CWayne
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Hence, the concept of good and evil. As we evolve away from the animal state, recognizing evil from cultural practices seems a logical step.Not off hand but that doesn't mean there was never one. A lot of cultures practiced cannibalism so it doesn't seem like much of a stretch. I bet the Donner party would have looked on the practice with less disdain than we might.Can you provide a culture that finds the eating of still-born infants as good?No need, man just redefines evil. Do you know an evil that can't be redefined as good by some culture?Has it ever been diametrically opposed? Has man celebrated being evil for the sake of being evil?Yes. Man's intelligence. That is why the concept varies so much between cultures and evolves over time. An example is the OT focus on an eye for an eye and the NT focus on turning the other cheek.Do you believe the construct of good and evil to be an artifact of intelligence?
A culture that does not revere life would eat the still-born until everyone in the culture determined that it was evil to do so.
Primitive cultures may practice things we consider evil, but that is because a primitive culture is closer to the animal kingdom than modern humanity and the intellectual construct of evil.