How can society as a whole, how can all of us determine what is evil and what is not? Evil has a simple definition, evil is bad. But everything depends on the situation. God did not create evil. God does not have this power to create evil for He cannot sin and go against His perfectly holy nature. “God is light, and in him is no darkness at all,” (1 John 1:5). To make his perfect creation, He needed mortals to choose between good and evil because his long-term purpose was to add more members to his family in heaven. His goal was to create something special, so He gave mortals moral freedom. “You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, till iniquity was found in you”(Ezekiel 28:15). Moral freedom means that they have the
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Today in society humans tend to categorize people by their actions or tendencies. Everyone is guilty of it. We judge others whether they are good or bad without realizing it most of the time. But who and what actually defines “evil”? Everyone has their own values and views on what's morally right or wrong. It is said that there is a thin line between good and evil, but is there? Us as humans just like to polarize things. If a humble homeless man is dying of starvation and has to steal to survive, would you really consider him evil? I don’t think that is the case. Although it is illegal to steal, it’s in our nature to do the things we need to do to survive, no matter the consequences. Animals in the wild do violet, injurious, and painful things. However, it isn’t learned, it’s just a natural response. Similarly, wars are a struggle for basic animal dominance and dominance is necessary for any sort of organized society. Look at it this way, if someone was to assassinate a dictator that was brutal and caused lots of death in the country, would the assassin be “evil” or “good”? It’s hard to understand because killing is morally wrong to begin with, no one should end anyone's life. It’s kind of hypocritical to say a murderer is bad then convict the same crime and call it “good”. Random things that some people consider evil are perfectly acceptable for others; the definition of evil depends entirely on the person and their values and beliefs. Since
Today in society humans tend to categorize people by their actions or tendencies. Everyone is guilty of it. We judge others whether they are good or bad without realizing it most of the time. But who and what actually defines “evil”? Everyone has their own values and views on what's morally right or wrong. It is said that there is a thin line between good and evil, but is there? Us as humans just like to polarize things. If a humble homeless man is dying of starvation and has to steal to survive, would you really consider him evil? I don’t think that is the case. Although it is illegal to steal, it’s in our nature to do the things we need to do to survive, no matter the consequences. Animals in the wild do violet, injurious, and painful things. However, it isn’t learned, it’s just a natural response. Similarly, wars are a struggle for basic animal dominance and dominance is necessary for any sort of organized society. Look at it this way, if someone was to assassinate a dictator that was brutal and caused lots of death in the country, would the assassin be “evil” or “good”? It’s hard to understand because killing is morally wrong to begin with, no one should end anyone's life. It’s kind of hypocritical to say a murderer is bad then convict the same crime and call it “good”. Random things that some people consider evil are perfectly acceptable for others; the definition of evil depends entirely on the person and their values and beliefs. Since