The Four Broadest Types Of Evil

Evil comes in many forms, such as: wickedness, depravity, immorality, malevolence, and sin. Other countries could add on to the list of synonyms to help define this term. The Catholic Encyclopedia on newadvent.org states “…evil, from the point of view of human welfare, is what ought not to exist.” The concept of evil is very fluid between cultures and viewpoints. Any one person, circumstance, or incident can be deemed evil and thus makes it a difficult to pin it down. Evil is someone popping a kid’s balloon for enjoyment or as drastically different as murdering an entire family and their pets. Moral, physical, metaphysical, and natural evil are the four broadest types of evil.

A bullet leaving an aimed gun is a violation of the human moral

This can also include murder. Evil overlaps to create gray areas within each category just as murder fits into moral and physical evil. Some religious scholars believe that sickness can be caused by evil demons and spirits. “In my travels around the world I have discovered that many are never healed because they have not received deliverance from the spirits that made them sick. I am not saying that every disease is caused by a demon. There is a need for both natural healing and demonic healing.” (TBM.org) War, plagues, and famine are examples of physical evil that historically began as the period of hunting-gathering ended. The shift

Based purely on chance and imperfections in the world affecting someone, metaphysical evil is not a seen force. To some it can be “God’s will” or luck--- good or bad. A minor case could be someone’s alarm not going off and subsequently they are late to work. If the person who was late received a notice of termination from their boss since this was the final time they could be late for work, it would just make the situation seem all the more evil. Bad luck and the imperfections of life often disturb everyday motions of all living things on Earth.

Hurricanes are one of the biggest causes of disaster in the Southern Unites States. The damaged caused by such a storm could easily be referred to as “natural evil” by those affected. Continuing with the example of hurricanes, “The term hurricane is derived from Huracan, a god of evil recognized by the Tainos, an ancient aboriginal tribe from Central America.” (earthobservatory.nasa.gov) Floods and tornadoes occur elsewhere on the globe, but can cause as much damage as a hurricane. To those who experience any natural disaster, it could be considered