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Originally Posted by ReptileInYourHead
...I struggle to define evil, and what makes people evil...
Can anyone define evil in a non religious way?
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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
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Therefore, murder can be called evil without bringing the matter of morality into the picture.