Comments on: More on evil… http://areweyetalive.com/2009/10/29/more-on-evil/ a blog by Spencer Smith Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:58:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Joe http://areweyetalive.com/2009/10/29/more-on-evil/#comment-458 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:21:45 +0000 http://areweyetalive.com/?p=728#comment-458 The story of Genesis is just as you pointed out. Mankind becomes arrogant and decides that we know better than God. We then strike out on our own full of free will (see other post) and we make bad decisions which produce bad actions.

The story is basically teaching us to follow the basic ethics and morals that God has given us (exemplified in the Golden Rule and the life of Jesus) and be personally responsible for our actions. We must take more than ourselves into account when we make decisions. As you stated in the other post we must take love God and neighbor.

I also agree that all humans are responsible for the evil that exists in the world even if we are not directly involved with it. This does not come from some supernatural notion of sin that we are tagged with but from our own irresponsibility using free will (again, see other post).

]]> By: riddle http://areweyetalive.com/2009/10/29/more-on-evil/#comment-456 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:14:29 +0000 http://areweyetalive.com/?p=728#comment-456 hmmm.

what if evil is any abuse, misuse, or manipulation of the good and beautiful?

still thinking about this.

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