Does evil really exist, or is it just relative?
One cannot view human history or our current world without concluding the reality and absoluteness of evil. Extremes include Hitler’s death camps, the genocide in Cambodia, rapes, murders, and drug distribution. On a smaller scale, there is the constant stream of deception and corruption in governments, businesses, and in individuals. Organized crime has infiltrated industry, unions, and government itself. Evil literally pervades society, more than we often realize, affecting most everything we do. If we are honest, we even see it in ourselves. We may say or do something that will hurt someone else, sometimes even those who love us the most. Or evil may manifest itself by our omission rather than commission-not doing something we should do, instead of doing something we shouldn’t. Only the Bible addresses and explains the mystery of evil, and gives its solution. Humanity’s propensity for evil traces back to the very first humans. It is always related to self-seeking: the use of ones fr
