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Abraham Kim
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Bad is not Evil
Damn good passages.

I also don't think evil will conquer. But that's not to say that I think 'humanity' will conquer either

because by (my) definitionĀ 
humanity
doesn't aim to conquer. while evil does.

it's kind of like how the U.S could never 'win' theĀ 
Vietnam War
but it wasn't like the Vietnamese could 'win' either. They could but last and survive and then move on.

I think that's what 'good' or humanity is like here.

Also reminds me ofĀ 
serial killers
-- been re-readingĀ 
Jo Nesbo
'sĀ 
Harry Hole
series.

Serial Killers aim to kill (conquer)

you can't really win against them by trying to conquer kill them. They'll just keep doing their thing or if they are caught a new one will come and take their place.

you can only hope as a the hunted to survive. It would be absurd to think that the way to win is to become a serial killer yourself.

what's happened in theĀ 
macro
environment that you often lament about is i believe people thinking they can defeat evil by becoming another version of evil which they consider good.

this is also why i like the zen buddhist principles of detachment from identity and desire. because it is one of the only codified doctrines of how not to just get into an endless loop of aiming to be more righteous
Abraham Kim
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I see this as related to the death of ourĀ 
humanity
argument you touched on inĀ 
Bad is not Evil Gabriel Greco
Ā 

I don't believe in the literalĀ 
God
but I do believe in the attributes/values thatĀ 
Christians
assign to him.

With that said, I find the death of our humanity to be the synonym of the death of god for people.

so that's my way of saying 'god' is alive in my existence.Ā 

i'll admit that he was dead for many years of my life around the 18-28 portion of my life
Abraham Kim
Bad is not Evil
lines
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Evil is a special type of chaos. Evil is not a thing but a set of conditions that spiral out of control.

--

I enjoyed reading this because the first part led me to be thinking what is expressed in that line above.

I believeĀ 
evil
is theĀ 
debt
finally being paid back to the piper for small things that compound and 'spiral out of control'

these small things are little things that couldn't be considered evil on it's own. just little everyday things... but things that rob us of ourĀ 
humanity


our world is an aggregate of these small poisonings and thus i don't think we can ever expect to salvage the debt of 7 plus billion souls.

humanity can only be found in oasis' shared by small scale relationships.
Abraham Kim