Pure Definition of, Evil

[rocknanchor]

"Thelogians have sstudied evil for centuries but curiously enough, there seems to be no discipline outside of theology that studies evil academically, or as a separate discipline within humanities." , , "Using an assortment of intellectual tools from the past, coupled with modern wisdom, a map of the darkness caused by evil can be charted."

Has the author's definition assumed (or proven) evil amiss?

A Map of the Dark

 

[Margot Lugo]

Would you say criminal psychologists are an example of those who study evil? And perhaps interrogators who extract guilty pleas from a suspect, criminal attornies, judges and police, and forensic workers?

 

[TobiaAJoshua]

pure evil? maybe the devil represent the pure definition of evil, in that the scripture tells us that he is the father of all lies, in another word, the devil is not capable of being truthful. That he comes to lie, steal and destroy, so in another word, he only try to destroy but never build.

 

[Akita Suggagaki]

M. Scott Peck (Psychiatrist) wrote a book on it. People of the Lie

People of the Lie

 

[Larniavc]

"Thelogians have sstudied evil for centuries but curiously enough, there seems to be no discipline outside of theology that studies evil academically, or as a separate discipline within humanities." , , "Using an assortment of intellectual tools from the past, coupled with modern wisdom, a map of the darkness caused by evil can be charted."

Has the author's definition assumed (or proven) evil amiss?

A Map of the Dark

It’s subjective. I think telling gay people they are disgusting abominations is evil. I also think lynch mobs in the 20th century are evil. Same with slavery. I think it’s evil but others will bend over backwards to excuse it.

 

[FanthatSpark]

Would you say criminal psychologists are an example of those who study evil? And perhaps interrogators who extract guilty pleas from a suspect, criminal attornies, judges and police, and forensic workers?

When the sword of law is pointed down, yes. Pointed up , in present reality, laws for thee but not for me , right? Absolute power corrupts, as we are seeing it now. Yet, even this will come to pass.

 

[Petros2015]

Has the author's definition assumed (or proven) evil amiss?

Wow

That was chilling.

The worms are in the knife holder as well as the world
They are why he is "tired of waiting"

The answer to the question of what evil is may lie in an astonishing quote, written on a blackboard in Rome fifty years ago, by Fr. Jubal Cain, professor of scholastic theology: “Evil is the absence of a ‘good’ that could and should be present.”

That would make it very, very difficult for it to study itself under a microscope. And I'm not sure that it would be interested in doing so. I imagine it would be more interested in dissections, as in the above quote.

 

[durangodawood]

When the sword of law is pointed down, yes. Pointed up , in present reality, laws for thee but not for me , right? Absolute power corrupts, as we are seeing it now. Yet, even this will come to pass.

This^^^ is one of the odd and perhaps disturbing qualities of our time: every topic, even ones that should point to enduring or perennial aspects of the human condition, come down to..... contemporary politics.

People are wound up about politics beyond all reason! I dont think anything good comes of this, as people will demand politics solve all humanity's issues - including the problem of evil for instance. Politics is not a savior, people.

 

[FanthatSpark]

This^^^ is one of the odd and perhaps disturbing qualities of our time: every topic, even ones that should point to enduring or perennial aspects of the human condition, come down to..... contemporary politics.

People are wound up about politics beyond all reason! I dont think anything good comes of this, as people will demand politics solve all humanity's issues - including the problem of evil for instance. Politics is not a savior, people.

It stems from being taught one thing , trusting the taught thing as truth (Civics or Constitutional law) then seeing reality does not conform to taught curriculum (Fed is a corporation((Our treasury)) which in-turn makes our Federal Government a Corp too). What is betrayal? Evil or Good?

It does not concern a body politic but what it serves , correct? A person or a dollar? We label this stuff with terminology that may mean something different to two people at the same time.

Evil in part is lawlessness purported by mankind to mankind, thus the descriptor in post 6. A piece of paper to pay for my lawlessness is called a slush fund . We pay that and repeat... No law unto the flesh. That is for commoners , right? Thus laws for me and not for thee.

In a E-Morality setting is it not good to give forewarning of said lawlessness?

 

[Rachel20]

“It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character.”

yep

 

[Petros2015]

“It was miraculous. It was almost no trick at all, he saw, to turn vice into virtue and slander into truth, impotence into abstinence, arrogance into humility, plunder into philanthropy, thievery into honor, blasphemy into wisdom, brutality into patriotism, and sadism into justice. Anybody could do it; it required no brains at all. It merely required no character.”

Ah, but there's a catch

 

[Rachel20]

Ah, but there's a catch

The title of the book

 

[Margot Lugo]

"Thelogians have sstudied evil for centuries but curiously enough, there seems to be no discipline outside of theology that studies evil academically, or as a separate discipline within humanities." , , "Using an assortment of intellectual tools from the past, coupled with modern wisdom, a map of the darkness caused by evil can be charted."

Has the author's definition assumed (or proven) evil amiss?

A Map of the Dark

My apologies for being so stupid in my earlier post...I missed the link entirely and thought you referred to yourself as author. My apologies. Such deep thinking! God Bless you!

 

[Margot Lugo]

When the sword of law is pointed down, yes. Pointed up , in present reality, laws for thee but not for me , right? Absolute power corrupts, as we are seeing it now. Yet, even this will come to pass.

I answered this in error, I hadn't clicked on the link on thought the poster was throwing out a question. (Rolls eyes at self).

 

[rocknanchor]

Would you say criminal psychologists are an example of those who study evil? And perhaps interrogators who extract guilty pleas from a suspect, criminal attornies, judges and police, and forensic workers?

Quite possible, as in their particullar processing by mere assoc. But I'm persuaded in thinking this would most commonly be a by-product of their bringing into view the ownership of acts committed.

 

[rocknanchor]

I answered this in error, I hadn't clicked on the link on thought the poster was throwing out a question. (Rolls eyes at self).

Oh now there, not at all that far off, is it? All the best to you and yours!!

 

[rocknanchor]

People are wound up about politics beyond all reason! I dont think anything good comes of this, as people will demand politics solve all humanity's issues, ,"

Well that is true as the cesspool does overunneth. With one exception, that blessed reference Jesus gave in the last days. I STILL find it interesting that this current tool we use called 'news media', whether or not an individual has given up on it, could be the tip of the ancient forecast, to publish beyond 'rumors of wars'. But more specifically, those reports that detail where the 'Savior' is, , saying, "when you hear" or, "when they tell you".

Had it not been for the medias I feel might be instrumental to accomplish this, they would have been shunned by me long ago.