A question has been asked: Does an atheist believe in the existence of evil? Where does evil originate?

I believe “Evil” as a noun does not exist. Now, there are moral acts and immoral acts and the term “evil” then gets used as an adjective.

Morality is a personal thing, and is thereby subjective. It develops through one’s own experiences and it’s state depends on one’s surroundings at any given time and may change as the need arises. One may think that murder is an evil act, but there are some situations where it could be justified and is, in the murderer’s perspective, at least, morally correct. For instance, if you have prior knowledge of a potentially catastrophic event, you may plot the murder of the instigators to prevent it from happening. Does that make you “evil?”

The morality and immorality of an act is purely dependent on the subject’s perspective and current situation. There’s no clear-cut rules of what’s right and wrong at any time. It is in my opinion that, so long as your conscience tells you something is good, then it’s good.

Being non-existed, evil never originated from anything.

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