Name me Something

This isn't necessairily a debate, more-so of a question.

I feel that there is a BAD side to everything, there honestly isn't anything I can collect off the top of my head that doesn't have a bad side.

Example:


Religion = Good for the followers, then you have people that take it to the extremes (bible thumpers and JIHADists). As well as Devil worshipers... etc.

Fast Food = Great for short on time, horrible for your diet.


Etc etc, Just to name off random things, but when it comes down to it, is there anything on the face of this earth that is Good without a Bad side to it? If so I can't honestly think of it.

Puppies.

Puppies grow up.

Puppies shit all over the place, and tear shit up, they smell weird, don't listen, are hard to train and are usually expensive as shit.

There is absolutely nothing that I know of that is purely one thing.

The reason is, for something to be "Good" there has to be "Bad" to it as well, otherwise you would have no definition of what the "Good" is.

For example, if there were no "Bad" Christians, how would you be able to explain what a "Good" Christian is?

You should do some reading on Lao-Tsu. He was an ancient philosopher that pretty much revolved around this idea. I believe he was the first to come up with the concept of "Yin and Yang."

Ah I suppose, I have never heard of him.

I'm still trying to think of something that could be considered good and not bad, maybe what I should do is reverse my thinking on things.

Well pretty much he says that you can't describe one thing without having something to compare it to. Thus, you can't have something that is solely "Good" since you don't know what "Good" is until you know also what "Bad" is.

What are you supposed to be? Some sort of stupid word genie?

I'll name you "dumbass."

"Good" and "bad" are purely human constructs, so we as a collective group decide what is good and what is bad. Thus there is nothing inherently good or bad. We consider it bad for a human to kill other humans, but it's not bad for a lion to kill other lions.

This isn't necessairily a debate, more-so of a question. I feel that there is a BAD side to everything, there honestly isn't anything I can collect off the top of my head that doesn't have a bad side. Example: Religion = Good for the followers, then you have people that take it to the extremes (bible thumpers and JIHADists). As well as Devil worshipers... etc. Fast Food = Great for short on time, horrible for your diet. Etc etc, Just to name off random things, but when it comes down to it, is there anything on the face of this earth that is Good without a Bad side to it? If so I can't honestly think of it.

D3V, I believe you're a Christian, correct? Not that I believe it, but from your perspective I believe God would be something purely good.

Bing-o, I knew somebody would get it eventually. And yes I am a Christian, but not a bible thumper.

Once again that's just a matter of perspective. Who is to say God is purely good? Who is to say he knows what is best for us? He's done some pretty wicked things before.

Perspective plays a lot in the "good VS evil" battle. To the evil, the good is evil. To Satan worshippers, God is not good.

Well that's probably the closest argument to anything that has a good side, without a bad... And from what I understand Satan worshippers don't even really believe in God, or view him as bad, they just bow down to the dark one.

How can you believe in Satan but not God? That's just illogical.