2007-01-20 23:46:26 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No such thing... "real" evil. Evil is the abscence of good just like cold is the abscence of heat. So, "evil" does not exist in the sense we tend to think it does. It is rather a state of lacking.
For example... today's modern culture like to pit good verse evil in the classic God vs the devil, as if God and the devil were equal forces... God absolute good, and the devil absolute evil. But in Christian thought, even the devil is somewhat good because he exists and existence is a sharing in the good of being. Plus being an angel made by God (though God did not force or make this angel choose "evil") the devil always less than God.
The truth is that there can not be two absolutes, an absolute good and an absolute evil because the absolute opposite of good (which implies existence) would be non-existence and therefore an absolute evil (by definition) doesn't exist.
2007-01-21 00:00:01 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm not even sure I know what it is anymore. Anyone I can think of that I would consider 'evil' usually had some sort of mental disorder or history of abuse- basically, a 'reason' for turning out to be bad. I think maybe it's something that can only be created when a group of people get together and allow something terrible to happen or to continue to happen. It may be the conscious decision to do nothing when we know we have the ability to stop a bad thing from happening. We allow ourselves to accept bad things when they should be unacceptable. When I think of it that way, evil really does just seem like the absence of something good. It's what happens when we stop trying to make things better and become apathetic.
2007-01-21 08:07:36 · answer #2 · answered by Pico 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evil is the thing inside of man that causes him to think hes better than the person next to him and causes fights and wars.
2007-01-21 07:51:37 · answer #3 · answered by eightieschick70 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evil is the Destructive, recycling aspect of Creation. If one
has experiences that make them resentful, angry, and veangeful,
which create negative, destructive spiritual energies. They
create a spiritul bond with that destructive, recycling aspect.
That unless put in check, will draw them into the Lake of Fire, which is, I believe, a kind of Cosmic Recycler.
2007-01-21 07:54:07 · answer #4 · answered by THE NEXT LEVEL 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evil is born out of ignorance.
2007-01-21 07:49:57 · answer #5 · answered by Frontal Lobe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Real evil is hate!
2007-01-21 07:52:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
George W Bush.
2007-01-21 07:50:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
Selfishness and Apathy...ooh and Pride, don't forget Pride.
2007-01-21 07:53:34 · answer #8 · answered by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As opposed to.......fake evil???
2007-01-21 07:48:58 · answer #9 · answered by Prophet ENSLAVEMENTALITY (pbuh) 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ignorance in action
2007-01-21 08:31:20 · answer #10 · answered by Invisible_Flags 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