Does Evil exist?

[jayroe1234]

Ignorance of the fact that man has a wounded nature inclined to evil gives rise to serious errors in the areas of education, politics, social action299 and morals.

[mamikodis]

Evil does not exist and hate only exists because people believe in evil. Please stop calling and thinking of things that are bad as "evil". It doesn't exist. I really wish that this thought comes through to as many people as possible. I don't want to see more unnessesary hate and suffering in the world.

[mormonanswerman]

I agree with Einstein on the concepts of cold and darkness, but on the reality of evil, evil is not a condition, evil is an action, and people make evil choices all the time. Light and heat don't make choices, they are just physics in action, and they predictably move in the right directions and can be measured by scientific methods.

Evil on the other hand is hidden in the hearts of evil people, and many times manifest in actions and deeds, mimicking the father of it all, the devil.

[XXtaytay4everXX]

@mormonanswerman Evil is a negative concept. People without a conscience are lacking just that. We don't say they have an evil in there heart we say they LACK a conscience, or are lacking a moral system. It's always referred to as a NEGATIVE or a lack of something. In that perspective, it doesn't actually exist.

[mormonanswerman]

The devil is evil, and the devil is real and does exist.

[VizierElixir]

@mormonanswerman God created the Devil, but because he is the Most Patient, he agreed to the Devil's request of living till Judgement Day. The idea was that the Devil decided to take as many humans with him to Hell. He of course chose humans because they were the only creatures with free will.

At this point, the Devil works full time with his breed to convert humans into Hell-residents. The Evil is when a person is no longer normal, and normal in this case is good. The Evil is a condition.

[ww12tt]

@VizierElixir well you are basing your points on what is evil on your religious belief, and i respect that, even though i dont believe in god nor the fact that good nor evil exists. however just for better understanding your point of view, were do evil and good differe, you know from normal to abnormal? :)

[VizierElixir]

@ww12tt @ww12tt What I mean by 'no longer normal' is:

You don't necessarily have to go around giving charity, and converting masses, to be good. As long as you follow a 'right path' (which generally depends on a religion, otherwise be righteous), you are 'good'. Now a normal person, who is not sinister, in this case, is 'good'. So normal, day-to-day ppl are good. Now 'evil' is when someone is sinister, or acts sinfully. This includes moral behavior amongst other criteria of sinister acts.

[VizierElixir]

@VizierElixir Under these guidelines, a cheater on an exam is 'bad' and 'wrong', but is not 'evil'. Now hatred, envy, arrogance, tyranny, etc. are 'evil' because they leave deep impacts. Cheating however, not right, but not evil as well, is 'wrong'. So by these descriptions, I would assume that evil and pious are the two poles of good and bad.

This is my own view on the subject, not necessarily a generalization.

[ww12tt]

@VizierElixir arhh that explains it well, thanks

[VizierElixir]

@ww12tt Your welcome :D