I believe in demons.Based on that I ask.Can a man's essence be evil, or does it require demonic infection?

Answer 1

There's enough evil in us from our "Adamic" nature.We don't need the Devil's help.

Answer 2

Contrary to what Rod C says, although Adam and Eve had not been saved by Jesus after they sinned, BEFORE they sinned they were "made in the image and likeness of God" Himself, so, following that line, man's essence was DEFINITELY NOT EVIL as he was created by God. It took Adam and Eve's choice to follow Satan and become "infected" by evil as you say, as opposed to man's very essence being evil. THAT was impossible because who his creator was and how his creator made him. If you do believe in demons, you might find a book written by a psychiatrist on evil and the devil very interesting. It's title is "People of The Lie; The Hope For Healing Human Evil" and was written in 1983. It was the second of his books I had read, following his landmark "The Road Less Traveled" in 1978, and I first thought the doctor's head had "gone goofy", so to speak, until I read the entire book and realized how true it was. You won't find any big hocus-pocus type scarey stories. His depiction of evil in real people IS real, and I can verify that because I was in the mental health profession for 20+ years, and I've seen, in other forms, EXACTLY what he's talking about. Although this book, too, made the NY Best Seller list, it didn't sell as many copies, and I'm not sure how easy or difficult it will be to get a copy, but it was published by Simon & Schuster. It's REAL, not hocus-pocus. God Bless you.

Answer 3

Whether you believe in supernatural influences or not, each of us has the capacity for good and evil. I believe at our core innermost being we are basically good, but in our outer expressions, our worldly egos, our physical selves, we have tendencies for evil.

Evolutionarily speaking, this goes back to the fight-or-flight response and the need to harm anything we perceive as a threat, for our own protection. Taken to the extreme, this reaction can become lasting anger, evil intentions, a bad character. So this tendency for evil is in our human nature whether we like it or not.

If you want to pin it all on "original sin" or "demons" or whatever, be my guest, but in my opinion whether those things exist or not we all need to start taking some f_cking responsibility around here for our own actions. I am not saying I don't believe in supernatural influences, I'm saying people use "the devil made me do it" (or "by the grace of God" for that matter) way way too often and they do it to blame someone/something outside themselves to get out of responsibility for their own actions.

We are a little less than angels, little more than beasts. Humans have demonstrated over and over throughout history, we can be an evil bunch. Parental supervision recommended. Demons not included.

Answer 4

There are 3 worlds - heavenly, demonic, and the middle world which is half way between the 2. We live in the middle world. We are neither good nor bad, but simply natural.

Answer 5

Take a look at Adam and Eve. Adam was not tempted by demons or demonic activity. His own nature led him astray to follow after Eve. Many things that Satan gets blamed for are not his fault. Our own evil nature does a pretty good job of getting us in trouble on it's own.

Answer 6

Without good, there is no evil. Good defines evil, evil defines good. Call something beautiful and at the same time you are calling something else ugly.