Does evil exist outside the human realm?

Answer 1

In the allegory presented in the Torah, we see humanity eating the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. This explains why Good and Evil are considered to be species specific.

Answer 2

I don't know, and perhaps it is unknowable. Certainly unprovable.

However, just as I can conceive of a force in the Universe which is pure goodness, a personal benevolant agent capable of interacting with us and even influencing our thoughts and lives, I can also imagine a force which is pure evil, a personal malevolant agent which is likewise capable of interacting and influencing humanity.

Neither may exist, except in our imaginations. But the fact that our imaginations are able to conceive of them seems to say something pretty important about the human psyche.

Answer 3

If you believe in a spiritual realm populated with good spirits and malevolent spirits, then evil outside of the human realm is a conceptual possibility.

Answer 4

No, outside the human realm it's called survival, and it's not capable of being as bad as humans can make anything.

Answer 5

In reality this is impossible for us to determine because there is No Way for us to know what's outside; since we perceive reality through the five senses and we can only talk about what we learn through these. So, what's outside this reality? You would have to 'go irrational' to know this.

But since we insist on complicating it, there comes our Reason and Logic and they say: No, it doesn't. Why, because there's gotta be a balance, and if we perceive this reality as evil, then a 'higher reality' must be good.

And then after Reason and Logic nosed in this, things tend to get even more complicated.....lol


GOOD LUCK!

Answer 6

Evil dwells in the corruption of emotions. As far as I know, only human beings allow anger, greed, lust to take over their mind and set them into doing evil deeds.

Answer 7

there is an old stephen crane poem i think.
a man said to the universe,
"sir, i exist."
to which the universe replied,
"that leaves in me no obligation."
i don't think that ideas of good and evil are inherent. perhaps they exist elsewhere with others in the universe that are capable of considering the moral imperative.

Answer 8

Very Much So with a voice like hot gravel.

Answer 9

No.
All other creatures follow the laws of nature and are bound by those laws. We are the only creature that can ignore those laws and impose are will upon nature.

Answer 10

Evil is pride. Evil is self-centerdness. There are very few people who are truly evil---completely self-centered. I've met three of them.

Yeah---most animals are completely self-centered, except when they are raising their young.