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Re: Does God have a name for God?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 2 Apr 2001 19:43:48 GMT
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Robert wrote:
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> On Mon, 2 Apr 2001 17:10:14 GMT, "Sproaticus" <jsproat@io.com> wrote:
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> > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Jeremy H. Sproat writes:
> > > > In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Ryan Farrington writes:
> > > > > I ALSO AM A SINNER. I AM INHERENTLY EVIL. Only God is perfect and sinless.
> > > > Just a nit to pick: wouldn't being a sinner imply that you have some
> > > > capacity for good? IOW, unless EVERY act and thought you commit is a sin,
> > > > then you have some amount of good, right? How could something inherently
> > > > evil have good in it?
> > > If we're splitting hairs, couldn't something inherently (ie: predisposed
> > > to) evil still make the moral choice not to commit evil?
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> > Hmmm. Good point. Which raises the question: is a thing evil by nature or
> > by action?
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> Another thing here is competency. I mean take Hitler for example, was
> he evil? Maybe, maybe not. I would call Hitler evil he mercilessly
> had 6 million Jewish people slaughtered not because he actually
> thought they were the bane of the arian race, but because he was just,
> well, evil. I'd say true evil is being consciously aware of your
> actions and knowing that beyond a shadow of a doubt you are doing
> something that is wrong. By wrong I mean you use manipulation in
> order to cause the event. You see, when you really get down to it
> Hitler was probably just insane, not truly evil at all. In fact I'd
> even go so far as to say that all in all we have not really had that
> many truly evil people on the planet. If we did, the planet probably
> wouldn't be here.
Oh goody. This debate is over. Next debate please...
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Frank Filz
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| (...) Another thing here is competency. I mean take Hitler for example, was he evil? Maybe, maybe not. I would call Hitler evil he mercilessly had 6 million Jewish people slaughtered not because he actually thought they were the bane of the arian (...) (26 years ago, 2-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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