[frogjerk]

As usual, the smartest comment about the whole subject came from John R. Coyne, Jr. “There is evil in the world. It’s beyond mental illness, beyond gun control. It is evil.”

While I've heard many comments regarding the word evil I have not seen anyone really acknowledge what evil really is. It is the absence of God which is being trumpeted by some of the very people who are calling this tragedy evil.

[PeterPrinciple]

It is the absence of God which is being trumpeted by some of the very people who are calling this tragedy evil.

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Their view of evil is different than yours although they use the word. In the worldly view, man is inherently good and evil arises when we are not allowed to achieve our natural goodness. In their view God restrains us through his commands and thus is the cause of evil.

Twisted logic but that is how they think. They are still in the Garden of Eden reaching for the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil where they get to decide what is good and evil.