Which is greater, good or evil?

[Bossy Monkey]

Poll question: Which is greater, good or evil?

Hmmmmmmmm?

Edit: I just flipped the last two to get the dingbat response in its proper place.

[Bossy Monkey]

1. I had to look it up, too

Confederación Empresarial de la Vall d'Albaida of course.

No, seriously:
ADJECTIVE: Originating or existing during the same period; lasting through the same era.
NOUN: One of the same era or period; a contemporary.
ETYMOLOGY: From Late Latin coaevus : co-, co- + aevum, age; see aiw- in Appendix I.
http://www.bartleby.com/61/66/C0456600.html

Decades back, when I was 17 (you know, when the dinosaurs walked, yadda yadda yadda), I got this phrase in my head that "Good and evil are coeval and coeternal." I believed I had it from Zoroastrianism but asked a friend's dad who was a philosophy professor and he indicated that he wasn't aware of any world religion with this as a credo. On the other hand, he was a logician and an atheist, so probably not the person to ask. Anyway, a further Google search indicates some sites that consider this part of Zoroastrianism, others that say coeval but not coeternal. But to finish the late 70s flashback: I told the girl I had a desperate crush on in high school that I was a Zoroastrian. I bet you can guess what a great impression that made!:D

[indigobusiness]

2. Zoroastrianism caused me a world of hurt with the chicks...too,

brother.

[Bossy Monkey]

9. On the list of really great pickup lines, "Hey baby, would you like to

discuss Ahura Mazda?" probably doesn't rate that high.

[indigobusiness]

13. Well, neither does "how's yer melon smellin'..."

so I'm gonna try it, anyway.

[redqueen]

6. That's what I voted for

I figured it meant something along those lines based on context. :)

[VelmaD]

3. Evil will always defeat good because...

good is dumb. :evilgrin:

[Bossy Monkey]

5. Well vote for it already! n/t

[Goathead]

4. Nihilism

Beyond good and evil. Nietzsche got a lot of his thoughts from Zoroastrianism. The notion that the "ubermensch" would transcend notions of good and evil.

[Bossy Monkey]

7. kick for Dark Helmet n/t

[b-ballgurl]

8. Pancakes

:bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce::bounce:

[amazona]

10. the second law of thermodynamics

It's a law of nature that, in the end, we all go down to darkness. Therefore, evil is greater in the long run. However, we live our little lives in the short term, and it is up to us to bring the light to where we live. One day the heat death of the universe will come and all our strivings will be for naught, but we should have quite a few billion years to play with before that time arrives.

So though I voted that "evil" is stronger, I wouldn't consider myself a pessimist. Love the light while it is here for it is precious.

[Deja Q]

12. Entropy. It is inevitable.

And, remember, it is always darkest before the storm.

[Deja Q]

11. If Good were better, the Dow would never have existed.

Money is the root of all evil.