To create evil one must be evil - Is God Evil ?

Nobody is born evil; that's middle age thinking, demons and such. And I doubt that anybody identifies with evil. Evil comes from thinking that good ends justify any means. The people of Europe thought for a thousand years that war was the answer to their problems and that culminated in the Third Reich. Even Hitler and Stalin were sure that they were improving things. They never had any doubts, and that's the problem. Nobody was around to tell them they were doing wrong, and if anybody did they weren't around for long.

People in power like to surround themselves with people that reinforce their ideas, and that's their weakness. Good leaders surround themselves with people with disparate ideas to avoid fanacticism. Doubt is their friend and not their enemy.

The press is one of our last safety valves, the last to say that the Emperor has no clothes. We can judge any administration by its reaction to the press that attacks them. The most dangerous goverments try to silence the press by shutting them down or arresting them.

neologist wrote:

Mindonfire wrote:

neologist wrote:

Mindy, what is the difference between 'LORD' and 'Lord' in the KJV?

Close to the same difference as there is with LORD, and LORD God,

You really don't know, do you?

If we did not know, we would not have brought it to your attention. Nice try.

Last time we checked there is a difference between the Lord Jesus Christ and God. Unless of course you are one of those who believes that Jesus Christ is the One God.


2 Timothy 2:15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.

coluber2001 wrote:

Nobody is born evil; that's middle age thinking, demons and such. And I doubt that anybody identifies with evil. Evil comes from thinking that good ends justify any means. The people of Europe thought for a thousand years that war was the answer to their problems and that culminated in the Third Reich. Even Hitler and Stalin were sure that they were improving things. They never had any doubts, and that's the problem. Nobody was around to tell them they were doing wrong, and if anybody did they weren't around for long.

People in power like to surround themselves with people that reinforce their ideas, and that's their weakness. Good leaders surround themselves with people with disparate ideas to avoid fanacticism. Doubt is their friend and not their enemy.

The press is one of our last safety valves, the last to say that the Emperor has no clothes. We can judge any administration by its reaction to the press that attacks them. The most dangerous goverments try to silence the press by shutting them down or arresting them.

You can't really be from Texas. Don't you all love your Emperor? Those Texans love that swagger. The Emperor is actually not the problem.