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Blue Owl

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1. It wears orange makeup, hairspray, and sells bibles

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Thu Feb 26, 2026, 06:38 PM

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Does "evil" exist" [View all] kentuck Feb 26 OP

It wears orange makeup, hairspray, and sells bibles Blue Owl Feb 26 #1

Don't forget the girdle an high heels MustLoveBeagles Feb 26 #13

absence of empathy is definitive, and not as uncommon as I'd prefer (nt) normalynn Feb 26 #2

Quote from GM Gilbert, chief psychologist Blue Full Moon Feb 26 #39

Yes, evil is selfishness. Selfishness is at the root of all bad behavior. Coventina Feb 26 #3

Well said. jls4561 Feb 26 #4

Why cannot there be an opposite to "good"? kentuck Feb 26 #6

Sure: Imagine Satan, the Devil, Lucifer, whatever. Coventina Feb 26 #12

Um, "intelligence, strength, cleverness, wit, charm," are in no way automatically "good" qualities. Wiz Imp Feb 26 #30

Point taken, they can all be used to evil ends, but they are definitely not EVIL either. Coventina Feb 26 #37

each person will have their own interpretation of your question. NewHendoLib Feb 26 #5

I think its unevolved to be evil FullySupportDems Feb 26 #7

I'm an atheist, but I know evil exists in this world. There exists people who do horrible things to others, with sinkingfeeling Feb 26 #8

Evil is malevolence that is unprompted, unsought, or gratuitous bucolic_frolic Feb 26 #9

Evils only exists in humans OC375 Feb 26 #10

As a clinician, I didn't use to believe in evil. Irish_Dem Feb 26 #11

Do they recognize their own evil? mr715 Feb 26 #21

Usually not. Irish_Dem Feb 26 #22

Yes, in re: boundaries mr715 Feb 26 #25

I believe that good vs evil is the iconic human condition. Irish_Dem Feb 26 #26

"Money trumps peace." -- George W Bush Kid Berwyn Feb 26 #14

Greed...? kentuck Feb 26 #15

Precisely. Who today remembers Curveball? Kid Berwyn Feb 26 #17

Didn't Epstein say Trump is evil, that says a lot. nt doc03 Feb 26 #16

evil spelled backwards is "live" rampartd Feb 26 #18

The same 4 letters also spell vile. 3catwoman3 Feb 26 #35

And "veil" Orrex Feb 27 #41

Does Evil exist AzTired64 Feb 26 #19

That's what I wonder. Haggard Celine Feb 26 #32

Very interesting question - ancient one. mr715 Feb 26 #20

There are no gods Mysterian Feb 26 #23

Apart from the religious connotations canetoad Feb 26 #24

M. Scott Peck TuxedoKat Feb 26 #27

M. Scott Peck TuxedoKat Feb 26 #28

You know it when you see it - and it must be destroyed - because it is innate, irredeemable, incessant dalton99a Feb 26 #29

Evil lives in that pit in the back of our brains. haele Feb 26 #31

There are so many different definitions of evil. Oneironaut Feb 26 #33

You made my brain work overtime. Do evil people think they are evil or do they just not recognize it. Ferrets are Cool Feb 26 #34

It does, and it absolutely affects my life. iemanja Feb 26 #36

The two wolves parody. hamsterjill Feb 26 #38

Yes Beringia Feb 27 #40

Hmm... OldBaldy1701E Feb 27 #42