[Tamzee]

Excellent column, thank you.

As I have always explained it...

Cold is simply the absence of heat.
Death is simply the absence of life.
Dark is simply the absence of light.

Evil is simply the absence of God.

[Crazy Jim]

think you have a typo: Evil is simply the absence of God good.

[elcid1970]

“Evil is simply the absence of God.”

Could not agree more! No God, no peace. Know God, know peace.

Anyone here old enough to remember Al Capp’s “Li’l Abner”? His two-fisted mother Mammy Yokum had a saying about good and evil:

“Good is better than evil ‘cause it’s nicer!”