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Difference Between Good and Evil

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Good and evil are both very abstract concepts. Most philosophies accept the dualism of good and evil. Good coexists with evil and there can be no thing such as ‘good’ unless there is ‘evil’ and vice versa.

From a society’s point of view, whatever is beneficial to general mankind is considered good and whatever is not in the interests of the general mankind is considered evil. Therefore, labeling any action as good or evil is clearly based upon one’s perception and judgment. Society has made laws based on precedents of what it has viewed as good and evil. However, these perceptions keep changing with different generations. For instance, it was once considered sacrilege by most societies and religions to abort a fetus. Yet, now with developments in ultrasound technology that can immediately detect any abnormality in the growth of the fetus, more and more couples are deciding to abort a fetus that is not viable as it spares both the child and the parents a lot of pain and misery.

Again, the absence of light cannot be called darkness. Just because the human eye cannot penetrate through the darkness, it does not mean it is ‘dark’. What can be concluded is that the difference between good and evil is not absolute but is relative and of degree.

Good and evil also depend upon the context and results. While an action or a person may be considered good in a certain situation, the same action or person may be labeled bad in another situation. For instance, fire produces warmth during winter. When it destroys property or life, it turns evil.

Also, something that is good for one person may turn out to be evil for another. When a soldier fights for his country, he might kill several people during the war during confrontation. While the soldier will be hailed as a hero in his country, the spouses and children of the people he has killed will view him as a murderer.

Perception of what is good or evil can also be influenced by religions and culture. Some religions accept polygamy whereas other religions consider it as a sin.

Summary:
1. Good and evil are judgment based. When a person finds pleasure out of something, he calls it good. On the other hand, if it brings him misery, he calls it evil.
2. Based on precedents and what is beneficial or detrimental for general mankind, society has made a few laws that bracket certain actions across the world as good and evil. However, just like religious beliefs, this can keep changing with time
3. Labeling an action as good or evil is influenced by the situation, the result, religions and cultures.

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  1. You are right. The concept of “good” and “evil” are based upon our own judgement and understanding of the Universe. However, it may be argued that taking an “evil” path in life would mean taking a more “selfish” one, while taking a “good” path in life would mean being more “selfless”. I believe the concepts of selflessness and selfishness play a key role in the dichotemy of “good” and “evil”. For example, if one takes a life, one is being selfish, because taking a life is a selfish act. However, as you stated earlier, this person may be taking a life to protect a larger group of people. It is hard to “weigh” acts against one another and try to reason whether or not it is right to kill, steal, lie, or cheat for the greater good; for these are all selfish acts when given no context. But when given context – example, “Oh Honey, you look GREAT in that Christmas sweater! (lie),”, or “I killed him because he was about to shoot my children,” – it becomes very difficult to “catagorize” the given act. Perhaps Humans will never know the true difference between good and evil. That being said, these concepts may simply be the design of mankind, itself. Perhaps we should just revert to the Golden Rule – “Treat others how you would like to be treated.” At the very least, treat others with respect.

    • I would like to point out that your premise used to support the idea that taking a life is a selfish act, “because taking a life is a selfish act,” needs to be proven itself. Your general syllogism is a fallacy of begging the question.

  2. Understanding your EGO will aloud you to see and recognize better between good and bad.
    -Ego lives inside you so as long as you are alive he is there too.
    -Size varies from person to person,some lucky people are born with a small Ego.
    – EGO grows inside you as you feed him more and more, the more you give the more he wants, never takes less than last biggest portion.
    – It is harder to live happy with a big Ego inside you because you may not have what it takes to feed him all the way one day.
    -There are two types of people, generous and selfish. Selfish people carry a hungry Ego inside.
    Selfish peole fall into temptation alot easier.
    -,EGO s grow.hormone is called GREED.
    If you cant give away to charity 5% of your hard working money every month you are probably carrying a hungry Ego .

  3. Laslot comments from Jan,11,2011

    The view of his may make sense if viewed from his perspective.
    But notice that scripture says the following by Jesus: Render unto no man evil for evil! Why? It is God who set laws of behavior, conduct and moral and consciousness. One can feel justified to take a life, it is God who does such through a person. Even though a person does it in the act.The God of Heaven is the doer. God says in scripture he creates evil and good. So how does he do it. He sets a situation up according to his divine will and plan. God justifies not man. The scripture clearly says so. So when you do evil God allows you to do it, if he wishes it. The same goes with pain and suffering and sin. God uses Satan for God’s purpose. Satan and evil are not independent rulers. God controls every spirit, electron in this physical universe. The same when Jesus said speaking of a bird falling. Jesus knows this and has compassion. Yes a bird will die, a human will die. Physical life is determined by a through many, many factors, as environment, health, genes, etc. But God gives and takes. He says so, he has his reason, he is God and he knows what to do even when it seems he is not caring. I myself experience his goodness when I go to him. But to play games with God is wrong for he knows the heart of every human if it is truly to want to love, respect and obey. The laws will not pass they are to be obeyed. Not out of fear but because we humans must learn through suffering. Even Jesus learned, suffered. Same as we must. The end is the elimination of death. Life here on earth was pronounced Death or a sentence to die. We must be changed. Jesus says about the renewing of the mind. Here you begin in your mind to recognize the evil in oneself. Then if you will ask for the spirit of God and he will forgive. There is no playing games. God is your Father. Trust is your road. Trust not in vain.

