From: Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Reviews for Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ" Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 09:26:26 -0700 (PDT)
your viewpoint was that "evil" is more relative, and that there is no Evil as such; Rob's was that Evil does exist - IIRC. It's a bit of semantics, perhaps, but in spite of my assertion that there's a lot of grey out there, I think certain acts are inherently evil, and it seems that some people actively serve Evil (as opposed to the merely greedy, stupid, or misguided who perpetrate many cruel acts).
I cannot agree with you on that score, as I actively spout a big fat juicy relativism on issues such as this.
That there exists inherent evil, I simply cannot fathom. I can however understand and accept the use of the word 'evil' in situations where it is used as a *collectively agreed upon* term to describe something that people for the most part consider BAD.
OTOH, I don't believe in a Devil as such. We humans can choose to promote the Good or the Light or whatever you want to call it, or we can choose to increase the Evil, Dark or what-have-you. Active, knowing choice is what makes the difference to me: whether an act or a person is evil (vs. wrong, bad or illegal etc.), and that the intention and outcome is pain/suffering to another.
So in other words - It's all relative...
> -Travis "MOM!!! Deborah keeps disagreeing with > me!!!!" Edmunds
<LOL> "That's all right dear - it's educational!"
Ooh, low blow.
-Travis "funny though" Edmunds
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