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Humanity is literally in the midst of teaching itself that there is no good or evil through the stories we tell and this is wildly dangerous for our species. We are not animals. We are higher beings that understand what is and isn't evil and what is and isn't good. We base our entire society and civilization around this concept.
Humanity wages wars based on this concept.
Yet, here we are. It's pretty clear that good and evil are being confused. You can see it from the confusion about whether or not criminals should be punished for their crimes because of their identity to literal confusion about whether or not Hamas are terrorists or freedom fighters.
(READ: We've Forgotten What Evil Is)
I'll be the first to stand up and say that there are plenty of gray areas in our society about wrong and right. Nuance is always present in nearly every debate.
But at the end of the day, evil is evil and we need to be okay with calling it out and talking about it. Sometimes, it needs to be highlighted so that the person being tempted and courted by it will not fall into a destructive lifestyle, a backward ideology, or a coffin.