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====Good and Evil====

====Good and Evil====

Mardus was the acknowledged leader of the Cynics of Rome, and he became a great friend of the scribe of Damascus. Among the more important discussions with Mardus was the one designed to answer this sincere Cynic's question about good and evil. Jesus said:

Mardus was the acknowledged leader of the Cynics of Rome, and he became a great friend of the scribe of Damascus. Among the more important discussions with Mardus was the one designed to answer this sincere Cynic's question about good and evil.  

 

Jesus said:

*“My brother, good and evil are merely words symbolizing relative levels of human comprehension of the observable universe. If you are ethically lazy and socially indifferent, you can take as your standard of good the current social usages. If you are spiritually indolent and morally unprogressive, you may take as your standards of good the religious practices and traditions of your contemporaries. But the soul that survives time and emerges into eternity must make a living and personal choice between good and evil. As they are determined by the true values of the spiritual standards established by the divine spirit that the Father in heaven has sent to dwell within the heart of man. This indwelling spirit is the standard of personality survival.  

*“My brother, good and evil are merely words symbolizing relative levels of human comprehension of the observable universe. If you are ethically lazy and socially indifferent, you can take as your standard of good the current social usages. If you are spiritually indolent and morally unprogressive, you may take as your standards of good the religious practices and traditions of your contemporaries. But the soul that survives time and emerges into eternity must make a living and personal choice between good and evil. As they are determined by the true values of the spiritual standards established by the divine spirit that the Father in heaven has sent to dwell within the heart of man. This indwelling spirit is the standard of personality survival.  

*"The possibility of evil is necessary to moral choosing, but not the actuality thereof. A shadow is only relatively real. Actual evil is not necessary as a personal experience. Potential evil acts equally well as a decision stimulus in the realms of moral progress on the lower levels of spiritual development. Evil becomes a reality of personal experience only when a moral mind makes evil its choice.”

*"The possibility of evil is necessary to moral choosing, but not the actuality thereof. A shadow is only relatively real. Actual evil is not necessary as a personal experience. Potential evil acts equally well as a decision stimulus in the realms of moral progress on the lower levels of spiritual development. Evil becomes a reality of personal experience only when a moral mind makes evil its choice.”

====Truth and Faith====

====Truth and Faith====