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Lv 5

Why do theists associate light and darkness with good and evil?

Good and evil is good and evil, a shade won’t change th character of a person

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    Ever read the Bible? it is written that way many times.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    This isn't a theist thing to do. It's a human thing to do, and it's because man is diurnal.

  • God
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    Probably because we are frightened of the night and all the malevolent creatures that might hide in the dark.

  • Anonymous
    3 years ago

    It occurs going back as far as we have written records.

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  • ?
    Lv 6
    3 years ago

    Look up the word "metaphor."

  • Anonymous
    3 years ago

    Just ignore them and their indoctrination tactics

  • 3 years ago

    No that is wrong. That is a human and trans-cultural association, like 'right' with good and 'left" with "sinister/evil

  • 3 years ago

    “Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; Who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness;”–Is. 5:20

  • Anonymous
    3 years ago

    You will reject anything I say (because you hate truth) therefore proving that darkness has nothing in common with light.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    3 years ago

    Exactly, batman is dark and the Panther.

    They are both good guys.

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