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- From: billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson)
- Subject: Re: Pentagrams
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.212204.10205@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Corvallis, Oregon USA
- References: <1992Dec23.135815.25973@shearson.com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 21:22:04 GMT
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- scarrobi@shearson.com (Steve Carrobis) writes:
-
- : unfortunately i have to stick to my guns. its like White/Black Magic.
- : they exist. and u could use either to get an opposing result.
-
- Now, if there is such a thing as Black Magic, for example, then how could
- you use it to do good. It would be impossible. Magic is magic, it has
- no inherent polarity. That is not to say that the intentions of the person,
- or persons, performing the act may not be "good" or "bad".
-
- As I posted before - It is generally "them" who are practitioners of "black
- magic" - "We" practice only "white magic". This is just another example of a
- useless and unnecessary dichotomy.
-
- : but to say evil is christian is bull. Evil has to do with actions, that are
- : not in accordance with customs of a tribe or peoples.
-
- Exactly. I have never said that evil is Christian. I stated that I believed
- the concept of absolute evil was Christian. I have been reminded by e-mail
- that the concept was borrowed by Christians from the Persians.
-
- Unfortunately, humanity seems to have this overwhelming urge to divide
- the world into us/them, good/bad, nice/evil, lawful/unlawful, black/white,
- male/female, sweet/sour etc. We seem to be unable to admit that all such
- terms are relative - not absolute.
-
- Bill
-