who is evil?

Question

who invented him

Answer 1

In religion and ethics, Evil refers to the "bad" aspects of the behaviour and reasoning of human beings —those which are deliberately void of conscience, and show a wanton desire for destruction. Evil is sometimes defined as the absence of a good which could and should be present; the absence of which is a void in what should be. In most cultures, the word is used to describe acts, thoughts, and ideas which are thought to (either directly or causally) bring about affliction and death —the opposite of goodness, which itself refers to aspects which are life-affirming, peaceful, and constructive. Aspects gererally regarded as "Evil" are thought of as immoral, corrupt, corrupting, inhumane, and wicked.

The definition of what is considered "Evil" otherwise may differ according to point of view. In the Western world, some philosophers reject the idea of Evil. Plato, for example, argued that that which we call Evil is merely ignorance, and that which we call good is merely that which everyone desires. Those who assert a more universal code of ethics view Plato's definition as one based merely on situation and based on ethics or values. Plato's criticism is thus itself criticised as an attack on ethics itself, suggesting that philosophy can have meaning and value without ethics and the honor associated with ethical belief. Benedict de Spinoza was even more radical, according to him the concept of good and Evil is merely one of personal inclinations: "Such things as please us, we denominate good, those which displease us, Evil."

In some belief systems, Evil consists of a willful deviation from a code of laws (written or unwritten) or moral standard, usually ascribed to a deity. According to this definition, people who, for example, reject a certain belief or engage in practices against this code are engaged in Evil acts. According to other belief systems, Evil consists of intentionally doing harm, and so-called "victimless crimes" should not be considered Evil or immoral. It is important to note, however, that followers of the first definition believe that these "victimless crimes" do indeed have victims, usually the moral soul of the person committing the act.

The duality of 'good versus Evil' is expressed, in some form or another, by many cultures. Those who believe in the duality theory of Evil believe that Evil cannot exist without good, nor good without Evil, as they are both objective states and opposite ends of the same scale.

A similar term, malice (from the Latin malus meaning "bad"), describes the deliberate human intent to harm and be harmful. "Evil", by contrast, tends to represent a more elemental concept; a disembodied spirit that is natural and yet abominable. Whereas "malice" is specifically concerned with the act itself, "Evil" is the cause of a malicious act.

Most ancient polytheist cultures lacked a concept of Evil as a human quality or as a quality of human actions, or if they had such a concept, they did not place as much importance on it as have their monotheist successors. This was also the case in many indigenous cultures, which had a concept of wrong doing, but deities, when present, were much closer to embodiments of elemental forces of nature. In the world of the Odyssey and Iliad epic Greek poems, for example, there are acknowledged human virtues such as honor, faithfulness, and vengeance (which later became a sin in Christian thought) but no direct corollary to the modern concept of Evil. Likewise, Homeric characters are subject to judgement by the gods, but that judgement is often questionable as the gods themselves have imperfect, human-like characteristics.

In a number of religious traditions, human beings are considered to be "governed" by an innate bent towards selfishness and pride; qualities that are considered Evil In others, humans may be considered naturally good, and Evil to be a 'force' that tempts them away from their natural state. Evil may be personified in the form of a figure of Evil, such as Satan or Ahriman.

In the Hebrew Scriptures, Evil is related to the concept of sin — "sin" translated in Hebrew is chata which means "missing the mark" (a term from archery). Evil is defined in Thomistic metaphysics as the absence of a "good" which could and should be present; it is a lack of something that should be present. The Evil of gluttony, for example, is marked by the results of obesity. The goodness that is missing in the glutton is self discipline and temperance. The results of Evil are usually experienced as Evil over the long term but may be experienced as short term "goods". The cultivation of the good requires the long view.

In Judaism and Christianity, Evil refers to disobedience to God. Orthodox Judaism stresses obedience to the God's laws, as written in the Mishnah, the Tanakh, and the Talmud. However, in Judaism, much of what is written is viewed not as obligations, but rather as symbolism, one prime example of this being animal sacrifice. This trend is more pronounced in liberal Judaism, such as the Reform movement (also known as the Progressive movement in some regions of the world). In Christianity, some sects stress obedience to God's law. Other sects emphasize Christ's statement that love of God and love of your fellow man is the whole of the law. Still others emphasize the idea that man is irremediably Evil, and in need of forgiveness.

