Re: The Lucifer Principle - redirect

2001-04-25 Thread Mike Scoles
Beth Benoit wrote: SO - could evil be a survival mechanism? If so, does it work and can humans reject it? A related question: Is there a duality, or is it part of our nature to perceive dualities? That is, good and evil may only represent endpoints on a continuum that strains our cognitive

Re: The Lucifer Principle - redirect

2001-04-24 Thread Beth Benoit
As the originator of this thread, I hope I may have the right (option?) to redirect. Louis Schmier took this thread back on an is there a god? tangent, while I was hoping to see a more psychologically-oriented thread, namely: Is it possible that what we might call evil is actually an inherent

Re: The Lucifer Principle - redirect

2001-04-24 Thread Jeff Ricker
Beth Benoit wrote: I still think the topic would be good for TIPS but it sounds as if it's going to go off on a religious tangent again. Sorry everybody! It's alright, Beth, it's not your fault. In fact, maybe we can put all this religious talk to our advantage! Perhaps the Templeton Foundation