the evil

[juldea]

I figured it out, and it scares me.

I was thinking about religious fundimentalists and those who seek to impose restrictions on other's life choices..
And isn't it better to have the choice to be good or bad and choose good, than to live a good life because that's all that's available to you?
Following down this path will lead to people raised in ignorance of the fact that they could, theoretically, choose evil. Ignorant of evil at all, even.
...and then it hit me.
What is that state but the state of the Garden of Eden before the original sin?
This is what people want? People in power? How immensely frightening.

...because, you see, I don't at all consider eating from the Tree of Knowledge to have been a bad thing.

Comments

[tramissa.livejournal.com]

It also depends on your definition of good.

You see, I see homosexuality = good, not bad. They see it as being bad, therefore, by my view, living in this fundamentalist utopia = evil to me because I will be living with beliefs that I consider evil. Whether they actually ARE evil is another thing, but their garden of eden is still my garden of evil.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

because I will be living with beliefs that I consider evil

Just wanting to clarify my point: it's not that I have to live with/around beliefs that I consider evil - it's being forced to live BY beliefs that I consider evil. Without being given the chance/knowledge of other ones.

[tramissa.livejournal.com]

I got that, it's hard to describe what I meant because the situation wouldn't exist theoretically as I wouldn't have my own beliefs anyway...

I guess it's just that I view their garden of eden as evil and I want nothing to do with it.