The Concept of Evil
by Tatiana Velitchkov © 2009

Evil has overtime been known to be the opposite of all that is morally right. Many projected fundamental causes of evil are based on humans as well as outside the welfare of man but they are real and very vital to the sophisticated individuals who major on developing ideas about this concept. Religious traditions have also been struggling to employ the difference between good and bad. Many theological projections have identified and defined evil as anything that differs from the set beliefs, ideas or priorities.

It is from the behavior and the concept of God’s vengeance, that humans have psychologically accepted evil by rationalizing the idea that they have no control over it. Hence things are categorized according to what is deemed to be good or evil. Good ideas are said to come from God while the bad ones come from Satan. This categorization supported by religions outlines some acts as intrinsically evil, but questions arise whether these concepts are healthy or in place of controlling people. Breaching of the will or law or the set God’s commandments is evil from the established common sense judgments.

Human minds are the keepers of all truths depending with their perception of different situations with the awareness of the reality of what is good or evil according to one’s knowledge. Understanding that human minds have magnified proportions of what is good also means that the same individual minds can afford to bear the most horrible evil things and acts which are used to define who your master is.

The acquisition of knowledge of about the divinity of life helps one to live in goodness and promotes one’s spiritual development. This is because by acknowledging God in everyday situations, praying about all difficulties and mistakes that you make leaves you defining what is evil according to your perception of all these situations. You realize that there are right morals and evil ones, you are able to see the other end of balancing between aspects, and in spiritual perspective it’s a responsibility to be true to your self and to your God to avoid evil.

Based on spiritual implementation there are consequences of everything that is done. Hell is a place set where the souls of all evil doers are rewarded. While heaven on the other hand is the place set for doers of what is good and right. Evil has been known to be a spiritual energy or a tool of destruction according to a person’s perception.

The following video by Dr. William Lane Craig – The Problem of Evil – might be of interest to you: