How can one not stumble on any toes here?? So many outstretched I probably gonna step on them all.. I will however say sorry for all bruised toes in advance!
1. If all religions have a good vs bad. Well as that is to define what good and evil is, I bet you can define such a struggle in most religions. Some might not be so plain however. Take for instance old Norse myth. The giants were bad, Loke was bad, or so said the gods. Odin created mankind from the dead body of a giant, thus evil (in one version) came to good. We are now stepping on Yorricks toes here. The thought and turmoil of evil needs to exist to define good in a crude and short version. (Yorrick said it so well!). So yes I believe that at least I can find the good vs evil in any religion.
2. Nope, but to a certain degree you can always find thoose that have something in common anyway. That is, victorious people are goin to define good and or evil and thus the loosers, opposition are going to be the evil part until most often an "evil act" like war has changed place and people to redefine it. But to find a common thing. Depends on how close you draw the lines. I think that most good acts done for others tend to be good, but even selfish acts can be good. Yet again stepping on Yorrikcs toe here. If good had to create evil in a way to make us see good, canīt we wit a selfish act also make that act a good one??
About the JRR thing here.. Watch out GīKar and Fjotsdale!
Well not knowing to much on what Fjotsdale refered to, I will wear slippers.. J.R.R Tolkien made a classic "heathen"(There are tales like this from many religious traditions) story but with the uneven odds which might refer to Christianity(The christians are mostly fighting against overwhelming odds, but the path of the right thing to do saves them thanks to sacrifices and good acts), but that can also be quite coincidal as well as a moral thing to do the right thing even though it might hurt you.. Most things are in the end. Analyse books and texts and you can soon find out that Elvis do lives on Mars. I donīt mean to ridicule, but analysing material id fun, but the analys is mostly based on how much you know anf how you think.
Finally so I donīt step on more toes.. I will sit down and continue to listen to this! Really interesting..
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