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So, if we just get enlightened, everything will be fine? And just Who is going to enlighten us?IMO the people that "want to see the world burn" are still suffering from ignorance & delusion, as they likely obtain a short-term measure of pleasure from acting upon their delusion, and by not understanding or foreseeing its long-term effects.
Obviously a gross misrepresentation. Of course, science has given us things like nuclear weapons and pollution. But, on balance, the benefits far outweigh the drawbacks:
- medicines that dramatically slash rates of early death;
- huge reduction in need for people to perform drudge work;
- incredible advance in access to information and learning;
- general increase in leisure time;
- almost instantaneous communications worldwide;
- significant improvements in the ability to travel on global scales.
- etc., etc. , etc.
There is no denying (except, sadly by many here) that science has brought us global warming. But if the deniers would remove their heads from the sand, perhaps science can save us from this real threat.
I politely suggest you have a narrative to defend, and are not evaluating the facts that are right in front of us.
500 years ago, huge percentages of people spent significant portions of their lives enduring dental pain. Do you want to go back to that?
The degree we are able to perceive and understand causes & effect clearly with foresight determines the degree of our skillful behavior. The degree we are unable to perceive and understand determines the degree of our unskillful behavior.So, if we just get enlightened, everything will be fine? And just Who is going to enlighten us?
What normal, sane person would deliberately kill anyoneA normal, sane person killing a baby. Is that clear enough?
‘You’re evil if you don’t believe what I do’...
Statistics related to poverty & crime do not measure the emotional state of people, nor do these factors determine the emotional state of people. Conditions such as loneliness alienation, anxiety, & depression are more related to the type of society we create than to a person's economic status. A society that is rapidly discarding the values and morals of the past is reaping evil consequences in the lives of many people.Poverty not related to suffering? Come on now.
Not sure how well you understand Christian theology but being evil in the sight of God is related to believing (John 3:19-21). It doesn't necessarily mean you are an evil person in the secular sense.
What is a demon.
Sure you do. Failing to worship and obey God, failing to praise Him shows the condition of your rebel heart.I don't hate god and I don't rebel against god.
Just as I don't hate fairies and I don't rebel against fairies.
Just as I don't hate Darth Vader and I don't rebel against Darth Vader.
Who defines what skillful behavior is?The degree we are able to perceive and understand causes & effect clearly with foresight determines the degree of our skillful behavior. The degree we are unable to perceive and understand determines the degree of our unskillful behavior.
Was Hitler insane? Was Manson insane? Was Timothy Mcveigh insane? Manson, maybe. They all killed for reasons they thought were justified, but were just really just evil.What normal, sane person would deliberately kill anyone
without justification, just for the sake of being "evil"?
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Thank you for crediting me with the gift of telepathy. Sadly it's not one of my superpowers.Lol, you know what I'm talking about.
Why did you pick the most (superficially) extreme of scenarios? Why did you fail to describe key aspects of the scenario? Why did you assume that your readers would all have comparable backgrounds and viewpoints? Etc. Etc.Why pick out the most unlikely scenarios?
I'm not sure that normal, sane people kill babies, but that's just my uncertainty. It may not be significant.A normal, sane person killing a baby. Is that clear enough?
My probable attempt to stop them would have no relationship whatsoever to my assessment of the evil of the act, or of its perpetrator. Your question fails to address the possible evil of the act, but seeks to determine whether or not I am evil, stupid, or sociopathic. I don't think that's relevant. (Of the three the middle one is the closest fit.)So, not knowing the why, would you try and stop them or just assume it was somehow justified?
One cannot rebel against that which does not exist. Indeed, one cannot rebel against that which one does not believe exists, even if it actually does exist.Sure you do. Failing to worship and obey God, failing to praise Him shows the condition of your rebel heart.
So life is just about the pursuit of happiness? Blessed are the poor ,blessed are the desperate, blessed are you when men speak evil against you.
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