tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20975090.post3346641558815744460..comments2024-03-11T10:18:55.852-05:00Comments on Headius: Predator and PreyCharles Oliver Nutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06400331959739924670noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20975090.post-5024559471651656612011-01-04T15:14:17.350-06:002011-01-04T15:14:17.350-06:00Yes good and evil depend entirely on your perspect...Yes good and evil depend entirely on your perspective. Catching the worm is good for the bird, evil for the worm. But every story has a perspective and therefore every story has depictions of good and evil. All day, every day, we deal with good versus evil. Isn't that what life is, basically?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20975090.post-31656688267431552772010-12-02T12:21:31.792-06:002010-12-02T12:21:31.792-06:00a few years ago we were watching a Japanese animat...a few years ago we were watching a Japanese animation movie with our 4 year old son. Nagasaki was getting bombed and the mother and children were crying and running from their flaming house. Our son stood up and asked "are those the bad guys?" and he pointed right at the B29 with a blue and white starAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20975090.post-28312375979059709322010-11-24T11:27:59.008-06:002010-11-24T11:27:59.008-06:00It is impossible for an animal to be good or evil....It is impossible for an animal to be good or evil. The concepts are religious and Judeau / Christian in nature. Evil in Christianity is defined as anything against God or his will. Caring more for "self" is enough to be "evil". Practicing idol worship or witchcraft is certainly evil. Biblical Christianity (forget denominations and focus on whats actually written in the Bible) states that we are all dead in sin and in order to be saved, we must profess belief in Christ and submit ourselves to His will. God sacrificed his only begotten Son to pay for the sins of the entire world. Hence the term "Lamb of God". The Jews would sacrifice a perfect lamb to atone for their sins. <br /><br />The main theme of Good vs. Evil or White hat vs. Black hat or Predator vs Prey is simply a common story line that everyone can relate to. There's almost always a good guy vs. the bad guy. One theme that frequently appears is self-sacrifice. "Kill me instead of ..."<br /><br />Yes perspective has a lot to do with it. But there is only one perspective that matters when talking about Good vs Evil and that's the viewpoint of God or Christ. In order to know God's viewpoint one needs to read God's word (the Bible).<br /><br />To say there is no good or evil implies there is no God and leaves you as "self" and that's evil. <br /><br />Truly evil humans are lacking in compassion, pity, grace, love, etc. They care only for self and would kill another human, even a child, without a second thought. This is a clear definition of a psychopath. It is this that can be considered most evil. Men like Hitler, Stalin, Charles Manson, etc. were psychopaths. What makes it truly evil is the faked outward appearance that hides their true evil.<br /><br />Is a lion evil when it takes down it's prey? Even if that prey is a human? No, the lion does not have morals and cannot tell the difference between good and evil. It is humans who gained that skill when Eve and then Adam bit the forbidden fruit! Hence damning the entire human race to hell. God had to send his only begotten Son to be born into human flesh, to suffer and die, to then be resurrected three days later to pay for that sin. In order to be saved, you have to believe this and trust Christ. The act of salvation has been performed you just have to chose life or damnation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20975090.post-36182751508326512132010-11-18T08:01:54.938-06:002010-11-18T08:01:54.938-06:00Truth be told, nothing that exists is innately &qu...<i>Truth be told, nothing that exists is innately "good" or "evil".</i><br />I disagree, every human action has some degree of good or evil "innately".<br /><br />I think these fables and stories are not scientific documentaries about nature. Their use of stylized characters is to symbolize abstract ideas like beauty, justice, purity, evil, compassion, or human situations (abandoment, heroism, deception). Animals don't speak and their actions are always according to their nature, so they cannot, indeed be good or bad (in a moral sense). <br />Sorry for poor English.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05890771742882651705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20975090.post-58264769791064031572010-10-25T16:49:45.615-05:002010-10-25T16:49:45.615-05:00I think broadening one's view can be valuable,...I think broadening one's view can be valuable, but I also believe the natural tendency to believe and good and evil is also based on something even deeper in reality. But science can't put a finger on it. I agree that it's just a reference frame from a measurement perspective. Still, it's something we all feel even without complete agreement on the details, and that feeling (I believe) is not just a relative desire of some complex entity looking for survival.Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808034942220416445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20975090.post-80432489972959709692010-09-29T15:40:19.409-05:002010-09-29T15:40:19.409-05:00will: Awesome connection to PBF. I had forgotten a...will: Awesome connection to PBF. I had forgotten about it and wasted an hour just reading comics.<br /><br />Paul: Thanks for the link to The Fox. It's definitely along the same lines.<br /><br />Oddly enough, I've never seen Mononoke Hime yet. I don't usually like seeing anime with English dubbing the first time, so I've never gotten around to it. But I have it on my Netflix queue...someday it will arrive :)Charles Oliver Nutterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06400331959739924670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20975090.post-91561378790789566872010-09-26T22:01:36.634-05:002010-09-26T22:01:36.634-05:00Charlie — This reminds me of two things.
(1) The ...Charlie — This reminds me of two things.<br /><br />(1) The folk song "The Fox" is exactly the sort of narrative you describe:<br />http://www.songsforteaching.com/philrosenthal/thefox.htm<br /><br />(2) You must see Mononoke Hime if you haven't already. It has the most complex, nuanced, and richly imaginative treatment of the moral dimension of the natural world I know of.Paulhttp://innig.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20975090.post-46530362794553031242010-09-23T10:36:39.289-05:002010-09-23T10:36:39.289-05:00I was instantly reminded of this PBF comic: http:/...I was instantly reminded of this PBF comic: http://www.pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF106-Billy_the_Bunny.jpgwillnoreply@blogger.com