What is the root of all evil?

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04 Oct 2014, 3:38 pm

azaam wrote:

noyial43 wrote:

re, the op's question:
I was going to suggest that it might be ignorance but after reading the thread I'm convinced. Definitely ignorance.

Most evil people act from their arrogance as a result of wordy things. Politics is one example.

"Wordy things"?

I think that you mean "belief systems", ideologies, or creeds. Which includes religions, including Islam.

Much evil is indeed done in the name of ideologies, including religions, including Islam.
Much good is also done in the name of beliefs.
Much evil not done in the name of any creed, or belief system.

So it ain't that simple.

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06 Oct 2014, 7:50 am

The Root of all evil just being a follower!
Just that!

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06 Oct 2014, 9:40 am

syzygyish wrote:

The Root of all evil just being a follower!
Just that!

"Just following orders" is definitely a common justification for 'evil', but your position doesn't make sense when applied to followers of non-evil.

Of course, good and evil are subjective concepts, so the simple answer to the question is as follows:

Interpretation.

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11 Oct 2014, 3:58 am

according to pink floyd its MONEY

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11 Oct 2014, 8:12 am

adifferentname wrote:

Cash__ wrote:

Do you watch the news at all lately? I don't believe in a source of all evil, but if I had to pick one, it appears to be Islam as of late.

This is clearly a skewed view of reality. Much as religion has its foibles, it is simply not appropriate to blame Islam for the mess that is the middle east.

Russell Brand, foppish tit that he might be, put it quite succinctly. He suggests we view every bomb that is dropped as a seed from which insurgents will grow.

I hear this all the time. But where is the connection between getting bombed and becoming a radical islamist? I can see someone taking up arms against people who bomb them, but why then also the theocratic nonsense and the islamic law crap? There is no reason you can't become an insurgent without also becoming a medieval as*hole.

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11 Oct 2014, 9:21 am

The root of all evil is: thinking that there is a single root of all evil- and then trying to uproot it.

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11 Oct 2014, 8:40 pm

trollcatman wrote:

How do you propose to implement this moderate approach to thinking in war-torn, resource starved, post-invasion Iraq?

We're the bad guys here. We f****d up and hundreds of thousands of Iraqis paid the price. Fundamentalist extremism is a pretty easy sell at this point, especially as the alternative is having your head removed. If someone dropped bombs and missiles all over your cities for a couple of decades, robbed your country of resources and installed a puppet regime in place of your existing leader, you might become something of a "medieval as*hole" yourself.

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11 Oct 2014, 9:29 pm

There's no roots.

Empathy, for the just following orders folks (religion to governments)
Psychopathy, for the usual
Emotional retardation, for the crimes of passion

I think that catches it all.

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12 Oct 2014, 11:14 am

Appleisbetter wrote:

according to pink floyd its MONEY

Evil existed before money.

OT: I agree with the Apostle of God, peace be upon him, the root of all evil is love.

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12 Oct 2014, 11:20 am

^

That saying "money is the root of all evil" was a cliche long before Pink Floyd.

But the saying is a misquotation of a line in the Bible stating that "the LOVE of money is the root of evil".

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12 Oct 2014, 11:31 am

naturalplastic wrote:

^

That saying "money is the root of all evil" was a cliche long before Pink Floyd.

But the saying is a misquotation of a line in the Bible stating that "the LOVE of money is the root of evil".

Thanks for useless facts, they were informative.

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12 Oct 2014, 11:51 am

Liveirarica wrote:

naturalplastic wrote:

^

That saying "money is the root of all evil" was a cliche long before Pink Floyd.

But the saying is a misquotation of a line in the Bible stating that "the LOVE of money is the root of evil".

Thanks for useless facts, they were informative.

Is this a clumsy attempt at being straightforward?
Or is this a clumsy attempt at being sarcastic?
It doesnt quite make sense read either way, so either way- its clumsy!

"Money", and "the love of money", are not quite the same thing. So its hardly "useless" to distinquish the two.

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