Good and evil in various religions

[Josh]

One aspect of belief that I have found to differ significantly between religions is whether or not there is an objective "good and evil".

I have a feeling that dattaswami might have something to contribute along these lines, so I'm going to put the ball in his court:

[Josh]

elsewhere robcantrell11 wrote:

1) Buddhists don't see desire as being bad or evil. It is our tendency toward attachment to them that is evil. And here, even the word evil is wrong. Buddhists believe in a concept of good and evil, but we like to take the power out of certain words to get to their base concepts. For the Buddhist there is that which puts your face toward the light (good), and that which turns it away (evil). Attachment that turns your face away from the light does just that. No value is placed, if you do such and such, if you're attached to your money, your family, your things, the desires for them or the aversion to losing them, then this will turn your face away from the light. Nothing more. Attachments aren't necessarily bad, per se, but they turn your face away from the light. More or less they are just a distraction from your true nature.

When I get some time, I'd like to comment on this.