Human, the Evil Animal Waiting to Be Unleashed!

By Deez, published Oct 08, 2007
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Do you have a dark place in your heart? Does that evil thought seep into your consciousness? Have you done something that you keep a secret. Something you know that if others knew, you would be ostracized from your peer group? Have you done something that is morally unacceptable? When I say you, I mean you there sitting reading this in your underwear or you sipping on a Mocha Latte at Star bucks or you there with the kids screaming in the background or even you the woman who is going through a bitter divorce. Have any of you committed a crime or had a truly malevolent thought?

Maybe you haven't been caught or maybe you just had a thought or an impulse to do something culturally unacceptable or criminal in nature. I think if you, the reader, were to be totally honest with me you would say, yes I have, each one of you without exception. Even those people we like to place upon a pedestal have had evil thoughts and they definitely have committed some of the most heinous crimes imaginable. With all the aforementioned questions and statements self evident, I have come to the conclusion, this evil is a universal dilemma inherent in human nature.

Don't believe me? Well, if you read the newspapers or watch the BOOB TUBE you will see examples of this malicious human condition being illuminated. For every article and every broadcast, that brings to light another human being that got caught with their proverbial hand in the "Evil Cookie Jar", there are millions more people that haven't been caught in the "Evil Doers Spot Light." Some will never be caught in the act, some will only have the thought and never act upon it. However, just having the malevolent thought with no action still proves that Homo sapiens are intrinsically evil.

Human, the Evil Animal Waiting to Be Unleashed!

What evil could you do?

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Takeaways
  • Would you kill you partner for cheating?
  • Would you beat your kid if he pissed you off?
  • Would you take something from another if you desired that object?
Did You Know?
Even with all of these self made constructs that the human race has invented to adhere us one to another, there still lurks the evil animal within each of us, waiting to be unleashed.
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Yes - I've heard this thinking before - many times. And where I've heard it most is from prisoners and prison officers. I'm not sure I completely agree with this view either. Though on more than one occasion I've told a prisoner, "if i caught you doing that to my daughter I would have killed you on the spot" - to which they usually reply, "I wudda killed me too". Do unto others as you would do unto yourself is a pretty good edict. I don't believe humans are intrinsically evil; I believe they are intrinsically social. And that social equality and eradication of poverty would solve all crime. If we don't want crime then I believe we all have a responsibility to help create a society where crime cannot and doesn't need to exist. Deez - I believe you are a 'catcher' - and a 'good moral citizen' who exercises and enforces moral judgments. Crime is the end result of all of our planets' collective 'existential shadow'. I reckon we all have a great deal to answer for - and not only

Posted on 05/05/2008 at 12:05:16 AM

 
Aren't you the feisty one?!

Posted on 12/02/2007 at 6:12:00 PM

 
Interesting, laughing, I manage to get ostracized doing the good and right thing. Evil thoughts, ummm I think everyone has these from time to time, one wouldn't be human to avoid this, me I put mine to good use and write vile horror stories/screenplays on occasions, this gets it out of your system and does no one any harm. I have never harmed anyone who hasn't harmed me first and then only in self-defence, laughing,I have yet to take flight but I have had to stand and fight a few times, I cannot stick bullies and if one runs from them they will always come after you, whereas they don't come back again if you give them a good smack back,lol. You should have seen the look on the face of a six foot plus man who was built like a brick S**t house when a five foot nothing 7 & 1/2 stone female (me) puts them down on the deck and leaves them with a nice black eye. Yep everyone can do evil when put in the wrong situation my friend.

Posted on 12/01/2007 at 6:12:00 AM

 
Robert you crack me up brother.

Posted on 11/26/2007 at 4:11:00 AM

 
Great article. I agree with you almost 100%. I have 3.5 kids. You know what the first thing every single toddler does when they see an animal? Hit it with something. See a bug? Kill it. We are intelligent yes but in our hearts rages a murderous animal. Maybe not so much in women but men can feel it. Oh, all you bible thumpers explain this to me. "And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them." (Ezekiel 4:12-13) This is the "God" you worship? He makes people eat poopcakes? What the hell? Enjoy your heaven and eat a poopcake for me. LOL.

Posted on 11/26/2007 at 12:11:00 AM

 
As a Christian I experience 'flight or fight' impulses -fear- from that lower brain when faced with a shocking or scary situation. I speak only for myself but have heard this basic thought/urge is inherent in all human beings; it's a survival impulse we need in certain situations but must temper for daily life. God implanted the 'inner man' or conscience. I tend to wrestle between the two but find it is the ultimate test necessary to develop my patience and faith in Jesus. It has become a working part of my mind. The two commandments Jesus gave in Matt. 22:36-40 are the perfect summation of the 10 commandments. Love overcomes all. For me being saved was an Event. My daily life 'ain't all easy' but it is an ongoing process.

Posted on 11/19/2007 at 11:11:00 PM

 
And.. in answer to your takeaway questions. No. No, and no. Not that I am a terrific person, but my faith tells me that all of these things are wrong. I believe that we pay in one form or another for everything that we do. It isn't worth it to me.

Posted on 11/17/2007 at 9:11:00 AM

 
Deez, I think that conscience is the secret. We inherently "know" what is right and what is wrong. I think you are right. I believe that we all have those "what if" moments, and the strength of our convictions is what saves us from being savages.

Posted on 11/17/2007 at 9:11:00 AM

 
Thanks for all the comments folks.

Posted on 11/06/2007 at 5:11:00 AM

 
We all fight the good and evil within ourselves every day. The Bible talks about it in many places. But for the majority of us, thankfully our desire to do good wins over the "evil".

Posted on 11/02/2007 at 8:11:00 AM

 
Yep youre right everybody got those thought's,its just beeing human nothing more.If you push the wright buttons everybody is able to do evil things.

Posted on 10/18/2007 at 6:10:00 AM

 
I have to agree with Carol, everyone has evil thoughts but that doesnt mean they act on them. Everyone has rage over injustice etc. That doesn't make them evil, just human, even Jesus got angry over injustice, he even acted in anger , he just didnt' hurt anyone.

Posted on 10/16/2007 at 9:10:00 PM

 
Good point! I think we forget to give our anger to God and it manifests into evil thoughts. Just my opinion!

Posted on 10/12/2007 at 4:10:00 PM

 
Yes indeed, the capability for "evil" exists in all of us, as does the capacity to ignore evil. And the capacity for good. What it says is that we are complex beings with myraid responses to events. It does not say that we are intrinsically one way or another, or that there is any meaning to religious mythology surronding good and evil.

Posted on 10/10/2007 at 11:10:00 AM

 
Deez... are you sure you aren't a Psych major? I agree with your thesis here. Everyone, to a man, has had an evil thought at one point or another. I've lost count of mine ;>

Posted on 10/09/2007 at 1:10:00 AM

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