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Do you think this is true?

Pashmina_1 — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 01:47:32 GMT

"There can be no good without evil."

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croemer — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 01:52:23 GMT

Why can't there be good without evil? We may recognize good more once we have experienced evil.

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Nancy Drew — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 01:55:50 GMT

Some good thought provoking thoughts......

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Pashmina_1 — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 02:01:10 GMT

Does one have to taste poison in order to know it kills? I don't think so.

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rarejan — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 02:05:33 GMT

How can we know something is good if we don't know its opposite? Where do we get the idea that something is good if we have nothing to compare it with?

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Pashmina_1 — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 02:07:35 GMT

On 3/27/2015 rarejan said:
How can we know something is good if we don't know its opposite? Where do we get the idea that something is good if we have nothing to compare it with?

So you are saying there will always be evil in the world for that very reason?

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ROMARY — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 02:10:54 GMT

I think that I can find/recognize good on my own, without having the opposite around to 'remind' me.

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jessa — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 02:12:32 GMT

There can be good without evil.......I don't need snakes hanging around to make me be able to recognize angels lol.

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goodstuff — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 02:19:00 GMT

For what it's worth, I can't think of a major religion that doesn't recognize the existence of good and evil and a struggle between them. Evil seems to have been here since the beginning.......and seems to hold an alluring fascination for us humans. We just can't leave it alone.

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Pashmina_1 — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 02:21:45 GMT

On 3/27/2015 GoodStuff said:
For what it's worth, I can't think of a major religion that doesn't recognize the existence of good and evil and a struggle between them. Evil seems to have been here since the beginning.......and seems to hold an alluring fascination for us humans. We just can't leave it alone.

But whose fault is that? Wasn't it man's to begin with? Wasn't it Adam and Eve who sinned and disobeyed? What if Adam and Eve had not sinned? Where would we be today? Would evil exist without sin?

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jessa — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 02:24:16 GMT

On 3/27/2015 Pashmina said:
On 3/27/2015 GoodStuff said:
For what it's worth, I can't think of a major religion that doesn't recognize the existence of good and evil and a struggle between them. Evil seems to have been here since the beginning.......and seems to hold an alluring fascination for us humans. We just can't leave it alone.

But whose fault is that? Wasn't it man's to begin with? Wasn't it Adam and Eve who sinned and disobeyed? What if Adam and Eve had not sinned? Where would we be today? Would evil exist without sin?

EXCELLENT Pashmina!

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melfie — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 02:54:12 GMT

No.

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Buck-i-Nana — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 03:17:03 GMT

On 3/27/2015 Pashmina said:
On 3/27/2015 GoodStuff said:
For what it's worth, I can't think of a major religion that doesn't recognize the existence of good and evil and a struggle between them. Evil seems to have been here since the beginning.......and seems to hold an alluring fascination for us humans. We just can't leave it alone.

But whose fault is that? Wasn't it man's to begin with? Wasn't it Adam and Eve who sinned and disobeyed? What if Adam and Eve had not sinned? Where would we be today? Would evil exist without sin?

According to the Bible, Satan was created by God. He was created as a Cherub. Before God created man, Satan turned against God and took many angels with him in his rebellion, so no, it was not man who was the first to sin. Again, according to the Bible, it was Satan who deceived Eve and led her and Adam into sin.

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raven-blackbird — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 03:58:02 GMT

On 3/27/2015 Pashmina said:
"There can be no good without evil."

i think it's true..........without it's direct polar opposite, you have no point of reference...................................raven

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feline groovy — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 03:58:13 GMT

I can say that we wouldn't be able to truly appreciate the good without juxtaposing it against evil.

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Sister Golden Hair — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 04:51:58 GMT

We wouldn't even be discussing this if it wasn't God's plan.

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Pashmina_1 — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 21:51:11 GMT

On 3/27/2015 Sister Golden Hair said:
We wouldn't even be discussing this if it wasn't God's plan.

I don't believe that for a second! It is not God's will that people suffer and die or do terrible things to one another. We were created with free will, that is what got us where we are today, not God's will.

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Preds — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 21:55:23 GMT

Evil can bring out the good in us or the good can bring out the evil in us. Checks and balances. You can't have one without the other.

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Pashmina_1 — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 21:56:31 GMT

On 3/27/2015 Buck-i-Nana said:
On 3/27/2015 Pashmina said:
On 3/27/2015 GoodStuff said:
For what it's worth, I can't think of a major religion that doesn't recognize the existence of good and evil and a struggle between them. Evil seems to have been here since the beginning.......and seems to hold an alluring fascination for us humans. We just can't leave it alone.

But whose fault is that? Wasn't it man's to begin with? Wasn't it Adam and Eve who sinned and disobeyed? What if Adam and Eve had not sinned? Where would we be today? Would evil exist without sin?

According to the Bible, Satan was created by God. He was created as a Cherub. Before God created man, Satan turned against God and took many angels with him in his rebellion, so no, it was not man who was the first to sin. Again, according to the Bible, it was Satan who deceived Eve and led her and Adam into sin.

I meant the first humans to sin. Adam and Eve could have resisted Satan and if they did they would still be alive today. God would have destroyed Satan and his demons right off the bat because he would have had no human followers

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Preds — Sat, 28 Mar 2015 22:10:12 GMT

In defense of Eve ... If you've never faced evil, how do you know how to defend yourself?