Why is darkness evil

If we say that we have fellowship with Him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth;. From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness;. The one who says he is in the Light and yet hates his brother is in the darkness until now. But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes. The way of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know over what they stumble.

Let their way be dark and slippery, With the angel of the Lord pursuing them. And yet I know that one fate befalls them both.

They do not know nor do they understand; They walk about in darkness; All the foundations of the earth are shaken. Of the pestilence that stalks in darkness, Or of the destruction that lays waste at noon. For, behold, the wicked bend the bow, They make ready their arrow upon the string To shoot in darkness at the upright in heart.

In the twilight, in the evening, In the middle of the night and in the darkness. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places. By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God.

This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and now is in the world already. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. In which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience—.

Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God. When I was with you day after day in the temple, you did not lay hands on me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness. While the sons of the kingdom will be thrown into the outer darkness. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. The people dwelling in darkness have seen a great light, and for those dwelling in the region and shadow of death, on them a light has dawned.

But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.

Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, in Aramaic called Bethesda, which has five roofed colonnades. In these lay a multitude of invalids—blind, lame, and paralyzed. One man was there who had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him. Now there was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born?

But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!

The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. And God saw that the light was good. And God separated the light from the darkness.

God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, the first day. I am the root and the descendant of David, the bright morning star. And the great dragon was thrown down, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world—he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

At the same time, it is a new commandment that I am writing to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light is already shining. In the hands of heroes and other good guys who know how to properly harness it, the element typically assumes "pure" state thus emphasizes its beneficial aspects to counter villains' "tainted" state that leaned to its harmful ones.

The philosophical interpretation behind it is acknowledged that light and darkness can and must exist only simultaneously. Even a dark god who morally grey at best had necessary role to ensure that the balance remains undisturbed. If anything, light alone is not always enough to overcome evil, but the balanced combination between it and darkness is. The Pyramids would be drawn to Io as it is the last place to be touched by the Traveler and station itself over a strange tree that has grown in the center of the collection of raised rocks.

Both Eris Morn and the Young Wolf are also attracted to the moon, with Eris arriving in an attempt to commune with the Pyramids once again and the Young Wolf being sent by Commander Zavala to retrieve the lightless Hunter. Upon arrival, the Guardian is drawn to a small disturbance on the edge of the cliff overlooking the largest of the Pyramids, where they are once again ensnared by the vessel, with it communicating though their Ghost.

They fight the Witch Queen's forces back and forth through realities until Eris brings them to the Tree of Silver Wings directly under the Pyramid.

Here, after another bout with the Taken, the Guardian retrieves an artifact called the Seed of Silver Wings that, once charged, will allow Eris to listen to the Darkness' messages without the Witch Queen's interference. The Pyramid on Io also begun rapidly deploying Pyramid Scales, which could be seen flying to and from the vessel, in order to presumably prepare the moon for terraforming. It is unknown where the rest of the fleet was at the time. In response, Zavala had deployed the Young Wolf to their allies on the four planets and moons with the presence of the Pyramids to begin preparations for a mass exodus and retreat back to The Last City.

In the following weeks, Guardians were pulled into the Ascendant Realm, reminiscent of the Court of Oryx on the Dreadnaught , this time encountering Nokris , Savathun's supplicant. Upon defeating him, the Darkness was able to complete its message, while forcibly transporting the Guardians aboard a room within the Io Pyramid, telling Guardians there is an ancient power deep beneath the surface of Europa and that it must be embraced, displaying each race with a shadow of a Pyramid, with one shadow lingering over the Fallen.

Almsot half a year after the Pyramids returned, the worlds of Mercury, Mars, Io, and Titan had all disappeared from the system, presumably being consumed by the Darkness. The status of the Pyramid Fleet is unknown, but it is presumed that they are holding position along the outer reaches of the system after being driven back by the Traveler healing itself.

Sometime during or after the Arrival, a sixth Pyramid touched down on the icy moon of Europa. It remained unknown to the rest of the system for a time, until Eramis, Kell of Darkness and her newly formed House of Salvation touched down on Europa and discovered the Pyramid. There, she attempted to harness the Pyramids dark energy to rebuild the Eliksni Empire and finally destroy the Traveler.

Later on, Variks broke off his loyalty to Eramis and send a distress signal before being captured, which lead the Young Wolf to Europa. Because so few survived the Collapse, the exact nature of the Darkness is unclear. Several theories as to what it is have been proposed by various scholars among the Guardians and other people of the City. Toland, the Shattered understands the Darkness as the natural evolutionary endpoint of the entire universe. Since the beginning of time, everything has been in competition with everything else for no reason, other than that is the way of the universe: the law of the jungle.

