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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 6462789" data-attributes="member: 8835">Just to explore this element further, you seem to be saying evil's goal is to inflict suffering.&nbsp; And that it recruits by enticing with power, health, wealth because those who pursue those end up inflicting suffering.I suppose this would/could be true for an extra-dimensional critter we'd recognize as a demon.outside of that actually existing, I assume regular evil people are just pursuing power and wealth with no regard for others.&nbsp; Thus, they don't mind hurting people.&nbsp; Some even enjoy it.&nbsp; Because they score high on the Psychopathy test.But in the end, those people ARE happy, except when other forces thwart them.I did say it was a &quot;hypothetically OK&quot; example, not a perfect one <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />How about Nazis?Were they happy (when they weren't losing the war)?Did torturing and killing 6 million or so people make their day?Did Hitler have a pretty good time in office?I sort of expect that a bunch of Nazis enjoyed their work and were happy with the fruits of their labor.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Janx, post: 6462789, member: 8835"] Just to explore this element further, you seem to be saying evil's goal is to inflict suffering. And that it recruits by enticing with power, health, wealth because those who pursue those end up inflicting suffering. I suppose this would/could be true for an extra-dimensional critter we'd recognize as a demon. outside of that actually existing, I assume regular evil people are just pursuing power and wealth with no regard for others. Thus, they don't mind hurting people. Some even enjoy it. Because they score high on the Psychopathy test. But in the end, those people ARE happy, except when other forces thwart them. I did say it was a "hypothetically OK" example, not a perfect one :) How about Nazis? Were they happy (when they weren't losing the war)? Did torturing and killing 6 million or so people make their day? Did Hitler have a pretty good time in office? I sort of expect that a bunch of Nazis enjoyed their work and were happy with the fruits of their labor. [/QUOTE]

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