Evil ideas?

"Those people would stand in front of us and tell us that being a homosexual is an evil way to be, and nothing we say or do will convince them otherwise, no matter how 'not evil' that might be."

Yep, and those people are factually stupid.

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
No, he was not evil, he was mentaly unstable, whats your point?

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
...... what...are you talking about....? exactly.... [/B]

Originally posted by Gregory
The question I would like to pose is this: can ideas, independant of action, be bad or evil? For example, most people consider racism to be bad. But if a racist, for whatever reason (such as fear of social sanctions) never acts on his racism, would his racist ideas still be bad? Or does it not make sense to talk about ideas being "good" or "bad" unless they result in "good" or "bad" actions?

OK, I do think that ideas, even when independent of action, can be evil. Using your example of racism, regardless of whether the racist acts on his/her notions, the seed for evil is still in existence. Think Chinese Whispers. What if the racist did nothing physically about his views except perhaps share how he felt with another, perhaps impressionable friend? This friend would then have the racist views planted, and it could continue. So, although the racist did nothing obviously noticeable about his ideas, he still managed to get his point across. Sometimes whispering speaks the loudest. Just a theory........