Ted Bundy And John Wayne Gacy: Does The Existence Of Evil

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Does evil exist?

Does evil really exist? Its definition means profoundly immoral and malevolent. Can a person or thing really be “evil”? I think evil doesn’t exists, humans use the word evil to describe someone or something they think is immoral or malevolent. Everyone has malfunctions or malformations in the brain. People still do bad crimes but you can’t say that every criminal act is done by people who make conscious decisions to harm someone. Self-ruling, conscious decision making may be an illusion to someone. Intentional evil is impossible. Evil is a neurological glitch or malformation in the physical brain which eliminates our free will choice. Example Ted Bundy and John Wayne Gacy both

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