Given the description of the word evil, you cannot say it doesn't exist.

Something that is a cause or source of injury, destruction, poverty, injustice.

If we were to stand and look back at the massive gasing of the jewish population during the time of Hitler, not to mention the hideious experiments and starvation of this group of people, it is fair to say it is evil. If we describe Hitlers actions as an adjective we can say evil acts. We are not talking about the psychological state of the individual, we are describing the adjective evil.

Even in the discussion of the Casey Anthony trial we can look at the end result of a dead child and say something evil happened to that child.

How can you say there is no evil? Even on a slightly more serious note? A theory about the fact that there is no evil is describing a misunderstanding of the meaning of the word. So by in debate of it not existing you are saying there were no events or conditions within history that resulted in suffering, injuring and destruction or even poverty and injustice. I think you should have said maybe on lighter note but certainly not a more serious note.

I think that the debate about evil is considering The Devil or some relgious conotation. What I am talking about is the word itself used as both and adjective and a noun.

I would say that what occurred on 9/11 was the result of an evil act. If we are to consider the words anger, spite, malicious all the way to suffering, injury destruction. I would say that by describing the individuals that were involved with this event as evil doers, would be a correct description. Because of the end result.
And it has nothing to do with religion, God, the Devil. It has everything to do with anger, spite, maliciousness, leading to suffering, injury, and destruction.

The debate should be about the misunderstanding of the meaning of the word and how people MISUSE IT, MISUNDERSTAND IT, AND DON'T KNOW WHAT IT REALLY MEANS.

I think that the effort to try to say this word or it's meaning does not exist is just another effort to rid mankind of religion. Just because this word is used in religion doesn't mean it is a religious word or is attached to a specific religion. I think that one constant process throughout history is to try to rule in religion or ruled it out depending upon how powerful it becomes. But this four letter word is not describing religion. It describes conditions and actions that result in destruction, and the suffering and injury to humans.

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