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I didn't want to derail the other thread about the pilot deliberately crashing the plane killing innocent people so I thought I'd start a thread.

What is your definition of evil? Do you believe it exists? Is evil nothing more than mental illness?

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Evil most surely exists. The definition...the absence of goodness.

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A Co-Pilot murdering his passengers is definitely evil.

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The Taliban beheading people is definitely EVIL at it's worst!!

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Pa-lease! It wasn't the pilot!!! It was the co-pilot for heaven't sake!!!

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Evil is just all around bad. There's too much evil and meanness in this world.

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I'm sure there are plenty of definitions that people use.

I notice that the majority (I'm NOT saying 'all' - but definitely the majority) of the christians I encounter, both online and off, use the word for anybody who isn't exactly like them.

I've been called evil (for being a godless heathen) and my gay friends have been called evil (for being gay) and it's always stated EXACTLY like this - 'you are/they are evil and going to heII'.

I'm not evil and none of my gay friends are evil either. But I guess it's the rhetoric that's taught. I'm not saying this because I've heard it one or two times. I'm saying it because I've heard it COUNTLESS times.

So, needless to say, I don't put a lot of stock in hearing people use the word 'evil'. So I don't know if 'evil' is by intent or by nature or what. I think it's massively subjective.

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chickenbutt, I'd never, ever call you evil for any reason or any gay person evil.. everyone should have their own beliefs and be happy.... Dam that makes me mad for you & your friends.

I know an real evil person but he was only that way when he drank.. he could be pure mean & evil in the worse sort of way.

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On 3/26/2015 Suziepeach said:

chickenbutt, I'd never, ever call you evil for any reason or any gay person evil.. everyone should have their own beliefs and be happy.... Dam that makes me mad for you & your friends.

I know an real evil person but he was only that way when he drank.. he could be pure mean & evil in the worse sort of way.

Thank You for saying that, Suzie! I know that it's not ALL, for sure. But I'm amazed at how many people really do think that way. It's because they are told what to believe, how to think, and what to say. That I find sad. Just because somebody isn't religious, or is gay, that's a pretty big label to put on them.

I just wish more people would do their own analytical thinking based on facts and reality. Smiley Happy