    • Oscar Mauser: You forgot one very important part that God gave each human being, Free will. God does not direct our thoughts. He placed in each one of us a conscience. I believe we can communicate with God through our conscience. We are born with a innocent conscience. As we grow older our conscience grows with us, good or bad. What would be the point if God created human beings and then control every aspect of our being. I do not believe he placed us here to be his pets. Our free will gives us the ability to do good or bad. God will determine in the end what happens. It’s called the day of judgment.

  4. Striking the Shepherds, Of the Whole Earth
    With an earnest effort into searching in order to see if there is a righteous Creator, continually praying that he does not let me deceive myself or even worse, deceive one of you, by using the knowledge I am gaining for personal gain. After many years of searching for his glory in the year 1992, I begin to see these truths, and I have been seeing them ever since. Therefore, with a pure heart, I have become enlightened with these righteous truths, and I wish to share them with all of mankind.
    I guess I should start by telling you the Creator’s name; for it is not a name that you will know or have ever been taught on this earth from the very beginning. After the breaking of his law by eating of the knowledge of good and evil we turned backwards to him. And we begin to speak his name backwards which was Miholy (pronounced; My-Holy) and after the sin it became Elohim. So his name is “Miholy” (pronounced My-Holy)
    What happened in the beginning? Miholy (Our Creator) told Adam not to eat of the knowledge of good and evil so that he would not die but will continue to live even forever. But Eve began to listen to the Wild Beast the Serpent who was lying to her quote; “you positively will not die for God knows in the day of your eating of it you will become like God knowing good and evil.” and she began to partake of the knowledge of good and evil and when with Adam she gave him some and he did eat. At that their eyes become open and they begin to see that they were naked (exposed) alone and cut off not clothed in righteousness of their Creator anymore, without eternal life.
    All that they could see was that they had sinned and needed to partake of the knowledge of good in order to learn how to regain the life lost and rectify the sin that they had committed against their Creator. They were ashamed and begin to cover themselves with the leaves (teachings) of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil trying to replace the Creator’s LAW. (Which is; not to eat of the knowledge of good and evil.) So by trying to save themselves and regain life there losing their lives. Everything written; such as the Bible and all books and literature etc. from that point till now you can’t trust because it has been written by man’s knowledge of a good God (the wild beast) and an evil Devil (the serpent) and not by our Creator.
    So Adam and Eve continued to eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. Teaching it to all of their children immediately after birth, causing them to be born into sin. Effectively stealing their eternal life as the wild beast had stolen theirs. Down to this very day in 2016 the whole earth is still eating of the knowledge of good and evil. After every birth in the kingdom of mankind we immediately bless our children with the knowledge of good and evil teaching them the lie and effectively stealing their eternal lives. This is why death is never-ending because we keep disobeying the Creator’s word his law.
    This God of good and the evil Devil we all are being taught about is standing in front of Our Creator and not allowing us to get to him. We think that the good in the tree of the knowledge of good and evil is our God, and that the evil is the Devil. We must stop eating of the knowledge of good and evil in order to return to our Creator Miholy. In the garden there was made the tree of knowledge of good and evil and also the tree of life. We have been eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil and unable to get to the tree of life. We must go right through the good and evil to the tree of life (our Creator) and then we may see our Creator with pure eyes. We may then return to him with a pure heart and receive the eternal life that was stolen at our birth and live forever.
    For the only law our Creator has given us from the beginning in order that we might live is not to partake of the knowledge of good and evil. Our Creator is one and we must worship him as one.
    Our Creator Has Returned
    The change that has come is that Miholy your Creator is going to terminate the transgression, finish off sin, and cause a making of atonement for error, and Miholy will bring in righteousness for times indefinite, and he will imprint a seal upon vision and prophet and to anoint the Holy of Holies. And Miholy will cause reconciliation between himself and his people. Man will stand before Miholy his Creator one-on-one. In other words, if Miholy allows you to do it, who made me a God to tell you, you can’t do it. Be set free.
    No man will be the judge of man ever again. No one will ever eat of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, especially knowledge of a good God and an evil Devil ever again. No man will ever rule over another man ever again. Eternal life in the flesh is free for anyone returning to Miholy, they will not die in the flesh at all.
