Sunni's Sig

[Stan]

It's the human way unfortunately. I agree we should focus on the good things in our lives.

But, there is good without evil. Evil is not equal to good. The devil is not as powerful as God. Evil is having it's way now, but it will not forever. The story has been written and good prevails.

[Sunni Daez]

How can you define good if evil doesn't exist? I never said they were equal...

[Stan]

I know you never said they were equal, but lots of people think they are equally opposing forces.

I think you're right on about a positive approach and thinking about good things.

I just want to disspell what I think is a common misconception that we can't have good without evil. It just isn't so.

Here's how I define one without the other.

I liken evil vs good similar to dark vs light.

Darkness is the absense of light. You don't have to have darkness to have light.

Likewise, evil is the absence of love. Goodness exists in the presence of love. You don't have to have an absense of love for love itself to exist.

In heaven there is no evil because God's presence fills it and God's being is love (1John 4:16).

Sometimes we are confronted by evil because we're in the shadow of God's love. I believe (based on Scripture) that there will be a time when evil is defeated because God will fully reveal himself and dwell with the human race. When that happens goodness will exist but evil will not.

[Sunni Daez]

As I said...without the meaning of evil.....good has no meaning...without darkness...there is no light...they are simply words....

It does not take one to appreciate the other...but without the other...the one has no meaning

[west]

Do you know the song "such great heights" by iron and wine? from the garden state soundtrack...well anyway it perfectly matches sunni's avatar. I just spent the past three minutes staring it that slinky getting so far down those stairs, but actually not....

The song "Such Great Heights," by the Postal Service, covered on the Garden State Soundtrack by Iron and Wine and also available on the "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" EP.

[formerly known as hf]

Nothing can be good or eveil, light or dark, unless someone calls it that.

Good, evil, light, dark, love, hate. They are all words. They are all a language.

No word has any kind of direct, fundamental connection with what it describes. Just because one person, a hundred people, a thousand million people call something 'good' - it does not mean it is good. It might also be evil, to other people.

There is no good or evil - full stop - there is only language, which by its nature, is open to multiple and conflicting interpretations.

[Stan]

The love a mother has for her child cannot be defined as evil by anyone. Therefore it is good. Whatever you call it the fact remains that it is love and that is good.

[formerly known as hf]

The love a mother has for a child fathered by someone other than the man she is married to may be deemed something other than good by some people in some societies/cultures.

There is nothing that is considered good by everyone. There will always be an exception, even if the exception be one person.

There are no fundamental things such as good or evil. There are only opinions. There is nothing that is considered 'good' or 'evil' in the opinion of every single person.

[west]

The love a mother has for her child cannot be defined as evil by anyone. Therefore it is good. Whatever you call it the fact remains that it is love and that is good.

If the love a mother has for her child causes her to behave in ways that are contrary to its best interests (for example if she is overpossessive or smothers it emotionally and intellectually) that can indeed be evil, if unintentional.

[Schme]

No, infuriated. Now can we all just leave well enough alone?

Well enough? Sure. Once it's well enough, we'll drop it.




Christ Sunni, you're equating a "signature" on an internet site, and my opnion of your "signature" to happiness and life outlook.

That's a bit much, girl. If you're serious, then you must be out of it. You're making to big a deal out of things, you people. Christ.

[Sunni Daez]

It's done it's over leave it alone please....:p

[Schme]

No. Because you asked, I won't.

[Stan]

What's her other option?

[Schme]

She could have not written anything. That way, nobody would have drawn my attention again.

[Surly]

And perhaps you should not write anything, so you don't draw the attention of the CD?

This thread is locked, and this discussion is over. Go and find something else to waste your time on.