On the Nature of Evil

In psychological terms, evil is an aberration of theEngland could not do the job alone because Nazi
ego. An evil ego has a strong desire to dominateGermany had become too powerful by the time
other egos. An evil person knows that terror isChurchill had achieved political control of England.
the most effective way to dominate other peopleWe have seen many atrocious people ascend to
because terror induces incapacitating fear. Peoplepower in various countries. A few examples are
who are stricken with fear cannot take effectiveStalin in Russia, Pol Pot in Cambodia, and Idi Amin
action to defend themselves and while they are inin Uganda. The list of atrocious dictators is a long
that state, an evil person can do anything theyone but I'd like to focus on Saddam Hussein
want to do to them. This aberration of the egobecause he is our creation in the sense that we
can be termed "sick" because the perverted egotrained him, armed him, and even supported him
will inflict pain and suffering in order to experienceagainst his enemies in the mistaken belief that he
the joy and thrill of being in total control. Awould remain "our boy". By the time our
healthy ego will not do that. A healthy ego isgovernment understood that big mistake, it was
self-sufficient, peaceful, joyful in its natural state,too late and we have paid dearly for our
and it has a desire to help and serve others. Agovernment's mistake. The invoice for our cost is
healthy ego does not have a desire to dominatestill mounting and our soldiers are still dying in a
and it will not purposefully inflict pain and suffering.foreign land.There is an answer to the problem of
The concept of ego domination has beenstopping evil on Earth from getting out of control,
practiced throughout human history but it has notand the answer does NOT involve having America
necessarily been fully understood by thepolice the world. Why should the American people
practitioners. However, in the 20th century thepay the cost for having a world police force? The
Nazi's not only fully understood the concept, butcost of our military might is in the trillions and the
they were the scientists of evil. They perfecteddebt affects our daily lives by increasing our cost
the science of terror for the first time in history.of living dramatically. The reality is that evil must
"Blitzkrieg" is the term for warfare that terrorizesbe resisted and overcome the very moment it
without warning, completely surprising the victimsfirst manifests itself, before its power grows and
and totally incapacitating them by knocking thembecomes unmanageable. But the responsibility for
out before they have a chance to understanddealing with planetary evil should not rest on the
what is happening to them. Torture on a massUnited States alone. An emasculated body already
level is the method for keeping a population in aexists whose proper job it should have been to
state of terror. This is the sick psychology ofassume that responsibility. I'm talking about the
evil.In religious or spiritual terms, evil is anUnited Nations and I'm suggesting the creation of
aberration of the soul. The soul can be defined asa United Nations Rapid Strike Force which should
that which was created in the image of God so itpossess the best weapons, technology and
is naturally peaceful, loving, happy and eternal. Lettraining possible. It's not too late to re-invest the
us assume that God gave his/her children the giftUnited Nations with the power, the authority, and
of free will. Let us also assume that in thethe freedom to act without being stopped in the
beginning, there was a soul named Lucifer whoSecurity Council by one major power and I'm
was an angel. In response to the gift of free will,suggesting that the United Nations Charter be
all the other angels exclaimed, "Thank you veryrevised to give it the power to act on the basis
much, God, how beautiful your gift is!" Theirof majority rule in the General Assembly. A
response was not surprising because the angelsmajority vote in the General Assembly is the
were simply reacting in accordance with their truetruly democratic method of reaching an
nature. Lucifer retorted, "Really. I can do anythingappropriate decision to send in the Rapid Strike
I want to do now? OK, fine. I want to be God."Force.Consider how many lives have been lost in
Lucifer's vanity was the aberration. Not particularlythe 20th century wars against evil governments
liking Lucifer's retort, God banished Lucifer fromthat expanded their destructive power outside
heaven. Lucifer's reaction to being banished fromtheir own borders. We must understand that
The Fun House was to dedicate his existence tosomebody needs to stop these governments
wreaking as much havoc as possible. God waswhenever they wreak havoc on their own people,
caught in his/her own trap because free willnot only because terror is WRONG, but also
precludes interference. But I have to assume thatbecause massive governmental cruelty is the
God has a vastly superior intellect andwarning sign that an evil government is in the
undoubtedly foresaw this possible outcome.process of expanding its power. We should not
Almost all believers think there is a Master Plan. Ifwait until a country like Iraq becomes dangerous
there is one, it follows logically that evil is a partoutside its borders. By the time that happens, a
of the plan because otherwise the Almighty wouldwar (legal or undeclared) is necessary and too
have put a stop to it immediately.Anybody whomany lives are lost. It's no longer practical for us
has a basic grasp on the reality of humanto believe that individual countries have an
existence knows that it's not possible to manifestinherent right to do anything they want to do
everything we want and desire by applying ourwithin their own borders. Even the smallest
free will, concentrating our minds, working hard toatrocious government can endanger the world if
get what we want, or even through the powerthey are able to develop nuclear weapons. They
of prayer. There is a will in our universe that iscan even buy or steal nuclear bombs. I believe
infinitely stronger than our free will. If our will andthat whenever terror and torture become
desire happens to be in sync with the infinite will,methods of governing, the concept of territorial
then we can manifest our desire. If our will andautonomy needs to be abrogated - if not in the
desire is not in sync with the infinite will, we canname of human rights, then it should be done for
try, try, and try again ad infinitum and nothing willour own protection. A United Nations Rapid Strike
happen except that we will frustrate ourselves.Force is the answer because the window of
Someone once said, "When the Karmic Door isopportunity to eliminate an atrocious government
shut, even if you have the right key, the lockwithout excessive expenditure of lives occurs
won't turn." For example, all my life I've had anduring the beginning of the government's
overpowering desire to be rich and famous. Sayexpansion of power, and that window is only open
what you want about me, but there's no questionfor a short period of time. The idea is to blitzkrieg
that I have a powerful will, a powerful mind, andevil before it gets a chance to blitzkrieg us.Of
I'm a high energy person who pursues his dreamscourse I realize that America would have to
with great vigor (oh thank you, JFK). Now witnessrelease some of its power and accept the
the fact that I'm still destitute and completelypossibility that a decision could be implemented
unknown!Individual free will tends to have verywith which America would not agree. But that
limited power. On the other hand, mass free willwould be a small price to pay in order to save
can be defined as what occurs when manythousands or even millions of American lives. That
millions of individuals unite in basic agreementwould also be a small price to pay to get out
behind a common purpose and mass free willfrom under the crushing debt that has been and
tends to be unstoppable. I believe that whenis being incurred for maintaining the gigantic
masses of people unite behind a good purpose,military force that Americans believe is justified in
the universe smiles and says "Go!" Now considerorder protect ourselves and to police the world. I
what has occurred as a result of the aberrantbelieve that it is the responsibility of the world to
free will unleashed by the dictators of the 20thpolice itself. If you've gotten this far in your
century. World War II is believed to have beenreading and you agree that my idea has merit,
necessary in order to stop Hitler once and for all.please write to your representative in Congress.
But there was a moment in time when theThat would make me feel much better about
expenditure of millions of American lives wouldbeing destitute and completely unknown.Peter
not have been necessary. Winston Churchill knewCross is a singer/songwriter/producer/Web
when that window of opportunity had opened upMaster. You can find this article at: On the Nature
but he was unable to muster the forces ofof Evil and his home page at: Rock and Roll with
resistance in time. America was isolationist andan Immortal Soul.