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From: steve@siemens.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Why no renegade demons, etc.?
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Date: Wed, 8-May-85 09:24:00 EDT
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My biblical knowledge is pretty scant, but as I recall, there was an
evil man named Saul who did some horrible things, but then he "saw the
light" and became so good that Jesus made him an apostle.  Saul was so
ashamed of his previous dastardly ways that he changed his name to
Paul.

So there is a counterexample, an evil creature becoming good.  I think
perhaps the idea that evil creatures could not become good stems from
good types having to justify killing evil types (that they did not have
the resources to convert).  Ideally, I think the good types should
never kill evil ones, but rather they should attempt to convert them.
Since this is definitely impractical, unpragmatic, and a sure way for
good to lose to evil, the good types cannot live up to the ideal.

-Steve Clark      ...princeton!siemens!steve