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obscene pietyby ~pseudo-manitou

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Concepts of good and evil do not actually exist, they are propaganda tools. When these concepts are used -- it is always in judgment, and it is always obscene. They objectify human nature.

The concepts of good and evil might as well be pornography -- playing on the walls of any church that deems people deserve to be judged from the pulpit.

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~anschluss Jul 9, 2009 General Artist

oh yes, good and evil does not exist. They are mere anthropomorphisms, man made.

~pseudo-manitou Jul 10, 2009 Professional General Artist

Indeed.

But then, nihilism is a human invention too.

~anschluss Jul 10, 2009 General Artist

All the terms, meanings, truths we have are man made. All based on how we experienced them, conceived them, understood them.

~Falcoknight Jul 1, 2009

If the concepts of Good and Evil do not exist, and we have no higher objective moral values than a simple biological organism, one cannot condemn another for things such as rape and murder. Although it seems sometimes that people use the concepts of good and evil to their own benefit (which I will not disagree), for them to not exist (wholly apart from the (evil) people who use it for their propaganda), we would have to forfeit all justice and compassion, and void any reason to dislike someone who hurts another.

~pseudo-manitou Jul 8, 2009 Professional General Artist

The problem with higher objective moral values is that they are intangible as opposed to figuring out the actual cause and effect logic of our actions.

When concepts are left as vague as they are when people list issues as good or evil -- it becomes too easy to lie, manipulate, over generalize, or make obtuse -- any action that society can take, and then label that action 'good'.

You don't need to forfeit justice, you just need to recognize that justice is a form of civilized revenge taken for actions that hurt society -- and then act on that accordingly. Likewise, there are decent reasons and logic for engaging in compassion, and avoiding criminal actions.

We have to teach people to learn to figure out what works for the common benefit, and what only benefits a few at the expense of others -- and then apply the logic to both as to why one should be done and the other should not. So long as we cling to abject terms such as 'good', 'evil', and especially 'morals' -- the public will remain ignorant and easily manipulated.

!wunshen Jun 4, 2009 Student Digital Artist

thank you for spreading the enlightenment. Beautiful artwork. Continue to fight the war on self righteousness opinion.

=EverboundVenvel May 4, 2009 General Artist

I dunno, I believe in the concepts of good in evil, but as I'm not an especially religious individual, most of my understanding of these concepts comes from what I know of people in general. My idea of evil at its rawest: Some people go out of there way to hurt and kill others, others that pose no threat to them, simply because they (the killer) believes the victim is inferior or simply because they enjoy inflicting agony upon a non-consenting victim. As for good at its purest, there are also people who will go out of there way to help others, no matter there race, creed or species, even if they don't profit from doing so, even if they have to surrender something, anything, for it. They just want to help and protect others, to nurture, to provide for, to rescue. That's what I think good is. Of course, being at opposite ends of a psychological spectrum, or whatever, good and evil naturally clash. I think that most of us have the potential for good and evil, but the former is usually more beneficial, so most people swing more to the good side, maybe good developed as an instinctual impulse to preserve the species. Maybe evil is the result of survival instinct as well, but in sentient species these instincts can be channeled into unnatural actions of the non-beneficial kind. I could go into all sorts of evolutionary reason that good and evil might exist, but I've used up enough space. Anyway, intriguing illustration, the lines are slammin' and he colors are delicious eye candy.

~pseudo-manitou May 4, 2009 Professional General Artist

I understand what you are trying to say -- but even though your view is nothing similar to the extreme I rant against, it is mistaken in the same way.

While such 'good' and 'bad' people do exist, they are not inherently good or bad. They do not simply exist as such -- they were created -- they are the cause of their genetics and their environment. You say as much I believe...

I just feel there is great fault in using terms such as 'good' and evil' to describe them.

When others declare these people 'good' or 'evil' -- it is a gross oversimplification that leads us to overlook what caused such a person to become who they are. This is a movement toward ignorance. It should not be allowed.

Anything less could lead us to be paranoid of all humanity, which, I've found, is a state that many in power prefer for us -- as we are easier to control when we are afraid. Anything less also keeps us from understanding what society can do to bring up the better examples of humanity -- which is a need we will always desperately need to fulfill.

Thank you for your positive comments on the illustration style itself.

=EverboundVenvel May 4, 2009 General Artist

To each his own beliefs, it makes the world more interesting.

~heavenhel Feb 10, 2009 Professional Traditional Artist

i'm sure you've heard that one mans freedom fighter is another mans terrorist. Looks like you bought out the social philosopher in everyone here

and that is just one reason why this is brilliant.

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