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So, a bit to my disappointment, I have received only a handfull of questions. As promised, here are the answers. They are a bit truncated, but that is because I am quite short on time.
La Ardrilla asks:
ok. here goes a question. what about the idea that we are both inherently evil and inherently good? except for evil clowns, of course :D
In short, I don't put any stock in to it. While I believe we were created for a good purpose, I believe we have become something inherently evil. According to one approach to the problem, evil is a perversion of something originally good. If the universe was initially created as a good thing, and evil has come to exist in that universe, and God did not specifically create anything in a state of evil, then evil has to have come from things that were once good. By that logic, evil must therefore be some sort of perversion of goodness. As a result, the overall nature of a thing can be evil, but that does not mean it cannot be used for good or is capable of doing good things.
Bear in mind, that is just one approach to the solution to the problem.
ida asks...
philosophy question... why have i lost all faith in humanity?mental question... why do some of the smartest people in the world lack complete and total common sense?religious question... can a man be both violent and gentle, portraying God in both.
Answer the first: You have lost all faith in humanity, in my opinion, because you are a reasonable person who has made a clear assessment of human nature.
Answer the second: Intelligence is not the same thing as wisdom. Knowledge is not the same thing as understanding. Having a tool is not the same thing as knowing how to use that tool.
Answer the third: Yes. I personally believe that violence can serve a good function. In some situations, violence can become a viable and rational option, such as protecting yourself or your loved ones from someone who has the intent to kill them and refuses to listen to reason. In that case, it would be better to break his arm rather than talk things through with him. After he has been forcibly disarmed, then we can try to "talk things out with him." I agree with C.S. Lewis when he says "I am not a pacifist." However, I believe that we must use the right tool for the job in the right way at the right time - violence is not an appropriate solution for all problems.
So, yes, I believe you can be a good, Godly man and still use violence, but bear in mind that a good man, according to Aristotle, will do the right thing for the right reason at the right time in the right way and to the right extent. It takes wisdom to guide us in the use of such tools, and wisdom emphatically cautions us about violence.
Tracey asks...
here is a question for you.. maybe you can have your M&D email me back with the info... how does one get from their parents place in [location deleted] to your M&D's new place down the road from them????
Um... you ask them for directions?
La Ardrilla asks:
ok. here goes a question. what about the idea that we are both inherently evil and inherently good? except for evil clowns, of course :D
In short, I don't put any stock in to it. While I believe we were created for a good purpose, I believe we have become something inherently evil. According to one approach to the problem, evil is a perversion of something originally good. If the universe was initially created as a good thing, and evil has come to exist in that universe, and God did not specifically create anything in a state of evil, then evil has to have come from things that were once good. By that logic, evil must therefore be some sort of perversion of goodness. As a result, the overall nature of a thing can be evil, but that does not mean it cannot be used for good or is capable of doing good things.
Bear in mind, that is just one approach to the solution to the problem.
ida asks...
philosophy question... why have i lost all faith in humanity?mental question... why do some of the smartest people in the world lack complete and total common sense?religious question... can a man be both violent and gentle, portraying God in both.
Answer the first: You have lost all faith in humanity, in my opinion, because you are a reasonable person who has made a clear assessment of human nature.
Answer the second: Intelligence is not the same thing as wisdom. Knowledge is not the same thing as understanding. Having a tool is not the same thing as knowing how to use that tool.
Answer the third: Yes. I personally believe that violence can serve a good function. In some situations, violence can become a viable and rational option, such as protecting yourself or your loved ones from someone who has the intent to kill them and refuses to listen to reason. In that case, it would be better to break his arm rather than talk things through with him. After he has been forcibly disarmed, then we can try to "talk things out with him." I agree with C.S. Lewis when he says "I am not a pacifist." However, I believe that we must use the right tool for the job in the right way at the right time - violence is not an appropriate solution for all problems.
So, yes, I believe you can be a good, Godly man and still use violence, but bear in mind that a good man, according to Aristotle, will do the right thing for the right reason at the right time in the right way and to the right extent. It takes wisdom to guide us in the use of such tools, and wisdom emphatically cautions us about violence.
Tracey asks...
here is a question for you.. maybe you can have your M&D email me back with the info... how does one get from their parents place in [location deleted] to your M&D's new place down the road from them????
Um... you ask them for directions?
posted by Raoul The Destroyer at 9:51 AM
4 Comments:
I have a question!!! Or a few actually...one, your going to be in Kansas after Thanksgiving too right? Two, how is it that I can never remeber conversations well and end up mixing up stuff about them, but I can remember clearly things from when I was a kid? Three, Do I look better with short or long hair? Okay! Answer! :-)
I have a question:
Which is the most rational and logical name: The United Atheist Alliance, the League of United Atheists, or the Allied Atheist Alliance?
ANSWER! Or I shall break your skull like a clam upon my tummy!
:P Ah, South Park.
:) thanks!!
hmm.. I think B looks better with short hair :)
Here's another short question, which should be easy to answer...
Who was the BEST chem lab partner ever?????
:) You know you want to say it was me!!!! Chem lab was never the same after I left the class!
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