In my opinion.....
-Dems think repubs are evil
-Repubs think dems are evil.
-Atheists think religions(people) are evil
-Religious people think atheist are evil
-Conspiracy people think the government is evil
-etc
-Mama thinks everything is the devil(evil) Just ask Bobby Boucher.
What really is evil? Is evil just a word we assign to something we don't like or agree with?
Note...
This wasn't put in a religious thread because evidently evil would still exist without religion.
Evil is a subjective value judgement, connected to learned knowledge; tree of knowledge of good and evil. Evil is not natural or instinctive but is connected to will power and choice. For example, some atheists and some religious may see each other as evil. This judgement is not based on objective laws of physics or nature. It is based on subjective group learning and the creation of herd memory. This value judgement is like a memory tattoo for group self identity. It implies you are the opposite or your group is good.
The human brain has two centers of consciousness; inner self and ego. The inner self is older and connected to instinct. All animals have an inner self. The ego is newer and evolved around the start of civilization. It is only common to humans. The ego is like the moon that orbits the earth. The ego is in a sense independent, but is also connected by gravity, to orbit the earth, forever. The ego, in turn, can create tides in the inner self, so both ego and inner self can evolve. However, the inner self like the earth's shoreline is very conservative due to DNA. It changes but very slowly. It is like a large ship that cannot turn on a dime; natural selection takes time. It is not driven by ego fads.
The operating system of the inner self is based on objective data and choices that are test proven over eons. These will maximize survival. If culture was disrupted, the ego would be repressed and the inner self would take over, until the pressure reduces.
The free will and choice of the ego allows for options that are not objective and instinctive, such as subjectivity and short term thinking. The inner self will include this data within its stockpiles, to get a new average. But like a large ship, it turns very slowly. The ego, on the other hand, can get immerse in the short term data, and think that is all there is or this is the new truth; fad.
A good example is the new fad connected to the umpteen genders and now all the needed pronouns to help each ego focus on the new fad. This is all ego. This has little to do with the inner self. The inner self has time averaged natural human behavior over eons, and not just the fads of the past 10 years. The ego can become immersed in its knowledge of good and evil, even if this conflicts with the objectivity of the inner self, creating an internal polarization; projection.
A new herd memory tattoo may appear among the group to help reenforce and compensate for inner self doubt. This may involve into value judgements of good and evil to make the ego subjectively good. Over time, this change in the tidal pattern of the moon;ego, may alter subroutines in the inner self. But this ego fad may not last long enough, due to the pull of the earth; inner self.
In my experience religion is more connected to the inner self. Religions all over the world try to reinforce ancient and long term human behavior patterns. For example, the Ten commandment have not changed within western religion. Atheism is more about the ego and inducing temporal changes in the tidal flow between the inner self and ego. Changes in the tide can build the land or erode it. The two; Atheism; change, and religion; large ship, provide checks and balances, so the changes in the tide, due to ego will and choice, can build more than erode. This cooperation between the ego and inner self helps to evolve the inner self; update the operating system of the human brain. For the ego, this is the return to paradise.
