Comments on: The Evolution of the D/evil

By: Joshua Hendrickson

Joshua Hendrickson — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 06:40:18 +0000

Not quite with you here. When real relationships are so imbalanced as they are in a society founded upon the imaginary notion of money, envy is not only natural but inevitable. Also, to attack a “sense of entitlement” sounds too close to the typical conservative argument against fairness and equality. We ought to have a sense of entitlement–we can organize society around sharing and equality if we so desire, rather than selfishness. After all, none of us ever asked to be here, and none of us need more than for our basic human and material needs to be met. Beyond that, your analysis is agreeable.

By: Kent Q

Kent Q — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 04:56:59 +0000

The unfolding of evil can be extended to groups. If individuals with similar feeings of blocked entitlement can connect, they reinforce the beliefs. They can find support and compassion within the group that affirms their emerging meaning in life. The extreme position of such a group can stimulate the growth of opposing groups. We can have Fundamentalists and Aetheists feeding off each other. One Fundamental group tries to lock in this conflict with the belief that any kind of mediator or unifier is the devil in disguise!! We end up with ‘local realities” protected by a fortress mentality. THe growth of the global web can support these groups but it is more powerful in exposing the pathetic paranoia and poverty of these fortresses in the age of enlightenment.

By: Noreen Heath

Noreen Heath — Sun, 04 Sep 2011 14:58:25 +0000

This is the best and most logical definition of D/evil I have ever come across. Thank you. Between personal unformed, chaotic ideas and resistence to those propounded by organized religion, it has been difficult to come to any rational or spiritual method to address the existence of that which I perceive to be not “of god”. Antithetical to love or justice. I have long failed to believe in Satan, father of lies, etc. and yet, do not deny the proliferation of injustice, dehumanization and economic inequity that exists.
Your book has given me a feast for thought and possibly guidance I have been seeking for some time now. Thank you