Human Beings are the Root of Evil

There’s a saying that goes “Money is the root of all evil”. Most people believe that though I disagree with that. I believe that we as human beings are the root of all evil in this world. Every person has evil in them. Some just have more evil than others. Some can control their evil while others can’t. Every person has two sides to them. Just like a Cherokee Indian told his grandson. He said “My son the battle is between two ‘wolves’ inside us all. One is evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith”. While money is simply a piece of paper, that represents wealth and holds monetary value. Money is something we use to survive and also acquire the things that we want.

The love people have for money is what creates evil. One of the things most people are constantly thinking about is how they can get more money. In some situations that causes people to plan out crimes. Such as bank robberies or also robbing other human beings. All of those crimes take lots of thought and planning. Humans have plenty of evil thoughts. We all have them. Whether it’s something small, like when you’re stuck in traffic and someone cuts you off. You automatically think what a jerk they are or how you’d wish they’d crash so they could learn their lesson. Some people have worst thoughts like planning to rape someone, or planning to kill someone. Those are some of the most evil crimes human beings commit that take a lot of thought.

Not only do people have evil thoughts but they also use evil words. Every human curses even if it’s not often we all do it one way or another. Nowadays we even have little kids cursing because they learned it from their parents. Humans use evil words when they get mad or frustrated. I’ll admit that I have even done it. When I was younger and my mom would annoy me I would tell her I hated her even though I didn’t really mean it. I would only say it out of frustration.