Good vs. Evil
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Good vs. Evil
What are your thoughts on good" and "evil" forces that interact with humanity for their own purposes—an unseen world that manipulates and uses humans?
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I agree with gali - there is no unseen world. I do believe there is a God that is always around, but I don't believe He has an agenda that would manipulate humans. He may already know the outcomes of situations, but ultimately we all have free will to make our own decisions and are responsible for them.gali wrote:I don't believe in an unseen world that manipulates or interacts with humans for their own agenda. I believe that each one of us has a choice and is responsible for his own acts. I can accept it in books though, and of course root for the good guys.
Like gali said, though, I can easily accept this concept in books and am also always rooting for the good guys!
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Yikes!earthheart wrote:I personally LOVE evil, the villains are my heroes and vis versa. I thoroughly enjoy flipping readers expectations on their heads and, particularly for my own amusement whilst writing, I find the villains tend to have more substance and depth.
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There are many similarities, but also a great many differences, in man's law, nature's law, and God's law. The only way to reconcile "good" and "evil" is to discern the intention of the heart; even then, there is that old adage about the road to hell...
I believe that it is God's will that the His laws and the laws of man and nature would be in complete harmony; this would be considered "good." Every discrepancy between His law and man's law is a result of, and allows opportunity for, "evil."
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Plus I think it's fun to see the good within begin to blossom as they are thrown into a new experience. I suppose it's just as tantalising to have a hero relinquishing morals in favour of something seedier... or perhaps I am fairly evil myself to enjoy it so much haha!
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I agree... In books. Quite often the characters who are supposedly 'bad' are more realistic than the 'good' and have a bit more depth to them.earthheart wrote:I personally LOVE evil, the villains are my heroes and vis versa. I thoroughly enjoy flipping readers expectations on their heads and, particularly for my own amusement whilst writing, I find the villains tend to have more substance and depth.
In reality however, I'm generally against the type of person who tortures animals, beats children or rapes women for fun.
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As for those that we would call evil, that seem to have totally lost all sense of morality, I think they had to have some "good" in them at some point. That doesn't necessary mean they are liking to return to it, however, and therefore need to be stopped.
Books are so thrilling in the way they can let you balance both good and evil even in the same character. Which is so accurate because it really is a daily struggle.
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I am the same way! For some reason, evil is always more entertaining! I think it's because evil is also less predictableearthheart wrote:I personally LOVE evil, the villains are my heroes and vis versa. I thoroughly enjoy flipping readers expectations on their heads and, particularly for my own amusement whilst writing, I find the villains tend to have more substance and depth.
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