The Evil Beyond Bad
It’s hard to talk seriously about it.
Without a concept of God, evil does not mean anything beyond the word “bad” with a lot of “really’s” in front of it.
This explains the confusion we see when atrocities are discussed in secular media. Their frame of reference is purposely narrow because they believe it is wrong to talk about spiritual issues in ways that would promote a particular faith.
Sadly this, by default, implies that evil does not really exist; that it comes out of ignorance and superstition. Which, if you follow this hypothesis logically, means that evil can be eradicated by simply removing ignorance through education. We can teach people to be better. And should this not work, then it justifies the use of other forms of societal controls.
Now if you happen to believe there is such a thing as true evil, then you also might see the objective of eradicating the concept of evil as itself an evil act, consistent with the nature of evil, which is to lie about its own existence and intentions.
And what might these be?
The Purpose of Evil: To destroy everything good in the world.
My point again in the shell of a small nut.
Belief in God opens up the possibility to see and understand the spiritual realm of evil.
By accepting the possibility of a Higher Power, sobriety is possible for the alcoholic or drug addict. It also means that true forgiveness of an actual cleansing nature is available to all who admit they messed up regardless the crime. And it opens up our ability to see a darkness in the human heart we once pretended was, at worst, a small bout of anger or mental illness.
No doubt the mind captured by evil is not normal or well, but sane people are fascinated by it at unnatural and unhealthy levels, so it’s an important subject to discuss. Let’s go there together.