{"id":346,"date":"2018-03-20T23:40:53","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T23:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/td_uid_80_5ab19c0535291"},"modified":"2018-04-10T15:48:53","modified_gmt":"2018-04-10T15:48:53","slug":"the-hand-rail-is-going-a-little-faster-than-the-moving-sidewalk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godlessuniverse.com\/the-hand-rail-is-going-a-little-faster-than-the-moving-sidewalk\/","title":{"rendered":"Does evil exist?"},"content":{"rendered":"
“THE DEVIL MADE ME DO IT!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Humanity has a tendency to disown the harm we do to each other by blaming it on an imagined war between supernatural forces of good and evil where the prize for the victor is the human soul.\u00a0 Of course it is the devil who tempts us to do the evil that we ordinarily would not do on our own since this version of reality paints us like mindless fools.\u00a0 The story strongly implies we are incapable of antisocial behavior unless so-called “evil” thoughts are implanted in us first by the villain in this very old story.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n
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\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Of course, the social reasoning is that we should hold each other responsible for any failures to resist temptation that result in harm to others.\u00a0 But even though we welcome the idea of retribution when it comes to other’s behavior, most of us seem willing to make exceptions when it comes to our own antisocial behavior.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nThe “Evil” Within<\/strong><\/h3>\n
I love you, buddy! Yep, I remember. They came in last at the Olympics, then retired to promote alcoholic beverages! The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers.<\/p>\n
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- I saw you with those two “ladies of the evening” at Elzars.<\/li>\n
- For the last time, I don’t like lilacs! Your first wife was the one.<\/li>\n
- But the flesh is spongy and spanac bruised?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n
\nOh, all right, I am. But if anything happens to me, tell them I died robbing some old man. When will that be? Well, take care of yourself, Han. I guess that’s what you’re best at, ain’t it? I don’t know what you’re talking about.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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