As atoms came into being, they defeated the "primordial broth" that preceded it. From atoms came stars, from stars came galaxies, worlds were created, and finally life arose, all due to the eternal competition.

Toland envisions a future where three archetypal "nations" compete with other: the first represents the perfect rule of law, the second represents knowledge made paramount, and the third represents sheer, total conquest. The third nation will succeed, inevitably, and in time will lead to a greater conflict between other nations which all represent the desire to conquer and dominate.

The universe thus becomes a place where only the most ruthless entities succeed, to the point where they actively hunt and exterminate other life long before it can ever be a true threat. Finally, at the end of time there will be only one entity that rules the universe so absolutely that nothing will ever exist except by its consent, so it will rule forever.

In essence, Toland asserts that this incontestable supremacy is the goal or driving force of the Darkness. An alternative way of life, where law and knowledge and might worked together rather than competed, as in the case of humanity and the City , is little more than "the dream of small minds", and is unlikely to succeed against an entity of pure conquest.

Rasputin was the one to first discover the coming of the Darkness which he termed "IT". To be allowed to be this, he was designed to be stronger than the enemies of Earth and to survive anything that was thrown at him. When Rasputin detected a faint signal on the outskirts of our Solar System, he jumped into action. Unable to identify the source or type, he believed there was evidence to suggest there were traces of dark matter.

Upon further analysis of multiple findings, he postulated that "IT" had a structured intelligence and purpose and flagged it as not operating by the laws of cause and effect. Using the minimal data that he had, he concluded that "IT" was hostile and capable of an interplanetary extinction event. He activated the correct protocols and sent messages to the other Warminds to prepare for defensive actions. The Warminds fought against the Darkness and one by one, began to fall.

Realising he could do nothing to stop it, Rasputin had to make a choice: to fight against the Darkness, or survive. Once it became clear that no conceivable action could be taken to fulfill his core programming, he implemented a protocol known as MIDNIGHT EXIGENT and reconfigured his core programming to that of long term survival, abandoning his previous function and going dark, while simultaneously ordering all remaining forces at his disposal to do the same.

The Dreams of Alpha Lupi poem contains a verse related to the Darkness, and possibly representative of the Darkness's own perspective.

The verse explains that the universe, despite its vastness, is beholden to simple, enduring laws that shape it and give one the impression that it is inexhaustible and eternal. Life is an affront to the universe because it refuses to accept the limitations imposed on it by the natural order.

Ghost Fragment: Darkness 4 contains an excerpt of unknown origin, addressing an unknown recipient. Its opening line: " This war is all there is for you.

This would suggest that the excerpt in Ghost Fragment: Darkness 4 is the full text of that opening statement, indicating that the Darkness is addressing a Guardian, attempting to entice them into turning away from the Light , or at least plant the seeds of doubt. Following the arrival of Oryx, the Taken King in the Sol System, records were discovered aboard Oryx's Dreadnaught that provide new insight into the Darkness' history and nature.

These records suggest that the Darkness is a manifestation or embodiment of the universal struggle for existence: whereas the Traveler seeks to nurture civilization by encouraging peace and mutual cooperation, the Darkness is dedicated to the annihilation of all beings and civilizations who do not possess the strength to survive in the face of conquest. Its eventual goal is to bring about a universe inhabited solely by those entities who have survived by defeating all opposition.

To this end, it has destroyed countless planets and civilizations, either through direct action or through its disciples, such as the Hive. On one occasion, Oryx went deep into the Ascendant realm using the Tablets of Ruin and prepared an unborn Ogre , which he used as a vessel to summon and communicate with the Darkness, saying "I can see you in the sky.

You are the waves, which are battles, and the battles are the waves. Come into this vessel I have prepared for you. However, no direct connection between dark matter and the Darkness has been drawn. Much like the Light manifests itself in varying forms such as Arc , Void and Solar Light, it appears that the Darkness also manifests itself in a variety of ways that can be wielded by its servants. Stasis is one of these, and enables its wielders to freeze objects by halting the motion of their constituent particles.

The Darkness desires to sway the Guardians to its philosophy, as it acknowledges them as beings powerful enough to potentially become the "final shape" it wishes to bring about. There are a handful of Guardians who fell into the darkness, notably Dredgen Yor.

Toland, the Shattered claimed to be able to communicate with the Darkness, [27] whereas Eris Morn was able to survive and escape the Hellmouth wielding the very power she fought against.

As noted above, it would appear that the Darkness attempts to turn Guardians away from the Light. One example is when Pujari had his vision of the Black Garden ; the vision made him doubt the righteousness of the Guardians when the vision told him, "You are a dead thing made by a dead power in the shape of the dead. All you will ever do is kill.

You do not belong here. This is a place of life. According to Fallen Lore, their civilization was destroyed when the Great Machine left them and the Whirlwind tore the sky.