Is Evil Real?

[LightAngel]

I wonder if real evil exists.


When I look into certain people's eyes then I see more than just sickness, I see darkness.

Are these people also sick, but just in a way that is very scary to me?


Or are they just evil?


The rational part of my human mind wants to call them a part of nature that I must protect myself from. So they aren't evil or good they are just a part of nature that is different than me and my nature.



What do you think?

Is evil real?

[David64]

Are we talking Biblical evil or deeds done by humans that we perceive as evil ?

Some people are born broken, some people become broken due to abuse or neglect and they turn into serial killers, rapists, murderers, etc
and we see them as evil.

I do believe there are people in this world who are Evil in the Biblical sense.

[andy06shake]

It's real as a human construct.

We use it as a label for actions causing profound harm.

Whether it exists independently of people is debatable.

Put it this way, nature entertains no such illusions.

[UltraBudgie]

Is evil real?

It is, according to Florida law:

Florida first in nation to adopt conservative educational plan from Heritage Foundation

Florida's public schools will be the first to follow a conservative educational model developed by a group known for authoring Project 2025, now that the State Board of Education approved a new framework known as the Phoenix Declaration.

Board members OK'd the move at their Nov. 13 meeting in Wakulla County. Florida Education Commissioner Anastasios "Stasi" Kamoutsas backed the framework developed by the Heritage Foundation, known for the Project 2025 hard-right agenda that has driven contentious policy by the Trump administration.

The Phoenix Declaration "fosters the pursuit of the good, the true, and the beautiful," and it defines principles to guide schools and policymakers, including parental choice and responsibility, transparency and accountability, truth and goodness, cultural transmission, character formation, academic excellence and citizenship.

https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/...270880007/

From the Phoenix Declaration:

Truth and Goodness

Education must be grounded in truth. Students should learn that there is objective truth and that it is knowable. Science courses must be grounded in reality, not ideological fads. Students should learn that good and evil exist, and that human beings have the capacity and duty to choose good.

https://www.heritage.org/phoenix-declaration

So there you go. QED.

[LightAngel]

Are we talking Biblical evil or deeds done by humans that we perceive as evil ?

Some people are born broken, some people become broken due to abuse or neglect and they turn into serial killers, rapists, murderers, etc
and we see them as evil.

I do believe there are people in this world who are Evil in the Biblical sense.

We are talking about all kinds of evil - what people believe in doesn't matter here, and I am not sure it ever matters because it is what we do that matters.


Hmmm, but are some people really born broken?

Or are they being destroyed by an ignorant environment?

That is the question.


If they are destroyed by an ignorant/deranged environment then they aren't evil but sick/weak instead.

[FlyersFan]

I've actually encountered demons.
So yeah .... I can say with first hand experience that evil exists.

[LightAngel]

I've actually encountered demons.
So yeah .... I can say with first hand experience that evil exists.

Please elaborate?

Because that sounds like you had a real trauma. 

I won't judge you, so don't be afraid to share your thoughts.

[Wild Bill]

I've actually encountered demons.
So yeah .... I can say with first hand experience that evil exists.

Ì have come across demons in human form many many time in my life , dark soulless eyes with nothing good inside who only want to inflict pain and suffering on those weaker around them FF .

But sometimes you have to become evil to defeat evil ,  Dirty job but someone has to do it  ,

Hail Satan and all that 

[LightAngel]

It's real as a human construct.

We use it as a label for actions causing profound harm.

Whether it exists independently of people is debatable.

Put it this way, nature entertains no such illusions.

Nature has its own ways, but its ways/illusions just has a "perfect" balance.

 

[LightAngel]

But sometimes you have to become evil to defeat evil 

I don't think you have to become "evil" to defeat evil, maybe you just have to become smarter.