?
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There IS an afterlife
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Karma and Reincarnation: are we reborn?
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Karma and reincarnation are linked. Karma is the idea that what we do and have done influences our circumstances, talents and options. Reincarnation means that what we do and think will not just influence our present life, but also our future ex...
Humans are the cause of all evil
About evil and goodness as human responsibility
Includes insights into sorrow and distress as part of life.
Harry Potter's Quest in the Chamber of Secrets
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The Devil - Who is he? - Blavatsky
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Gain and Loss, Knowledge and Action, Good and Evil
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The Origin of Evil - H.P. Blavatsky
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Where does injustice come from?
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- spirituality spirituality Jun 17, 2009 @ 2:15 am
- Greed, ignorance and folly
Debating God and religious ideas
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What are Miracles? a religious debate
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We DO have a soul
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There is no way to describe what I experience without a soul that transcends the personality. There is something in us which is more than my habits, limitations and combined past. According to Christianity and Islam we each have an immortal soul, tha...
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What is God? IT is male and Female!
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What is the place of sorrow, stress and unhappiness in life?
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- spirituality spirituality Jun 17, 2009 @ 2:15 am
- Sorrow, stress and unhappiness are part of life. Learning to deal with them and prevent them from becoming stronger is part of the lessons humans need to learn.
The social psychology of Good and Evil
The Social Psychology of Good and Evil
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Do good and evil even exist?
When I talk about good and evil, someone always comes up to say that the very distinction between good and evil is a social construct. Do you agree?
Is the distinction between good and evil relevant?
Fetching blurbs now... please stand byYes, human beings can hurt and help each other.
spirituality says:
Yes - people help each other, which is good. Other people do things that benefit them in the short run which hurt others. This is evil. Even worse perhaps is when a selfish action looks like it helps others.
Posted June 17, 2009
No, good and evil are just ways in which people try to limit each other's freedom
spirituality says:
Social constraints do make a difference. A guy who has many women is admired. A woman who goes with many guys (we don't even say she 'has' them) is seen as a harlot. This means that society judges as evil in one what it admires in the other. Not fair - but ultimately both are to be pitied, I think.
Posted June 17, 2009
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What do you think of this debate about good and evil?
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- julcal julcal Jun 23, 2009 @ 4:25 pm
- This is an excellent topic and I have an opinion, but I'm going to get back to you on it. I want to dig up some quotes.
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