Comments on: Evil http://fridaypuppy.com/2012/04/25/evil/ Booze and puppies make me happy. Thu, 23 May 2013 02:51:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: DanCF http://fridaypuppy.com/2012/04/25/evil/comment-page-1/#comment-73647 DanCF Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:01:01 +0000 http://www.fridaypuppy.com/?p=23476#comment-73647 I don’t think evil is genetic. I just can’t see how anyone could be born evil. I do, however, think that it could be the result of mental illness that might be caused, at least partially, by some experiences very early in a child’s life, over which they have no control. I think evil people generally hate themselves and take it out on others. Why they are so filled with hate, who knows. Anders Breivik is clearly mentally ill. No human could do what he did and feel no remorse. It is not human. He is missing a part of what it means to be human. What has caused that, who knows. It could be an imbalance in his brain, a horrible early life, who knows. But it is beyond what I can ever comprehend.

]]> By: Janna http://fridaypuppy.com/2012/04/25/evil/comment-page-1/#comment-73605 Janna Wed, 25 Apr 2012 16:42:22 +0000 http://www.fridaypuppy.com/?p=23476#comment-73605 Hi Craig, this tale of evil is so hard to read and take in that you may not get many people responding to this post. I almost feel as though we need an antidote to this bit of HIS Story you retell. My solution is to reflect on the life of a great proponent of Ahimsa, non-violence, in the person Mohandas K. Gandhi, known to many as Mahatma, meaning Great Soul.

I personally like to think that the number of people in the world who have the courage to live non-violently are quickly surpassing in numbers of those who exemplify violence. I believe there is a shifing in the consciousness toward acceptance of diversity on many levels; a movement toward goodness and union. Perhaps the tales of evil doers is much more sensational and attention getting. People like Gandhi changed the consiousness of an entire nation and of the world, influencing people like Martin Luther King and others. For the average seeker of truth, we should never underestimate the power of even the simplest act of conscience or kindness performed with great love. To quote Gandhi, “We must become the change we want to see” and “Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong”.

From this website: http://www.socialchangenow.ca/mypages/gandhi.htm

Gandhi’s main tactic in his fight against the British was what he called Satyagraha, which means “Soul-Force” or “The power of truth” (Miller 61). Gandhi developed Satyagraha as the practical extension of ahimsa and love; it meant standing firmly behind one’s ideals, but without hatred. Satyagraha took the form of civil disobedience and non-cooperation with evil. Civil disobedience involved breaking a specific law if it was believed to be unjust, and then facing the consequences. The Salt March of 1930, which I described above, was one of Gandhi’s greatest successes in civil disobedience.

Aunt Jan

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