Since every country may have a different idea about what the word "evil" is,
we can only go by how we believe that it works in every day life.If we think that
something is morally wrong this does not mean it is evil.A evil thought would be
something that some people will go out of there way to hurt another person.When
a person makes plans to do bad things ,this is evil.

A very religious person will think more things are evil than a person who is
not.Some will say that smoking is evil.How many times have you seen a person get
a smoke as soon as they walk out the church door.We have all heard about the evils
of drinking alcohol.One again there is a lot of church people who have a beer or
a glass of wine.

Someone who is the main cause of making a person suffer just because it is a
thrill to them would be called evil.A long time ago when people did not know all
the real facts about certain things,these things were called evil.People in todays
world have so many different ways to learn about older ideas,less things are known
as being evil.

A lot of people today are thought to be evil just because of the way they
dress or wear their hair.Most of them are just trying to fit into a group of
friends.People who speak a different language are sometimes thought to be evil
until we know what they are trying to say.

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