From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   Mike  posted:   
   > On 2026-01-16 14:49, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   > > JTEM  posted:   
   > >>   
   > >>   >    
   > >>   > Calling evil something that can simply be   
   > >>   > "defeated" assumes it is a single, concrete   
   > >>   > thing.   
   > >>   
   > >> I have to agree that this doesn't make sense at   
   > >> all.   
   > >>   
   > >> What if any criteria does something have to meet   
   > >> to qualify as evil?   
   > >>   
   > >> I think that...   
   > >>   
   > >> #1.  Intent.   
   > >>   
   > >> You had to intend to do whatever it is that we want   
   > >> to call evil. Obviously hitting a patch of black   
   > >> ice and skidding into a young family on the sidewalk   
   > >> is bad but, did you even know they were there? Did   
   > >> you even know there was black ice present?   
   > >   
   > > I agree. There must be evil intent, and an accident   
   > > in which a bad outcome could not be foreseen is not evil.   
   >   
   > I disagree. We call them 'acts of God' for a good reason.   
   > If you believe in God, that makes him accountable.   
      
   Do you believe in God? And don't tell me you're "god",   
   because then you'll just prove that you're from the   
   same side as the Antichrist will be from, because he   
   will proclaim himself to be "god", too.   
      
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