36. "good and evil aren't polarities" In response to In response to 0
there's good and bad
then there is divine and evil
i don't believe any of them objectively exist though. good and bad have practical subjectiviity based on individual mores whether arrived at through personal experience or passed down culturally through things like religion, customs and governance.
divine and evil are figuratively subjective used to separate oneself from the pattern one experiences practically subjective as good and bad.
but they are all functional concepts for things which do not actually exist.
i'm sure a gut reaction to that is to come up with some horrific example (usually involving a child) and saying something like how can you not consider that bd/evil. and more than likely if horrific enough i'd have to concede that it does indeed sound pretty bad, but that's because i like most cannot escape from the subjective judgement of it.
and don't get me wrong subjective judgement plays an important role in social organization, as there are mores which have to be established to ensure civility. but none of these things make anything objectively good or bad. ithat's why we don't say that goverments tell us what is good and bad, they just tell uts what's legal and illegal (based on a collective subjective evaluation).
where things get tricky is in the figurative use with divine and evil as it purports its objectivity upon the dogmatic. it's kinda like the statistics you used to open this thread. They are infallible and accusatory in even the presenting of an open discussion. Many and most people, automatically making someone like myself with a different opinion, less and least. How can I possibly deny that?
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