Sunday, September 8, 2013

Good vs Evil #3

Good and evil coexist in the world however there is no "war" between them. They aren't battling each other. It's not like the moves such as The Dark Knight where Batman represents good and the Joker represents evil, and they go at each other to the point where both parties almost kill each other. In reality, good and evil exist in everyone. Kellinger may have found a wallet and returned it, but who says she didn't throw a block at a fellow preschooler when she was young? Those two events may not be seen as being of the same magnitude in our world but one is good and one is evil. And even if one is only slightly evil, whether a complete accident or just an example of a toddlers innocence where they don't know any better, evil still has coexisted with good. There's nothing we can do about it as humans.

For those who are religious, the Bible says that you can not eliminate sin. Everyone is born with it. Therefore, there is no war. You cannot fight it. It is an absolute, and the only absolute in this dilemma of good vs evil. Because since we are all born with sin, there is no absolute good. And I believe that everyone has done at least one good thing during their lives. Whether its as small as saying good morning with a smile on your face or as big as donating millions of dollars to a children's charity. Whether you like it or not, you are good but you are also evil.

Take myself for example. I have helped an old lady pick up her fallen groceries in the middle of a parking lot, I have helped a teammate dispose of ice and plastic wrap when they can't get up due to their injury, and I have broken up multiple fights at school. However, I has also bullied and harassed classmates, I have been caught cheating on tests, and I have deliberately disobeyed superiors and disrespected their authority. I am good and evil, all wrapped up into one person. And everyone in the world is this way. Some people steal food because their too poor to afford it, but then they share it with their starving children. Good and evil can't exist without each other, and neither one will ever go away.

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