What is "Evil"?

Answer 1

Evil:

1) Beer and 7-Up
2) Kids throwing frogs against a wall at summer camp
3) Modern-day packaging
4) Lawyers
5) The IRS
6) The theme from the TV Show "Green Acres" translated into French
7) Cats (the animals, not the Broadway show)
8) Fingernails on a chalkboard
9) The Oakland Raiders
10) Anything that is contrary to God's way.

Answer 2

THE NONEXISTENCE OF EVIL

The true explanation of this subject is very difficult. Know that beings are of two kinds: material and spiritual, those perceptible to the senses and those intellectual.

Things which are sensible are those which are perceived by the five exterior senses; thus those outward existences which the eyes see are called sensible. Intellectual things are those which have no outward existence but are conceptions of the mind. For example, mind itself is an intellectual thing which has no outward existence. All man's characteristics and qualities form an intellectual existence and are not sensible.

Briefly, the intellectual realities, such as all the qualities and admirable perfections of man, are purely good, and exist. Evil is simply their nonexistence. So ignorance is the want of knowledge; error is the want of guidance; forgetfulness is the want of memory; stupidity is the want of good sense. All these things have no real existence.

In the same way, the sensible realities are absolutely good, and evil is due to their nonexistence -- that is to say, blindness is the want of sight, deafness is the want of hearing, poverty is the want of wealth, illness is the want of health, death is the want of life, and weakness is the want of strength.

Nevertheless a doubt occurs to the mind -- that is, scorpions and serpents are poisonous. Are they good or evil, for they are existing beings? Yes, a scorpion is evil in relation to man; a serpent is evil in relation to man; but in relation to themselves they are not evil, for their poison is their weapon, and by their sting they defend themselves. But as the elements of their poison do not agree with our elements -- that is to say, as there is antagonism between these different elements, therefore, this antagonism is evil; but in reality as regards themselves they are good.

The epitome of this discourse is that it is possible that one thing in relation to another may be evil, and at the same time within the limits of its proper being it may not be evil. Then it is proved that there is no evil in existence; all that God created He created good. This evil is nothingness; so death is the absence of life.
When man no longer receives life, he dies. Darkness is the absence of light: when there is no light, there is darkness. Light is an existing thing, but darkness is nonexistent. Wealth is an existing thing, but poverty is nonexisting.

Then it is evident that all evils return to nonexistence. Good exists; evil is nonexistent.

Answer 3

Evil is what people consider really bad. This is in comparison to what people consider very good. Therefore, good and evil are inherently relative to each other. It is also relative to what you are calling good and bad. One thing can be good for one purpose and bad for another.

Everybody, no matter what religion or background they come from, has their own personal set of morals, things they consider good and bad. Most of us have similar morals because we come from similar backgrounds and we're all human.

The purpose of morals, in society, is to allow people to live near each other relatively peaceably. A hermit really doesn't have to worry about offending someone or doing something wrong to someone else.

When two people meet, if they wish to interact, they have to define what level of interaction they will have and what the ground rules are. Two people who's whole morality is totally opposite would have a difficult time being near each other. However, no two people have exactly the same morality, so some compromise is always required. Of course, two people in a romantic relationship would have to make many more of those judgements than a person buying an item from somebody else.

This establishment of a common morality between people is the basis for establishing laws in society. Laws create common ground rules by which to interact. Without them, each approach to somebody would have to be much more careful, because you wouldn't know what the rules are.

Some morality has its basis in instinct, too. All the urges, emotions, and drives we are born with affect the morality we develop later in life. Experience shapes that morality as we learn about how to interact with others.

Because morality is so important in working with other people, it is important to develop your own character. How you act and how other's judge your actions affects how much they are willing to work with you. This is true of casual interaction, such as business transactions, all the way to how you treat your family and other close relationships.

You must determine what is important to you and how you present yourself to others. About all you can control in this life is your own character.

Answer 4

Evil is invading a country that wasn't threatening us.

Evil is trying to write discrimination into the Constitution.

Evil is fixing elections.

Answer 5

According to Christianity "evil" is basically anything that God objects to. However, God often seems to change its mind as to what is considered to be evil and what is not.

Answer 6

Jessica Simpson.

Answer 7

evil to me is when satan enters a person and causes them to do evil works for him.childmolesters are the most hated people
why do they molest because satan has entered their ssoul..noman or woman in their right mind would ever hurt a small child.satans job is to kill steal and destroy what god has given us the right to enter into heaven.evil is a man he does not have compassion for another for selfish reasons of his own.i hope this has helped and god bless and be with u

Answer 8

Sin is evil. Sin is anything that you think, say or do that breaks God's law. In the Bible it tells you what are sins. I would encourage you to read it. God bless you!

Answer 9

"There is no Good or Evil. Only thinking, makes it so." William Shakespeare.

Answer 10

Evil is the lack or righteousness.