Good and Evil

Is there a Good and Evil- is there an eternal war between God and Devil? I am not here to answer the question whether a God and Devil exist, these are questions beyond anything Science can offer- because Science has limits, God and the Devil- by it's definitions- has no limits.

In most cultures and religions, there is often a Good and Evil, a pain and joy, tears and laughter, a black and a white. We do not know one without knowledge of the other. Let us assume that we lived in paradise from birth, how then do we know sadness even when we encounter one, we might not even have the language to explain that emotion. Hence although, it would be very difficult to swallow for some, without evil, good cannot exist because we wouldn't know a bad egg from a good one since we are all the same hence by extension, in everyone language, we wouldn't know Us from Them or the "Others". Therefore in seeking our identity, we do not know ourselves if we do not the "Other" side or by what other name you want to call it.

Therefore when we stand on the side of "Good" for example, we ironically derive our identity from the "Bad' or "Evil" because insofar that the term "Good" does not exist in vacuum. Assuming that all of us is "Good", there would not be a good and evil- there would just be "us".

Hence let us assume that Good and Evil is verifiable, in other words, like in the movies, we see them as monsters or are extremely ugly, while the Good are well just like you and I- with common features- then by extension, we would know who to fight; and ironically there would no longer be no Evil in this world- since well like carbon on a sticky pan, we scrub it off till it's clean. But of course in reality things do not work this way.

Evil therefore in this world is not ugly- neither does it tell you that he is evil; but rather it is line drawn by human forces to tell what is "Good" and what is "Evil". Who is " us" and who is "them" or the "Others". Assuming that this line drawn is subjected then by a very human judgement- then how are we to say who is bad and who right.

Therefore the idea of "evil" assuming that the divine forces work in human objects- therefore could ironically be wrong. Hence then the idea of "Good" and "Evil" without the intervention of an absolute sanctified by an unquestioned source- like a heaven's mandate-, is really quite subjective.

Therefore the vehemence laid upon the "Others" without first hand knowledge but reliant on a proxy authority is subject therefore to empty labelling and stereotyping. Stereotypes, symbols and badges without any real relationships are easy to dislike, real humans are not.

We can often trace the source of the division to how the society is organized and how we divide our work. Labourers are given certain symbols, managers are given certain status, and business owners are given other markers. Once we approportion out the lines, it is then easy to see the Us and Them, and whoever that does not perform the roles of it's ascribed status- is therefore "them", or really by any other names, evil, foreigners, untouchables and other tags. Hence once we apportion out the titles, it's own set morality and behaviour comes into play- and once again these are markers for the likelihood of all deviant tags.

It is then at this point that one realise that the wrong-ness of any particular act is really quite separate from the verdict meted out on any allegations. Therefore assuming then that "wrong-ness" has it's own code, the judgement can therefore be quite different for different sets of people. This ultimately flies in the face of this idea of really "Good" for "Good" sake and "evil" has it's just desserts."

Ultimately it really begs the question, let's say that someone from authority says this person is evil and he has an unquestioned legitimacy- ultimately he is all the human- which part of him/her can one say is guilty/evil/ wrong without finding out the due process. The price of a wrong judgement is laid upon the defendant rather than the audience, but it is the audience who watches and wishes not to be him/her- and that in itself has already work it's magic. Therefore being wrong is not punishable, but rather being caught wrong is the real punishment- there in itself is the biggest carrot for docile followers.