 Bodacious Benjamin 2009-04-07 . chapter 1 This is a lovely inverse of Christian piety.
I believe, Trey, that despite your claims to the contrary, you are in fact a very moral person. I believe that you seek a literal evil in the world, not because you find pleasure or satisfaction in the thing, but because if there exists a literal evil, there exists a literal, definitive, objective beauty. And if there is beauty in evil, there must be goodness. But be careful of this train of thought; it leads to a trap of equal magnitude as that of religion.
If you choose to confine yourself to a dualistic morality, (i.e., ultimate good, ultimate evil) you are limited to that. This is true, I think, because any morality - but most especially a dualistic one - requires an unyielding sense of self FIRST, and only second a sense of compassion. A dualistic morality claims, "This is always true, no matter what; this is always good, no matter what; and this is always evil, no matter what." You leave yourself no room for deviation, and this is dangerous. I think this mentality is at the root of Christian hypocrisy and loftiness.
I've always thought it best to adhere to no morality but that one which says, "There is no ultimate anything - neither good nor evil but that which one chooses to see and believe."
I love you; don't forget that. |