Evil is an illusion

This argument is used in the debate : Does God exist?.

This argument is an objection to : God did not create evil, which exists from all eternity. and There is too much suffering and injustice for there to be a god.

Keywords: God

Summary

A fox in a henhouse: good for the fox, bad for the hens. In itself, nothing is "good" or "evil"; these words are categories relative to a particular position. It's illogical to make "evil" a category in its own right, a substance, when it's a relation: x is bad for y, good for z. X (event, person, situation, phenomenon etc.) is neither good nor bad in itself!

Spinoza quote

Not only can we establish intellectually that "evil" does not exist in itself, but some people have realized this through mystical experience. In this experience, everything is perfect, everything is good, and the notion of evil dissolves.

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Defining right and wrong are the pillars of religious belief

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