Though isn't it ironic that Hitler - who condemned many milions to death yet as far as we know never "directly" pulled the trigger on a single one of them - was himself killed by his own actions instead of by a firing squad or a gallows?

Indeed, he who condemns others -condemns himself.

As for the Jehovah's Witnesses, religion blurs the issue of evil/ignorance. Unfortunately the same justification or defense of "devout believers" can then be made to apply to fanatic muslims who believe Allah supports crashing planes into the WTC.

In the end, IMHO, good/evil must be taken out of a religious context and into a negative/positive action equation.

If I said that God told me to block the entrances to all hospitals and my actions prevented someone from getting needed lifesaving care - I would be harming others for my own beliefs. I may BELIEVE that what I am doing is good and so be less "evil" than someone who maliciously obstructs a hospital entrance knowing it will harm others - but I will still receive feedback from my actions. Someone will prevent me from receiving care in some other manner due to THEIR own beliefs - and I would likely curse and suffer until I realized it was just a mirror image of my own past actions.

And yes the corporate one was grayish I agree - as all corporate maneuvers are when responsibility for many actionm are shared by many individuals. Each individual will carry relative values of guilt in regards to the roles they played in any such catastrophe.

The world is clearly still having as much difficulty with evil as Bowser is and I suspect it will not be resolved anytime soon.

;-)

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