Good Versus Evil

GOOD... In most contexts, the concept of good denotes the conduct that should be preferred when posed with a choice between possible actions. Good is generally considered to be the opposite of evil, and is of interest in the study of morality, ethics, religion and philosophy.

EVIL... in a general sense, is the opposite or absence of good. It can be an extremely broad concept, although in everyday usage is often used more narrowly to talk about profound wickedness.

WICKEDNESS... When used as nouns, evil means moral badness, whereas wicked means people who are wicked. When used as adjectives, evil means intending to harm, whereas wicked means evil or mischievous by nature. Wicked is also adverb with the meaning: very, extremely.

• Can there be only good without evil?
• Can there be only evil without good?

They both must occur together in order for either one to exist... and, we can easily see that this is BIBLICAL in nature as we look back to THE GARDEN OF EDEN for our explanation. Adam and Eve were given FREE WILL... and yet, what is FREE WILL if there is no choice to be made. The Garden of Eden was full of nothing but good... therefore, Adam and Eve could only choose GOOD or they could choose GOOD... those were there only choices.

Darkness like EVIL takes place only when there is an EMPTINESS of LIGHT and we cannot have complete darkness if there is any light at all... however, we can have partial darkness and in so doing can have various degrees of darkness as light begins to disappear... the converse is also true...

SO... without evil in the world, we can have no good... and, without good in the world we can have no evil.

• Can we say that the more good in the world the more evil there is as well?
• Can we say that the more evil in the world the more good there is as well?

SO...

Good is our preferred conduct whereas Evil is our non-preferred conduct...

SO...
Darkness and Light are not the same since both of these have nothing to do with our choices of conduct.
BUT...
are not choices of conduct (good versus evil) influenced geographical locations, customs, morals, and traditions?
AND...
what might be considered EVIL to a CHRISTIAN might not seem so EVIL to a Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, or Atheist...
SO...
how would that be reconciled among most Christians... or, non-Christian Americans?