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Old Nov 24, 2017, 07:59 AM
leejosepho leejosepho is offline
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Originally Posted by ReptileInYourHead View Post
...I struggle to define evil, and what makes people evil...

Can anyone define evil in a non religious way?
Defining evil -- Natural or moral? -- and determining its source -- Natural or divine? -- are separate questions...and here are the differing definitions from Webster:

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Evil, adjective

1. Having bad qualities of a natural kind; mischievous; having qualities which tend to injury, or to produce mischief.

2. Having bad qualities of a moral kind; wicked; corrupt; perverse; wrong; as evil thoughts; evil deeds; evil speaking; an evil generation.

Evil --Webster's Dictionary 1828
Therefore, murder can be called evil without bringing the matter of morality into the picture.
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