XPost: rec.arts.drwho   
   From: daniel47@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On 22/01/2026 1:12 am, The Doctor wrote:   
   > In article , Blueshirt   
   >  wrote:   
   >> x wrote:   
   >>> On 1/18/26 02:51, Blueshirt wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> God and the Devil are two sides of the same [made-up] coin. So   
   >>>> if you don't believe in one, you can't believe in the other.   
   >>>> Dave doesn't seem to be able to grasp that one... despite   
   >>>> having it pointed out to him many times.   
   >>>   
   >>> The word 'diabolis' means 'to cast against'.   
   >>>   
   >>> The word 'God' and the word 'good' were the same word in Old   
   >>> English.   
   >>>   
   >>> Either way there is something called 'Summum Bonum' or 'Absolute   
   >>> Goodness' and 'Summum Malum' or 'Absolute Evil'.   
   >>   
   >> There's definitely goodness and badness. People can choose to   
   >> behave in a good way... or they can choose to behave badly. But I   
   >> doubt their badness is because they have been possessed by a Devil.   
   >> Humans have both traits in them, our free will chooses which trait   
   >> we expose to the world at any given time.   
   >>   
   >> People shouldn't need a [holy] book to tell them to be nice to one   
   >> another, or be possessed by a demonic spirit to do bad things! For   
   >> me, God and Satan are artificial constructs... people behave how   
   >> the choose to behave off of their own backs.   
   >   
   > Wrongo BS!   
   >   
   There you have it, Blueshirt, you are wrong. No Rhythm nor Reason as to   
   WHY you are wrong, just that you are wrong!!   
   --   
   Daniel70   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)