Quote:
Originally Posted by everymansmedium  In this case to identify with the root of all evil causes it to happen.
This is worse than the true evil one. At least there would be only one devil. But those like Hitler could just pop out of anywhere.
In this case what might have been the cause that made him think he was the antichrist? This would be the root of his evil.
John. |
John .. I agree with the
rightness of what you are saying. You say you don't believe in the devil as taught in sunday school. I don't believe in the devil at all.
To believe in the devil is to isolate bad from good. "There's Iblis, he's responsible for all evil. He's over there, lets keep him away from us, we're good"
Good and Evil cannot be classified like this. They are part of circumstance and times. Whats evil to you may be good to me.
You prefer to say Hitler was the ultimate personification of evil. He was just a man. Not even a very smart one. He was the product of the German peoples desire to regain some dignity and quality of life after the horrendous restrictions we (The Goodies) placed on them after the First World War.
The reason you see a cumulative evil is because it is juxtaposed beside a cumulative good. But you make no mention of this ?
Quote:
Originally Posted by everymansmedium I do however have vision of a cumulative evil. When you go to the store and try to cash a check, but can not. You know that your check is perfectly good, but it still will not cash. You are paying for the cumulative sins of others. |
The cheque you have in your hand, which will ultimately be cashed, is the result of a communal cumulative good. It reeks of trust. That trust is redeemable when you cash it.
Quote:
Originally Posted by everymansmedium When you walk down the street in Boston and nobody even looks at you. Don’t you know that you and they are both suffering the cumulative evil. I think the devil is not a sufficient term for this. This is the beast. |
But if you step into a bar someone will talk to you. This is not the beast. It is just humanity in its secure / insecure behaviour.
Quote:
Originally Posted by everymansmedium The Holy Spirit is a cumulative entity. What frightens me is that we are closer to developing the cumulative entity of the beast. Not the root of all evil, but the climax of evil. |
Isaac Newton claims that the trinity can be traced to three warring states in early Europe that made a peace treaty where their three different religions were 'incorporated'. He was closer to the source than us and he was an exceptional, possibly unique, individual
John I think you take a pessimistic view while I have a more optimistic one, however I do agree that we should set good examples and prevent evil where ever we can
cool bananas ... greg