    Miholy will wipe out every tear and the only tears remaining will be tears of joy. Everyone is equal, everyone will have everything equally. This is to say: Everyone will have a house, or no one will. Everyone will have a car, or no one will. Everyone will eat, or no one will. Everyone will be happy, or no one will. In other words, there will be no more wanting for anything; because Miholy will have glorified his people was his righteousness.
    All of the knowledge that we have been taught since our birth about the good and evil gods will be no more. All of the churches and every religious organization on earth will be put to death and man will not go about them ever again. Worldly governments, worldwide, will all fall and be no more. Everyone causing harm will be no more. Every hurtful thing will be no more. Death will be no more. Man will never be taught again that he must die in order to live, because a man is flesh and spirit, man’s flesh cannot exist without Miholy’s spirit, and Miholy’s spirit given to the man, is no more if the flesh dies.
    The only law in the re-creation (Miholy’s kingdom) will be that we must not hurt each other in any way. All of these wonderful things have already come about, it has already started, and the whole world will have the awareness of what is going on. Everyone and everything in Miholy’s kingdom will be reborn into a new life of existence. Everyone will be taught by Miholy and everything everyone does will be done in union with Miholy, and no one in union with Miholy can die, unless Miholy himself dies.
    I am just a man and can only show you the things I have seen, that you may know who your Creator is, what is happening, and that eternal life is a gift and you or anyone else cannot earn it, it is the gift of Miholy your Creator’s glory! I have come to know there is a loving God, but we all of us have been deceived and do not know him. However, by his loving kindness “only”, because we are unable to earn it, he has allowed me to find him. He has shown me his glory that I am able to show those looking the way, in order to correct the error of mankind’s understanding, what actually the truth is, what actually happened, and what it means to mankind today. Pointing the way to their Creator, Miholy’s breath of life, that mankind may keep alive in the flesh if they so choose.
    This is his GLORY that he will not share with anyone, it is the ability to give and sustain life, and no one in all of eternity can do this but him! Therefore, then by logical reasoning you can see he is the only one who can save you and there is no Savior in all of eternity except him. The truth is the letting go of the knowledge of what is perceived as being the accepted wisdom and opinions of a good God and an evil devil.
    Then after a period of anger in the fact that your own loved ones, having been totally deceived, as Eve was in the Garden of Eden by the Serpent. In the fact that they keep thinking they are doing a sacred service to our Creator, by feeding you of the fruit that Miholy has said if you eat of it, you will surely die. Thereby they are unknowingly putting you to death by your own Creator’s word, because your Creator cannot tell a lie, and as long as you keep eating of this knowledge of a good God and an evil Devil your Creator’s word must keep putting you to death, and even he is powerless to save you due to his own spoken word.
    Miholy has said: “Blow these words of mine upon these dry dead bones that they may come to life…” And as I begin to speak to these dead bones sin-news begin to appear and flesh began to come upon these, and they begin to come to life. Yes! With an opened mind being reborn with the accurate knowledge of your Creator Miholy’s words of life, you will become children of the first resurrection these are the ones taught to live, and the second death has no power over you, this means you will not die in the flesh. See the truth in that your Creator told the serpent; “dust is what you will eat all the days of your life,” your bodies are made of dust, he keeps eating your bodies and keeps alive. Stop, believing the lie which tells you, you must die, in order to go to heaven to be like God a Spirit knowing good and evil, and he will die, and you will live.
    There will undoubtedly be resistance to these truths. This is understandable in as much as it implies the total elimination of all of earth’s Governments and religions to make way for the Creator Miholy’s true Kingdom to come in. Now, imagine the reaction of Earth’s powers, the governments, religions, dictators, anyone with power over the tired, poor, and all of those masses that are yearning to be free… when their worldwide massive network suddenly changes from a major benefit of mankind into a major liability known to all as Babylon the Great!
    YES! The resistance to this incredibly positive change will be considerable and that they all have been gathered together to do battle with the lamb and this is why they will be completely destroyed and become uninhabitable even for eternity! The lesson here is that they will be more intent on preserving their vested interests than in serving Miholy’s Spirit, that is to say Miholy’s teaching.
    These are the true things that I JD Atwell have received from Miholy’s Spirit, that I may show anyone who is searching for the tree of life. Miholy says: “keep looking and I will show you truths that will overwhelm the world that you may believe that I am.

    JD Atwell
    E-mail: jda@miholy.net

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