What do you consider to be evil?

Question

i did a quiz on the internet to find out whether im good or evil and i got inbetween. i found this weird because i never considered my rude traits to be "evil" . i never though being a bit rude was evil. i guess it just depends what we define as evil. because the rude traits that i have would be not opening the door for someone, not listening when a teacher is speaking, cursing, ignoring people etc

David · Accepted Answer

Good and evil are simply end points on a spectrum, rude falls on the evil side of the midpoint.

Blessed · Answer

if you are not showing love toward your fellow man then you are evil

Joe · Answer

That which God defines as evil.

Ernest S · Answer

Evil is the opposite of good.

Only God is good, so evil is that which is not of God.

Christian Sinner · Answer

Biblically speaking, all of us are evil. And by evil I mean corrupt. We are corrupt versions of what God originally made. As a Christian I learned that God is going to take care of that corruption, he has already made atonement for it and a promise to cleanse us of the nature of it. We won't be like this forever. My job is to spread his word about that, becoming sinless is an impossible task. It's even more dangerous if I think I actually became sinless by my own effort. So to me, sin is corruption. I have the nature of corruption that causes me to have the ability to do wrong things.

Anonymous · Answer

Bigoted people who strive to hurt others and ruin their lives, because they cannot fathom anyone else living by a "code" that doesn't match their own.  Which is why religious people, Christians especially, are horribly hateful, evil and reprehensible.  What's worse - none of them live by their own code!  They never walk their talk! Just read Christ's NT teachings - you'll see: ZERO Christians live by his NT expectations

Anonymous · Answer

There is a difference between being a badass and being a bad person. There are people who believe in good, and there are people who believe in greater good but are called evil.

daylily61 · Answer

Deliberately hurting others usually IS evil.  And deliberate rudeness is usually meant to hurt.

Think about that.

? · Answer

IMHO, it's easy to determine if a person is evil.

Do they go by the Golden Rule (Mt 7:12)?  That is, are they comfortable treating people in ways that they would NOT like if treated that same way?  If so, they are evil.

In your case, my guess is that you don't like it when people are rude to you, but are comfortable being rude to them.

What do you consider to be evil?

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