Is evil genetic? Do we inherit evil?

Answer 1

Ezekiel 18:20. The soul that sinneth, it shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son: the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon him, and the wickedness of the wicked shall be upon him.
James 2:24. Ye see then how that by works a man is just.
Matthew 19:16-17. "And behold, one came up to him, saying, "Teacher, what good deed must I do, to have eternal life?" "And he said to him, "Why do you ask me about what is good? One there is who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments."
James 2:26. "Faith without works is Dead"
Proverbs 21:18. “The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright”

Answer 2

There is no inheritance process in evil things. It is the temptations of the evil spirit that make your mind and heart to act on evil things. But the evil spirit could not force you to do evil things iof you will not allw it to happenb by way of fighting the temptations by calling or asking the help of God. Godly people could not just be tempted by evil spirit.Evil spirit chose those who are easily be tempted to do evil ac ts.

Answer 3

No - people are neither inherently evil or violent. It's learned or imprinted behavior that doesn't have to exist. Evil can also be an excuse for some people to do what they want without considering the consequences.

People are inherently good. We were successful as a species because we could cooperate and make individual sacrifice for the good of the group. It's important that we know that, and teach it to everyone we know.

Answer 4

Good and Evil are much the same, they both came from the human mind and are created from the fertileness of the imagination. What we can imagine, we can create, Evil only exists because good sees it as wrong. One cannot exist without the other. Evil is only a name and it is only wrong because we percieve it as that way. So in that sense--good creates evil.

Answer 5

No.

We do not inherit evil from our parents.

However we are affected by Original Sin.

Original sin is the sin by which the first human beings disobeyed the commandment of God, choosing to follow their own will rather than God's will.

As a consequence they lost the grace of original holiness, and became subject to the law of death; sin became universally present in the world.

Besides the personal sin of Adam and Eve, original sin describes the fallen state of human nature which affects every person born into the world, and from which Christ, the "new Adam," came to redeem us.

For more information, see the Catechism of the Catholic Church, sections 396 and following: http://www.usccb.org/catechism/text/pt1sect2chpt1art1p7.htm#396

With love in Christ.

Answer 6

No:

1 Evil is a religious concept - there is bad and nasty behaviour in the world.

2 most of behaviour is learnt.

3 We are all born with the potential of good and bad.

4 Good and bad are just culturally relative. Take killing, it is bad to kill (but what about in a war?) Is violence always bad... would u let a stranger kill a child in front of you and not try to defend it?

Answer 7

Yes, all people inherited sin from Adam and Eve, specifically Adam. Romans 5:12 speaks to this, “Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned.” Romans 5:19a declares further, “For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners…”

Answer 8

Evil is not in the genes but an evil ways are a generational curse. You can break that curse by living your life right and praying everyday.

Answer 9

The predisposition for mental instability is genetic, yes. Nurture has a profound effect of shaping or defeating that predisposition, however.

Answer 10

No, my mother was the Princess of Darkness and I was the total opposite of her and still am.
But then again, my brother turned out to be satan's best friend . . .

So maybe!