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Originally Posted by Triple_R
I'm glad that you see the Spock analogy as well.
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There's no excuse for taking another's life, period.
I'm cold and logical as well. Logic would say, he killed X, albeit in a very "cute" fashion, hence he is evil. Now the problem is, how do we define evil… unfortunately evil has many definitions and some of them are mutually exclusive. If it makes everyone feel better, there is no such thing as not–evil in this world, but since we all tend to do very small evil deeds we like to call ourselves "good"; denial makes living with ourselves and our peers easier. The so called "evil" only exists at the boundary of our ignorance.
The irony in this debate you're having is that your view is more compatible with the religious view, more so then the cold and calculated one. Yes, technically Kyubei hasn't sinned since he isn't aware of his sins (from what we know) or the gravity of his sins. Because he doesn't consciously hurt others (as you say, he just doesn't know better) his actions can't be labeled as sins; just as a child throwing some animal out the window of a building, in a playful fashion, ignorant to the consequences would not have technically sinned. Though mind you, it is a sin if he becomes conscious of it (ie. regret), even if it happened in the past, so even if he's not evil now, he'll technically be evil later…