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Atheists & Agnostics

safeinOhio

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2. Language needs polar opposites to define words.

Reply to Duppers (Original post)

Sat Oct 5, 2019, 06:02 AM

Oct 2019

There would be no good without evil, no up or down, no left or right. with out one there would be no need for the other. They define each other like heads and tails of a coin toss. Simple concept, but not always easy to comprehend.

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The inherent cruelty of nature [View all] Duppers Oct 2019 OP

That's not evil Cartoonist Oct 2019 #1

Yeah, except humans dine on other humans too Auggie Oct 2019 #3

Language needs polar opposites to define words. safeinOhio Oct 2019 #2

A reminder of a definition of "evil" Duppers Oct 2019 #4

This reminds me of my own response to a blog post DavidDvorkin Oct 2019 #5

Nature at it's best, the ever fragile food chain mountain grammy Oct 2019 #6

Mother and children dining upon mother and children Farmer-Rick Oct 2019 #7

You understand. If there were a "god." Duppers Oct 2019 #8

True. Farmer-Rick Oct 2019 #9

Same as it ever was.... Bayard Oct 2019 #10

+100 Duppers Jan 2020 #11

nature is not cruel.. nature is not kind... uriel1972 Jan 2020 #12