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Ancient Wisdom and Pagan Spirituality

anciano

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5. That "popular version" is anthropomorphic in nature and based on Biblical mythology....

Reply to Frasier Balzov (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 13, 2023, 07:52 PM

Oct 2023

IMO evil is neither "created" nor "disposed of". Just like good, evil simply "is", as the OP and reply #2 have suggested. For whatever reason, the experience of human existence occurs in a dualistic reality. So good and evil simply "are", just like hot and cold, light and dark, young and old, etc.

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I've been thinking deeply lately about my spiritual beliefs / cosmology [View all] Coventina Oct 2023 OP

How is evil created and disposed of in your opinion? Frasier Balzov Oct 2023 #1

Perhaps SpamWyzer Oct 2023 #4

That "popular version" is anthropomorphic in nature and based on Biblical mythology.... anciano Oct 2023 #5

Here is my personal opinion on the matter (I don't know if it aligns with any faith or creed) Coventina Oct 2023 #9

Like you, I was raised in a "churchy" slightlv Oct 2023 #2

Merry meet! Coventina Oct 2023 #10

No... it wasn't you that kicked off the dark night of soul... slightlv Oct 2023 #11

A very thought provoking OP .... anciano Oct 2023 #3

You are very close to basic Gnosticism. I ignore their highly imaginative creation hypotheses, but Karadeniz Oct 2023 #6

The answer was staring you in the face when you held up a mirror and found "it" within yourself. usonian Oct 2023 #7

Puzzling Dear_Prudence Oct 2023 #8

I like your use of the puzzle box as an allusion to life! slightlv Oct 2023 #12

Cats Dear_Prudence Oct 2023 #13

I am an Atheist and have been since I was 12. BigmanPigman Oct 2023 #14

Hello, all! I'd like to chime in with a few thoughts related to this discussion. Collimator Oct 2023 #15