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@Kavaeric 24. Just like light is more than capable of dethroning darkness, truth is all it takes for deceptions to be unmasked as powerless. If you want someone to talk to, message me. I understand better than you imagine.

@Kavaeric 23. I say all of this because I recognize the existential dread in your tweets. I have walked out of a similar path of seemingly unanswerable questions and doubts about the very fabric of reality.

@Kavaeric 22. Upon examination of the evidence, it quickly becomes clear that the Taoist dualist interpretation does not best match the evidence. In contrast, the Biblical description of Light and darkness matches the evidence perfectly, as can be clearly seen throughout the universe.

@Kavaeric 21. On the contrary, the Biblical perspective clearly states that Light is a completely separate and distinct entity from darkness; furthermore, the Biblical perspective defends that in comparison with Light, darkness is powerless.

@Kavaeric 20. In summation, the Bible verses of John 1:5 and 1 John 1:5 are both stating the antithesis of the Taoist dualist assertion that light and dark are balanced and two sides of the same force.

@Kavaeric 19. Likewise, suppose that there is a clear jar with darkness within it. When this dark jar is brought into the light, the light outside of the jar is not diminished; furthermore, the darkness within the jar not only diminishes, but is rather completely overcome and removed.

@Kavaeric 18. Suppose that there is a light source in a clear glass jar. If this jar with Light is brought into darkness, the Light within the jar is not diminished; nevertheless, the darkness outside of the jar is diminished.

@Kavaeric 17. A simple and inherently obvious quality of light is that it cannot cohabit with darkness. Where the Light is, darkness cannot be. Another equally self-evident quality of Light is that Light is more powerful than darkness.

@Kavaeric 16. Light actively shines in the darkness, and the darkness is cast out. 1 John 1:5 says, "This then is the message which we have heard of Him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in Him is no darkness at all."

@Kavaeric 15. In the context of John 1:5 κατελαβεν most likely refers to both a lack of ability within darkness to understand the light as well as a lack of ability to overcome the power of the Light. Primarily, κατελαβεν here serves to draw a comparison between the Light and the darkness.

@Kavaeric 14. John 1:5 "And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness *comprehended it not." The original Greek *κατελαβεν denotes seizing by force, taking hold of, overcoming, appropriating. This concept, when applied to thought refers to comprehension, or taking hold of a concept.

@Kavaeric 13. The question stands, what is darkness? It is clear that a shadow is dark in comparison with the light surrounding it; nevertheless, just as with cold and dry, the definition and essence of darkness is defined and must be defined only in comparison with what does exist: light.

@Kavaeric 12. Even the deepest recesses of the ocean where no sunlight can reach, which may very well be "called" dark, have light outside of the portion of the spectrum that is visible to the human eye.

@Kavaeric 11. The only qualities of darkness, which can be observed, are derived from light's definition. All locations in the observable universe have some degree of light.

@Kavaeric 10. What are the properties & characteristics of darkness from which it gains definition? Light has a speed. Does darkness have a speed? Light has varying wavelengths and amplitude determining energy levels. Does darkness have levels of energy? Can dark be measured or quantified?

@Kavaeric 9. Because darkness as an independent entity is so resistant to definition, one might well wonder, does darkness as an entity exist?

@Kavaeric 8. On the contrary, the only way that darkness could be "added" is by blocking light. The shadow is present by merit of light being blocked and no longer being present, and clearly the shadow is not there because of the "addition of darkness," but because of the removal of light.

@Kavaeric 7. While light is easily definable, darkness has still eluded definition. If a room is dark and a light source is introduced, the room is then full of light. If a room is light, no "dark source" can be added which makes the room dark.

@Kavaeric 6. Is it justifiable--because the same degree of lighting can be equally described as dark and light--to claim that light and dark are two aspects of the same entity?

@Kavaeric 5. The fact that a room can be described as both light and dark "equally justifiably"--although not necessarily equally accurately--might be touted as evidence of the fluid nature of dark and light as two sides of the same coin, two aspects of the same essence.