What is evil?

Originally posted by BackFire
Hitler's perspective was wrong.

He set out to kill as many Jews as possible simply because they didn't fit into his mind's eye view of perfection, so he decided to exterminate as many of them as possible. Not only this, but if any of his own people disagreed with him out loud, they were killed as well.

I'm sorry, but this is factually, evil.

I think evil is intentionally doing something that will cause harm or death to another person, regaurdless of common sense telling you it's wrong. There are several scopes of evil I think. A lesser evil would be a bully. He beats up people despite knowing he shouldn't. He's not hugely evil, but his actions can be considered evil to some small extent to someone or another. Then there's larger evils, like rapists, murderers and such, and of course there are many in between.

Then there are assholes like Hitler, who's so evil he makes satan shake is head in disgust.

I agree 100%

All the things that Satan has been accused of in the Bible do not compare to what Hitler factually did.

Originally posted by The Black Ghost
True but think about any war incident. No matter whose side you are on you are harming the other side -even if you think it is right. So were the British and American soldiers at D-day evil? Were the Germans really evil either back then? No, they were simply following a cause that was did evil. And Hitler himself, though insane was not neccessarily evil either because he did what he did thinking it was right. He was wrong, but not evil. If he beleived what he was doing was wrong and did it anyways, then he is evil -but only in cases like that can "evil" be given to a person because it is all a point of view.

Evil is a kind of thought adjective that describes in my mind, an idea or cause that is generally unaccepted by the majority (even if for good cause) and wrong/ morally wrong is given to a person.

What he DID was evil however. I believe Hitler was most likely insane. In modern Psychology, sadism is looked at as a mental abnormality. When someone is sadistic, they are considered "mentally ill" by psychologists. The term "evil" does not come up.

If modern psychology is indeed correct, then Hitler was insane and could not be held 100% accountable for his actions, therefore not be labelled as completely evil.

However, that would imply that there is a "normal" human mentality, that being not sadistic....a contradiction since Abnormal Psychology also teaches that there is no such thing as "normal" only what we percieve it to be, and that a mentality that causes oneself or other people harm is labelled "abnormal" for the sake of classification.

Hitler is evil in my book. Actions speak louder than thoughts.....muchh muchh louder.

Potential and Intentions mean diddly squat to the actions a person carries out. To me evil consists of three main things: Cruelty, Hatred, and Sadism. He possessed all three.

Some people may want to include ignorance.....Ignorance may be the rootto all evil, as some say, but it is not "evil" itself...

Evil is not a person. Evil is an action based on a thought.

Originally posted by debbiejo
Evil is not a person. Evil is an action based on a thought.

When did I say evil was a person ?

I wasn't talkin to you sweety. 🙄

I was just stating my opinion out of the blue.

Originally posted by debbiejo
I wasn't talkin to you sweety. 🙄

I was just stating my opinion out of the blue.

Well since my two posts were the only posts there before yours, can you blame me for assuming you might have been talking to me ?

INFIDEL ?!!?!??!

I float in and out when ever I want............sorry to confuse you..I'm kinda like the wind...I go where it takes me.

Hark!! The wind is blowing again, I must leave.

🍺

Originally posted by debbiejo
Evil is not a person. Evil is an action based on a thought.

Exactly

Originally posted by debbiejo
I float in and out when ever I want............sorry to confuse you..I'm kinda like the wind...I go where it takes me.

Hark!! The wind is blowing again, I must leave.

🍺

WIND droolio

Originally posted by The Omega
Such words as “good” and “evil” fly around us every day. “The axis of Evil” being just one of them.
But what IS evil? And what is good? Does the good THOUGHT really count, or is it the actions that are good and/or evil?
Comments?

Evil is the infliction of violence, suffering, torture, or murder on other people, regardless of intention.

If the intention was good (for example, if you attack a person in effort to protect a loved one), then the act is less evil then an act with a negative intention.

Ofcourse, there are loopholes and moral confusion, however absolutes in morality are self evident in some cases. Torture of another person for one's personal pleasure can NEVER be truly defined as good, and can only be defined as EVIL.

I think Evil consists of 3 basic parts: Hatred, Cruelty, and Sadism.

a good d can make you cry

Evil -- intentfully causing pain and death just for the hell of it and for no other reason -- is an abstraction which (AFAIK) does not exist in the real world. It is a projected abstraction, rooted in the real death terror which exists deep in the human psyche. It seems real when given a name/face, especially if that person is attempting to embody that death terror ("If you can't beat 'em, join 'em"😉. But that person is doing so, oddly enough, as a defense, an empowerment, against the fear and reality of their own mortality.

evil is doing bad things against a person's free will or manipulating free will to a point that the would have not consented to the act that effected them so much and the effects/results are usually very damaging or irreversible damage.

You can only be manipulated into feeling hurt only if you allow yourself to feel that way.

Not physical pain though.......nerve receptors kinda screw that thing up.

Originally posted by debbiejo
You can only be manipulated into feeling hurt only if you allow yourself to feel that way.

Not physical pain though.......nerve receptors kinda screw that thing up.

If you have the strength of mind, physical pain is nothing.

Evil is a twisted action, thought or words. It is not a thing but a thing that been untruthful, been cruel, ungrateful etc brings you closer to.

It's like pain but not one type inflected by senseless disregard for life, or feelings. The inflicter will may want it.

It is the darkness that is in us all but emerges only when a feeling that contributes to it is released.

P.S It's not funny

Evil = threads that ask you what evil is.

Originally posted by Shakyamunison
Evil = threads that ask you what evil is.

Interesting...... 😉 😕

Originally posted by debbiejo
You can only be manipulated into feeling hurt only if you allow yourself to feel that way.

Not physical pain though.......nerve receptors kinda screw that thing up.

SAY THAT TO CHILDREN ABUSED BY THEIR PARENTS, evil parents do "evil" things to children.