Theos-Talk Archives (November 1999 Message tt00038)

Cruelty could be defined as any evil thought, word or deed that
is known by the perpetrator to be designed to unnecessarily
inflict hurt or anguish on another.  The knife edge, as I think
of it would be a deliberate act to hurt another.  It is something
that WE NEED NOT DO.

Sometimes we feel impelled from within to do this.  When we
recognize this urge, should we not stop it?  That would be
mitigation and a beginning of control.

best to you

Dallas
dalval@nwc.net 


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I do not have any black and white clear cut definition or litmus
test of
what is cruelty.

It is something that each one of us should decide for ourselves
as best as
we can.

Cruelty could even be saying an unkind word to your wife or child
or parent
or friend or even a stranger which could be long lasting.

Hope this helps.

mkr


At 10:55 AM 11/14/1999 EST, WLR7D@aol.com wrote:
>What is your view of the cruelty in the rest of the the biota?
Why should
>humans not be cruel if that is the natural order?  Everytime we
eat we are
>destroying life, a cruelty.  How do we match our social ethics
with the real
>biological world?  Thanks


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