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- From: ladislas@sobeco.com (Ladislas A.)
- Newsgroups: alt.magick
- Subject: Question: What is the definition of "Evil"?
- Keywords: christianity vs pagananism, christianity vs satanism, symbolisms
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.061115.24793@sobeco.com>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 06:11:15 GMT
- Organization: Sobeco Ernst & Young
- Lines: 26
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- I've tried to follow the thread about pentagrams and it made me wonder what
- exactly "evil" is, in the minds of the posters.
-
- Most agree that christianity is "wrong" either because of the organizations
- that support it or by its philosophy. Someone said that satanism (LaVey's)
- is better than xtianism because it uncovers the sacred lies (or some such).
- Some agree that "evil" is strictly a xtian concept. On the symbolism of
- the inverted pentagram, some say it's a symbol that xtians identify with
- "evil".
-
- I have a few questions for those who followed the thread, those who commented
- and anyone else who might be interested in the concept:
-
- 1) What is "evil"? How can it be defined as a non-temporal concept?
-
- 2) Since Good Ol' Jesus has become the scapegoat for some wackos' definition
- of "christian thought/law", where is it mentioned that Jesus labelled some
- act or thought "evil"? (serious, documented responses only, please)
-
- 3) How does A. Crowley define "evil" (if he does) and how (if he defines the
- concept) does it relate to his "Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of
- the law" (please correct the phrase)?
-
- I look forward to reading your answers and will post my own shortly.
-
- Ladislas.
-