In many Abrahamic faiths, Evil is personified as Satan, a challenger of the law or will of God. Satan is defined in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek writings collectively as the devil, the adversary, false accuser, slanderer, the counterfeit, a liar, a murderer, one with no truth, the serpent, the Evil one, the tempter, and a prowling lion seeking someone to devour. These faiths also teach that spirits or demons may possess humans or animals and tempt them to do Evil. It is argued by those who follow the documentary hypothesis and higher Biblical criticism that this concept of Satan developed over time. Hebrew ha-satan seems originally to have been the accuser, a title given to the prosecuting attorney at the court of the divine Yahweh. He still has some of this character in the Book of Job. It is argued that the larger role of Satan and his identification with Lucifer, the snake in the garden of Eden, occurred during the period of the Babylonian captivity and subsequent exposure to Iranian beliefs.

Some forms of Christianity, as well as Judaism, do not personify Evil in Satan; these Christian sects instead consider the human heart to be inherently bent toward deceit, although human beings are responsible for their choices, whereas in Judaism, there is no prejudice in one's becoming good or Evil at time of birth. In Judaism, Satan is viewed as one who tests us for God rather than one who works against God, and Evil, as in the Christian denominations above, is a matter of choice.

Judaism and Christianity both focus on individual repentance of sin, but in Judaism, repentance requires the forgiveness of the injured party, and thus is rather difficult in some cases, such as murder, but for other crimes, if one is sincerely asked for forgiveness on Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement by someone who has truly repented, it is a religious obligation to forgive. In Christianity, the nature of repentance is highly dependent on sect. Jewish beliefs and Christian teachings say each person will give an account of all their actions, including faith and obedience.

Some cultures or philosophies believe that Evil can arise without meaning or reason (in neo-Platonic philosophy this is called absurd Evil). Christianity in general does not adhere to this belief, but the prophet Isaiah implied that God is ultimately responsible for everything including Evil (Isa.45:7 "I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create Evil: I the LORD do all these things.")

In the Bible, the story of Job is a bold example of how Evil exists and seems at times to be victorious, although according to Christian beliefs, all have sinned and fallen short of the perfection of God, and the price of missing the mark of perfection (sin) is death. The crucifixion of Jesus was the sacrifice of a sinless, superior, and good being for the sins of mankind; thus, salvation from death occurs in understanding this idea and making the Christ Lord over one's life.

For the French philosopher Michel Henry, God is the invisible Life that never stops to generate us and to give us to ourselves in its pathetic self-revelation. God is Love because Love itself in an infinite love is Life. By consequence life is good in itself. The Evil corresponds to all what denies or attacks life, it finds its origin in death which is the negation of life. This death is an inner and spiritual death which is the separation with God, and which consists simply in not loving, in living selfishly as if God didn't exist, as if he was not our Father of us all and as if we were not all its beloved Sons, as if we were not all Brothers generated by a same Life. The Evil peaks in the violence of hatred that is at the origin of all the crimes, of all the wars and of all the genocides. But the Evil is also the common origin of all those blind processes and of all those false abstractions that lead so many people to misery and exclusion.

In the originally Persian religion of Zoroastrianism, the world is a battle ground between the god of good, Ahura Mazda, and the god of Evil, Angra Mainyu or Ahriman. The final resolution of the struggle between good and Evil was supposed to occur on a day of Judgement, in which all beings that have lived will be led across a bridge of fire, and those who are Evil will be cast down forever. In Iranian belief, angels and saints are beings sent to help us achieve the path towards goodness.

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Answer 2

Actually, good and evil depend on where in the debate you stand. It's kind of like beauty, that is it's in the eye of the beholder. One person's evil could be entirely different to another person, so to judge accurately, one must have the patience of Job, and the intellect of a saint. There are inherent checks and balances within most of us, those who lack these seem to have no problem with the most heinous of acts, but I don't know if even this is manifest evil, or something gone terribly awry within another person.

Answer 3

There's not such a thing as evil or good. It's just about each persons moral point of view. Many of the greatest murderers in history actually believed they were doing the right thing. Therefore they don't consider themselves evil. The best current example, many muslims consider Osama bin Laden a hero but the rest of the world doesn't.

Answer 4

Lucifer...Mamon,Beelzebub the Fallen angels. Lucifer the beautiful angel revolted against God and he was banished from the heaven.He created Evil to get even with God.His negative quality affected his looks and he became fierce looking.
He took the form of a serpent to tempt Eve in the garden of Eden.He just wanted to Ruin the beautiful world that God had created and hurt him.And thus started his Journey.

Answer 5

Those with no conscience. Who invented him, alot of reason, take ol A. Hitler for example, the product of an overbearing/mean father and over protective mother.

Answer 6

If you believe in good you have to believe in evil. Two sides to everything in life. Good / bad. Ying / yang. Life / death.

Answer 7

G W Bush. end of story

Answer 8

i think a devil is evil becouse devils are maen