The Root of All Evil

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moksha
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The Root of All Evil

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Trying to come up with a definitive root of all evil:

Greed
Lust for Power
Meanness
Harsh Gospel
High Carbohydrate Foods

Greed - The modern application of the Ayn Randian theory. Pretty much the antithesis of Christianity.
Lust for Power - Machiavelli touched on this subject. People desire power, but power corrupts.
Meanness - An extra bad quality in mean girls, bullies, politicians, soldiers, and church officials.
Harsh Gospel - This is an especially troublesome root. Taking something that advocates love and transforming it into something hateful and self-justifying.
High Carbohydrate Foods - Sugar-laden fast foods. Black licorice for sure, but the others are suspect too. Chocolate is exempt.

Your thoughts?
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Re: The Root of All Evil

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I think it's people taking themselves too seriously.
“The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.” -Mark Twain

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Re: The Root of All Evil

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Does "evil" truly exist or is it just people acting outside of currently accepted more`s and norms?

Rhetorical question. :?:
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Re: The Root of All Evil

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Palerider wrote: ↑Sat Feb 02, 2019 11:26 pm Does "evil" truly exist or is it just people acting outside of currently accepted more`s and norms?

Rhetorical question. :?:
I would say that's a dialectic question. Pretty straight forward. I would say rhetorical wording would be something like "Acting outside of more's and norms makes something evil?" At least I think so.

One thing for certain though, my response qualifies as 'pedantic.' That much appears beyond question.
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Re: The Root of All Evil

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Mad Jax wrote: ↑Sun Feb 03, 2019 7:14 am
Palerider wrote: ↑Sat Feb 02, 2019 11:26 pm Does "evil" truly exist or is it just people acting outside of currently accepted more`s and norms?

Rhetorical question. :?:
I would say that's a dialectic question. Pretty straight forward. I would say rhetorical wording would be something like "Acting outside of more's and norms makes something evil?" At least I think so.

One thing for certain though, my response qualifies as 'pedantic.' That much appears beyond question.
Nothing worse than a didactic pedant.... especially when they're probably right. :)
"There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily."

"Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light."

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