"Evil is also committed against God," he said. Meyers defines evil as "sin committed against other people, like what we’re seeing in Ukraine." "On the flip side, any disaster, tragedy or calamity can also be called an 'evil.'" "Anything that contradicts the holy nature of God is evil," he said. "Ĭiting Psalm 54 and 1 Kings 17:20, Meyers said the word is used both ways in the Bible. "Is there such a thing? Absolutely!" he said. "Evil is usually thought of as something that is morally wrong, sinful, or wicked however, the word evil can also refer to anything that causes harm, with or without the moral dimension. Brad Meyers, senior pastor at Cross Pointe Church in Canton, is certain evil exists. You might say that our inhumanity to others is a sobering characteristic of being human. War is one of the rare things in human history that doesn’t vary. In her blog, "The Cottage," theologian and author Diana Butler Bass recently wrote: More: 'Come to the Table' Cross Pointe ministry embraces growth and an early church traditionīut the notion of evil's existence and its definition depend on who's being asked and what they believe. More: 'You're crying every hour.' Perry Township man conducts personal relief mission in Poland It's been used to describe such systems as slavery, lynching and genocide. Throughout history, the term is has been applied to individuals, from Caligula, to Lenin, to Adolf Hitler to Pol Pot, and most recently to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian novelistĬANTON – The existence of evil is one of those existential, dogged questions that intellectuals and theologians have wrestled with for millennia.Ĭurrent wars in Ukraine and Yemen and conflicts in other parts of the world have many people using the word to describe the violence inflicted on civilians, particularly children. When we neither punish nor reproach evildoers.we are ripping the foundations of justice from beneath new generations." "In keeping silent about evil, in burying it so deep within us that no sign of it appears on the surface, we are implanting it, and it will rise up a thousandfold in the future.
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