ImAllLikeOkWaitWat in OP said:
I think we need evil so we can experience the greater good. Without evil what need is there in going out of your way to do more than good?[1] But with evil you become awoken and do the good necessary to stop the evil and that goes on forever.[2] So if there was no evil there would still be good but that is quite limited compared to good and evil.
[1] None. With evil, what need is there in going out of your way to do more than good ? Also none.
[2] Me ? No, and I doubt I am worse than average.
You seem to be arguig that evil is not completely useless, rather than necessary.
Blade 2 said:
See the problem here is evil can only lie. There is no truth in it..none. So you never learn good your learn you are away from God.. and this evil will never enter heaven. Why its written we can only serve one not both. Can't embrace both. Satan can only lie.
How can evil lie ? The evil of the collapse of the Morandi bridge august 14 2018 suggested something was wrong with the bridge. How is that a lie ?
Triumvirate 5 said:
Romans 6 explicitly argues against this idea. More evil doesn't magically make the good stand out.
Romans 6 seems to talk about sin, not evil.
ImAllLikeOkWaitWat 6 to Triumvirate said:
I'm not saying people should do evil or that its good.[3] I am simply saying why i think it at least fills a need. If there is no evil then all you have is good. Add in evil and now you have good and beyond good.[4] There would be no beyond good if there was no evil. So something greater than good arises from evil. Whatever this greater good is I believe is necessary because I don't believe people can live in the good for eternity.[5] It's too restrictive. Evil removes the restriction allowing one to take actions that are beyond good which leads to the personal fulfillment we are all chasing.
[3] You appear to be saying that there is some good to evil, but that its cost-benefit balance is still firmly negative. Hence the benefits of evil have not practicle implication. One should still avoid it like the plague.
[4] What is that, beyond good ?
[5] Can that allegedly necessary greater good be achieved with other means than evil ? If so, how ?