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Originally Posted by Herkdriver
One of the young students who was killed at Columbine high school in Colorado several years back was approached by one of the gun wielding lunatics and asked "does anyone here believe in Christ?" This was in the school library. She answered yes. She was shot for her trouble.
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Actually, this is considered an urban myth now. There was an exchange similar to the above, but the student in question wasn't shot.
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That dear friend Ixtellor, was an act of pure unadulterated evil.
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Yes, it was.
I agree that evil exists. I also agree that much evil comes from being absolutely certain of one's rectitude.
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I don't want to hear the mumbo jumbo scientific psychology, "Daddy didn't give enough attention" b.s., the young man was under the influence of pure evil.
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Unless you believe Harris and Klebold were born evil, it makes sense to consider the contributing factors to evil. It doesn't excuse the actions, but it makes for more rational efforts to reduce the amount of evil in the world.
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If there's no true Justice for Evil, than Life itself is amoral and deserves what it gets in the end.
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I sympathize. I think it's why most people, myself included, hope there is some sort of celestial scorekeeper who rewards the good and punishes the guilty.
I simply cannot *believe* in such a scorekeeper. I can merely hope.
That said, life is not amoral. There are rewards and punishments aplenty in this world, and most of them tend to reward good behavior and punish bad behavior. One does not need cosmic justice in order to find plenty of incentives to act honestly and well.