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God and the Art of Toy and Diecast Marketing
The Origin of Evil
By L S Su
Living in New Jersey, if you got the past few articles, I've shown you that evil resides near me. If you live in a community in America, you probably do too. But evil is actually living far closer to our home than most of us care to realize.
Many blue moons ago, I had an interesting discussion with my high school buddy on the subject of evil. We both agreed that mankind was the culprit that spread and perpetuates evil, but we disagreed on its origin. My good friend took the position that children are born innocent (without good or evil) and good and evil is something that is learned. I don't know if he feels the same way about it today, but back then he argued that evil comes from society.
Back then, I wasn't smart enough to then ask the follow up question, "Then how did evil first enter society?"
My take on his comment is that evil certainly can be learned, but that children are NOT born innocent. If my memory is accurate I got an earful soon after that statement.
"How can you can look at a new born and conclude that this innocent baby is evil?!?" spoken in outrage.
I recall coming up with a scenario where if we took all these babies and put them on an island and gave them no contact with society, then asking what he thought would happen? Would these babies grow up to become adults and the island become one one of the most loving and peaceful islands in the world because none of the inhabitants possess any evil?
My take on it is if we traveled to this island and if these babies made it to adulthood, I would not expect to to be greeted or treated warmly; I would also be surprised if all the kids made it to adulthood. I would not expect a casualty free island.
Apparently my buddy back then and even today, didn't have the opportunity to raise boys. I don't think a day goes by where my wife and I aren't correcting or admonishing one or more of our boys. With my daughter, it's very rare occurrence; but when my boys play together (or even if they are in the same room with each other), words like "Stop" and "Knock it off" are words that my wife and I frequently use. With my boys it just seems to be this never ending effort to keep them in line, prevent things from breaking, and harming each other.
I remember watching what I think was a 60 Minutes episode where the parents wanted to treat their children all the same and not introduce any gender type influences. So when they purchased presents, they got the same presents for all their kids. Not wanting to show any differential treatment, they bought their two sons and daughter Barbie dolls. The interviewer asked what happened. One parent said that their daughter seem to be naturally more nurturing and played with the Barbie doll in the traditional way. But their boys stripped off the dolls' clothes, used them as swords, and attempted to stab each other with them.
My youngest just celebrated a birthday three days a go. One birthday present he received was a package of those Nerf dart refills with like 50 foam darts in them. They're made of foam and on the end is a soft suction cup. One of my sons bought them as a present for the birthday boy. However, in less than five minutes of opening the Nerf dart refills, my youngest son loads his Nerf dart gun and shoots the gift giver in the face. This act can be considered evil correct? Shooting the person that gave you the gift in the face has got to be considered an evil act.
But in my youngest boys defense, prior to this act of evil, he had already been shot with multiple times with Nerf darts by the gift giver. His older brother just happened to be faster in loading his Nerf gun. So maybe this evil act can be argued that it was done in self defense.
Neither my wife nor I taught that Nerf guns should be used to shoot your sibling. From my observation, this evil act was not learned from watching episodes of The Walking Dead either. My youngest son did not mistake his brother for a zombie. At such an early age, the ability to choose good or evil (though they might not think it is evil) is already inside them. Though that is my view on it, my view on it isn't that important because it has minimal impact on society. But what is more important is what God's view on the origin of evil.
Christians believe that God is triune in nature. Roughly 2000 years ago God incarnated, which is a fancy way to say God became man. One part of the Trinity, whom Christians and even demons call the Son of God (aka Jesus Christ), became human. He was fully God and fully human at the same time. Now why God had to become man is for another time, but wrapped up in this subject.
But whether you believe in God or not, Jesus' short three year ministry changed the world. Jesus Christ has done more to change the disposition of mankind than any other recorded event in human history. So what I'm saying is whether you believe in God or not, what Jesus Christ said, taught, and did is significant. We're given clues on the origin of evil by conversations Jesus had with people.
As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
“Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone.
-Mark 10: 17 - 18
Only God is good? If the statement, "No one is good -except God alone." is true, then man is not good (assuming man is not God). Though there is a strong correlation to good and evil, something that is not good doesn't necessitate that it is evil. For example, if you come to my house and peek into my boys messy room, the first thought that will enter your mind is "not good". Maybe some could conclude "this is evil.", but most won't. But here is another conversation Jesus had that brings more clarity to the subject on whether man is evil or not.
“Which of you, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? If you, then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to those who ask him!
-Matthew 7: 9 - 11
Jesus definitely neither sugar coated his teachings nor conversations. If you read and study what Jesus said and taught, you'll see that he offended people frequently. Some people were so offended by Jesus that some wanted to throw him off a cliff. Other's actually picked up rocks to throw at Jesus and his disciples. You need to be very offended before you actually want to go kill a person.
Notice that Jesus did NOT say, "though MOST of you are evil". Jesus also did NOT say, "though SOME of you are evil". Here in this passage, Jesus (God) tells us blatantly that we are all evil.
I know most of us probably don't feel or think that we are evil. I don't think my youngest felt he did something evil either. I also going out a limb and say that men like Dahmer, Madoff, and Valle probably also don't FEEL like they are evil either. Yes, feelings can play a role in determining good and evil, but feelings should not be the ultimate means in judging whether something is good or evil. So if not feelings, what or whose perspective should we use in determining what is evil and what is not?
If God is who He says he is (aka The Judge of all the Earth), then the perspective that counts the most is God's perspective. Unfortunately for us, God's perspective is that we are all evil.
The trees, grass, streams, and even my dog seem to be doing exactly as God originally designed them to do. I'm unable to conclude that they are able to contemplate and perpetuate evil. From my observation, it's man that causes evil. So if you want to rid evil in the world, you probably need to do something with man. Would getting rid of man rid evil?
But wait a minute here. We've narrowed that man is the source of evil in this world. But simply saying that evil comes from man does not identify the origin of evil. Man did not always exist correct? So if man is evil, and Christians, Jews and Muslims believe God created everything (including man), where did evil come from? Did God create evil?
This is an even deeper subject. But understand the origin of evil actually ties into why God incarnated. If you can accept that man is evil, I think we're one step closer in understanding the origin of evil.
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