I know that evil is a Christian concept but I have no difficulty with that, my atheism is not anti Christian, it is anti religion. I cannot unlearn my Christian culture. I curse with Christian curses; God Almighty! Jesus wept! For Christ’s sake! And also others that mix religious with sexual images too. I am neither proud nor ashamed of that. I do not see it as hypocrisy. I have rejected religion and superstition not two thousand years of western culture, and a large part of my own language heritage. I do, however, make a stand against some parts of the language that imply beliefs that I do not hold. Especially "creature" for animal. "Creature" implies a creator, I reject all forms of this noun.

To me evil is a characteristic of the consequences of the actions of sentient beings. It is not a force of nature. It has no form. Evil cannot act.

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