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From: Zen Cycle <funkmaster@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: How do we solve evil?
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On 4/21/2024 3:22 PM, JTEM wrote:
> 
> So how do we "Solve" evil?
> 
> I don't think we do. In fact, I don't think we even know
> what it is.
> 
> Does it exist?
> 
> How do we define evil?
> 
> I just Googled it. Google told me that "Evil" is profoundly
> immoral and wicked.
> 
> I Googled "Wicked":  Evil and morally wrong.
> 
> So that's useless.
> 
> I mean, isn't "Immoral" being morally wrong?
> 
> The definitions are entire circular!
> 
> Maybe we stick with morals? An "Evil" person is an immoral
> one?
> 
> But "Morals" are a sliding scale. They have changed
> SIGNIFICANTLY over the years and we can rest assured that
> they'll keep changing...morphing.
> 
> You know the first man executed here in the Commonwealth
> of Massachusetts was convicted of bestiality?
> 
> I think they decided to spare the animal though, if memory
> serves, which was NOT always the case. I think tradition
> called for the execution of both parties.
> 
> For most of human history it was perfectly moral to
> reproduce with your sister. Or daughter. This is one fact
> that inserts ambiguity into Neanderthal data, determining
> how individuals are related...
> 
> Egyptian mummies?
> 
> I'm certain that at least one great Pharaoh married his
> mom:  Akhenaten. I'm convinced that Queen Tiye, his mom,
> and Nefertiti (his wife & queen) were the same person.
> 
> So, let's start with a definition.
> 
> HOW DO YOU DEFINE "EVIL?"
> 

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