The nature of Evil

I would like to take this opportunity to talk about the nature of evil. While in most cases evil is something too abstract to define accurately such as darkness which can only be described as the absence of light it is something that everyone on earth knows exists. However unlike darkness (at least to my knowledge) evil is something that can be defined. As Plantinga says evil is the corruption of something good. You will notice that this is true as you look through the bible for examples of the devil at work. You will find that in every example where the devil is personally involved such as the temptation of Eve and the attempted temptation of Jesus that every lie that the devil tells has some truth mixed in it. Almost anyone will tell you that the most effective way to lie is to mix the truth in with the fabrication. Evil follows the pattern of its devices. Just like lies evil is something that stems mainly from something that is good and makes a simple modification to it that causes it to no longer be good especially when these things are corruptions of our basic human needs. Anger and justice are converted into wrath and revenge, love and sex are transformed into lust and adultery, the need for food becomes gluttony, truth with exceptions or when altered becomes lies, and the list goes on. However being that this is not the main point I will not beat this dead horse any longer. To sum everything up we must watch everything that we do as the line between good and evil may be even thinner than we might have ever thought in the past. Our actions even if well intended may become evil and despite the many ways in which we justify our evil acts as acceptable, necessary, or even good it does not mean that they are so the only thing I can say is that yet again we must remain vigilant.