assuming there is a such thing as evil....

**SHATOUSHKA** · August 21st, 2003, 09:38 PM

does evil evolve?

it has once been said that the atrocities
that occured by order of hitler, were evil
atrocities of an industrial, bureaucratic
era/motivation.... and that large-scale
*evil* atrocities of an earlier history
are such based on the era.

assuming that evil does exist... does this
mean that evil evolves with social/cultural
significance? or that the social/cultural
era/motivations are merely a means to
saddle the atrocities with a *new* definition/value?

**Alex** · August 24th, 2003, 11:15 PM

It is evil to assume that evil exists.

**SHATOUSHKA** · August 25th, 2003, 06:04 AM

please don't turn this thread into some gay
random euphoria tangent you are so accustomed to
making.

just answer the fucking question or carry your ass

its just that simple

**SHATOUSHKA** · September 4th, 2003, 03:21 AM

aside from the innane rhetoric of alex, i think
i've found the unanswerable. better call mensa

**Alex** · September 6th, 2003, 07:28 AM

You stated "assuming that evil exists". My point is evil does not exist. It does manifest itself out of everyday situations.

That is a big difference.

**SHATOUSHKA** · September 12th, 2003, 06:55 PM

Originally posted by Alex:
My point is evil does not exist. It does manifest itself out of everyday situations.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">how can something manifest itself if it doesn't exist????

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**Alex** · September 12th, 2003, 06:57 PM

Mold. Babies. Fruit.

First they don't exist, then they do.

**SHATOUSHKA** · September 12th, 2003, 07:04 PM

ummmmm.... ok.

so based on your examples....

does evil exist or not?

even if evil were to have a *lifespan*.... so much
of the *lives* of evil would overlap making
evil appear to be continuous...

or has evil not been born yet?

**Alex** · September 14th, 2003, 03:39 PM

The conditions exist for evil to occur at any time, but evil does not take a form such as the devil, in my opinion.

Of course, evil is subjective. If we patiently wait to let someone use the crosswalk while we are in our car, we are being "good", but we don't know if the path it took to make the car we are driving, or the fuel to run it, was made without "evil".

It may be evil to believe that evil is the devil when evil may simply be something as basic as being lazy.

Here is a cliche...

Evil thrives when good citizens do nothing.