JDavis Posted August 18, 2013 Group: Removed from Forums for Breaking Terms of Service Followers: 1 Topic Count: 18 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 1,740 Content Per Day: 0.44 Reputation: 183 Days Won: 7 Joined: 07/02/2013 Status: Offline Birthday: 07/02/1964 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Or is it the absence of a thing, namely light? The same question holds for cold? Is cold a thing or is it the absence of heat? and lastly... is evil a thing or is it the absence of good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted August 18, 2013 Group: Royal Member Followers: 10 Topic Count: 5,823 Topics Per Day: 0.76 Content Count: 45,870 Content Per Day: 5.95 Reputation: 1,897 Days Won: 83 Joined: 03/22/2003 Status: Offline Birthday: 11/19/1970 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Or is it the absence of a thing, namely light? The same question holds for cold? Is cold a thing or is it the absence of heat? and lastly... is evil a thing or is it the absence of good? Yes. Case in point - we can create light (i.e. light bulb), but we cannot create dark. Yes. Temperature has a starting point (0 Kelvin) but no end point. It makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Patriot21 Posted August 18, 2013 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 28 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 15,710 Content Per Day: 2.46 Reputation: 8,526 Days Won: 39 Joined: 10/25/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/27/1985 Share Posted August 18, 2013 darkness is just the absence of light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwikphilly Posted August 18, 2013 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 96 Topic Count: 307 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 18,143 Content Per Day: 4.62 Reputation: 27,832 Days Won: 327 Joined: 08/03/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) Hi JDavis, Darkness used as the noun(by your comparison to light)is a thing and is the absence of light. Cold is the comparitive absence of heat;lack of warmth-often thought of as an active force. Evil used as a noun is 1-anyTHING that causes displeasure,injury,pain ,suffering etc... 2-moral depravity,wickedness;anyTHING morally bad or wrong as an adverb it used to modify a verb by expressing time, place, manner ,degree,cause etc... I would say that it is a thing in itself not merely the absence of good but of course,good would be absent. (Grammatically speaking)As a Christian,I believe that it is anything that is contrary to Gods character God bless you,Kwik Edited August 18, 2013 by kwikphilly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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