tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post6633156521645372383..comments2024-03-14T04:06:54.124-04:00Comments on GENKAKU-AGAIN (adam fisher): good and evilgenkakuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12135705172119950326noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4904219782540965444.post-2785426657180505392010-09-05T11:22:31.458-04:002010-09-05T11:22:31.458-04:00So...
"Still ... what a great p.r. gimmick: ...So...<br /><br />"Still ... what a great p.r. gimmick: Good and evil, separate and distinct. If you have any doubts about great p.r., just check out the size and membership of some of the megachurches in the Midwest."<br /><br />You have made some observations worth considering from time to time. Sorry, but I think today you've missed the boat.<br /><br />I am reminded of the old Anthony and Jake type semi-true stories. Both live the same neighborhood, Anthony becomes a doctor, Jake is sucked into a gang and steals, deals drugs and murders. Is Anthony the essentially blest, and Jake the epitome of evil?<br /><br />Anthony heals, eases pain, and literally saves lives almost everyday for 30 odd years and Jake causes pain, destroys and takes lives for almost as long as he lives.<br /><br />The more astute point to numerous family, social and economic factors. The less astute simply stop at the labeling, and call Anthony "good" and Jake "evil." <br /><br />The more subtle minded, or, perhaps, they are just the contrarians, point out the good deeds Jake did do, and the bad things Anthony did.<br /><br />In the end we are rightly labeled by our actions: When we do good we do good, and when we do evil we do evil. Sure there are an infinite number of gray area deeds, and neither good nor evil deeds. What of it?<br /><br />The labels and the factors that influence overall behavior don't mean a damn when Anthony saves your wife's life or Jake kills your son<br /><br />Good and Evil is really not about P.R. and TV Ministries. It's about how we live our lives. It about how we do the best we can given our strengths and limitations.<br /><br />Yes, "Nobody's Perfect" but .... Anthony deserves a plaque, and Jake needs to be taken off the street.<br /><br />As for the big tent religions, and the TV ministries, a society needs to make available as much as possible quality education that teaches critical thinking skills then allow good principles like Bill of Rights to runs their course including Freedom of Religion.<br /><br />As for peace, it may be closer than we think, or it may be impossible, and depending or one's point of view at the time, may be both are true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com