Re: what makes humans evil ?
So, perhaps I wasn’t elementary enough: That which we call ‘love’ is a word we, as in humans, coined to label an emotion. This is an emotion, a mother’s love if you will, that is found in other species. It’s not specific to humans only! It’s an adaptive trait, an urge, to care for and provide for the well being of off-springs. There is mountains of evidence for this. All you have to do is pick up a college biology book. I’ll leave it up to you to educate yourself on this.
This is really a self serving attitude. You only do good because someone else is watching and because you expect a reward, in the after life for it? You’re not doing it because you feel compelled by the condition of your fellow humans? That’s really not being selfless then. You’re being selfish. You do it so you can have something in return.
Again, I’ll use Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, both atheists. They’re philanthropists because they want to help people. They expect nothing in return. That’s being selfless, not selfish.
I’m saying evil is subjective and is a religious invention. I believe genital mutilation is always evil. I believe capital punishment is always evil. I believe suicide bombings are always evil. However, there are people that not only disagree with me on all the above, but they believe it to be holy and reverent.