What are the symptoms of the presence-of-Evil and-of-Good? The symptoms pertain to the quality of the personal-relationships between-and-among people-and-their-communities; e.g.: Alienations Contentions Conflicts Coercion Reconciliations Healings Cooperation Colaboration Disintegrations Destruction Despair Depression Integrations Creativity Integrities Authenticity Pretentions Arrogance Egotism Jealousy Honesty Dialogue Listening Sympathy Secrecy Duplicity Confusion Segregation Repression Excommunications Shunnings Exclusivity Reconciliation Forgiveness Hospitality Generosity Oppression Violence Coercion Superiority Humility Meekness Modesty Prudence Greed Hoarding Clinging Concentrating Consulting Consult Roget's Thesaurus for even more Related-Words! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is Tragically-Misleading to think-and-talk about EVIL and GOOD as present within ISOLATED: People Things Places Ideas Groups-of-People Images Texts Statements Views Perspective Truths Relationships Goals Impressions ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It is Tragically-Misleading to believe that the Amount-of GOOD can be UNILATERALLY-AUGMENTED by any of the numbered activities below. It is Tragically-Misleading to believe that the Amount-of- EVIL can be UNILATERALLY-MITIGATED by any of the numbered activities below. It is Tragically-Possible to Mitigate-GOOD-Relationships and to Augment-EVIL-Relationships UNILATERALLY! Sad! 1. Isolated actions by any person or group of persons. 2. Preaching or Lecturing in any isolated way or context. 3. Legislating and/or Issuing-Commandments and/or Laws. 4. Any Judicial-System or Policy-Making-Administration. 5. The Creation of any Moral or Ethical CODE. 6. The Creation of or Promulgation of any Religious: Doctrines, Rituals or Liturgies. 7. The Concentration of: Wealth, Powers or Influence. 8. Political-Activities by any Dominant-People and/or Leaders. 9. Actions of People with Superior-Powers and/or Wealth. 10. The Presence of Superior-People or Superior-Coalitions-of-People.