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<blockquote data-quote="MerakSpielman" data-source="post: 1305245" data-attributes="member: 7464">Ever hear of philosophy? You can discussing something philosophically without discussing it religiously. &nbsp;There is no ultimate, universally excepted definition of evil. The best I can do is say that to any given individual, what he percieves as &quot;evil&quot; is whatever it is that stands most directly in opposition to his deepest and most strongly treasured beliefs.&nbsp;In a D&amp;D world, by the rules, evil is a definable force that can be magically identified. You can be neutral, commit a few crimes, and then show up as evil. You can wait for somebody to die then go track down their soul in the outer planes and see where it ended up. A little experimentation and testing and people can catalogue what is evil and what isn't with direct proof.&nbsp;We lack such an ultimate, unequivical frame of reference in the real world. We can have a belief framework that we use as an ultimate reference, but it can never be emperically tested for accuracy.&nbsp;That's why we call it faith.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MerakSpielman, post: 1305245, member: 7464"] Ever hear of philosophy? You can discussing something philosophically without discussing it religiously. There is no ultimate, universally excepted definition of evil. The best I can do is say that to any given individual, what he percieves as "evil" is whatever it is that stands most directly in opposition to his deepest and most strongly treasured beliefs. In a D&D world, by the rules, evil is a definable force that can be magically identified. You can be neutral, commit a few crimes, and then show up as evil. You can wait for somebody to die then go track down their soul in the outer planes and see where it ended up. A little experimentation and testing and people can catalogue what is evil and what isn't with [i]direct proof[/i]. We lack such an ultimate, unequivical frame of reference in the real world. We can have a belief framework that we [i]use[/i] as an ultimate reference, but it can never be emperically tested for accuracy. That's why we call it faith. [/QUOTE]

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