Evil Exists

[411 words] “I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men” (Revelation 2:2). Modern philosophy suggests that there is something good in everyone. Thoroughly “bad” or “evil” persons are not even considered to exist. Everyone who commits particularly heinous deeds do so because they are innocent products of their environment. The young man who disobeys the police and is shot suffers not because of any wrong doing on his part but because of racism. The woman who kills her children is mentally imbalanced. The drunk driver who strays into an oncoming car is the victim of a disorder. One truth taught by the rise of ISIS as a terrorist organization is that these people are very easily recognized as evil. There is no doubt. Anyone who beheads innocent people is evil. Anyone who kills others simply because they disagree religiously is evil. Anyone…