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Politics : Foreign Affairs Discussion Group

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To: Neocon who wrote (138582)7/1/2004 11:16:00 AM
From: exdaytrader76  Read Replies (1) of 281500
 
I am actually using the word "evil" in its primary sense,

Although that meaning gets second billing:
dictionary.reference.com

e·vil ( P ) Pronunciation Key (vl)
adj. e·vil·er, e·vil·est

1. Morally bad or wrong; wicked: an evil tyrant.
2. Causing ruin, injury, or pain; harmful: the evil effects of a poor diet.
3. Characterized by or indicating future misfortune; ominous: evil omens.
4. Bad or blameworthy by report; infamous: an evil reputation.
5. Characterized by anger or spite; malicious: an evil temper.

n. 1. The quality of being morally bad or wrong; wickedness.
2. That which causes harm, misfortune, or destruction: a leader's power to do both good and evil.
3. An evil force, power, or personification.
4. Something that is a cause or source of suffering, injury, or destruction: the social evils of poverty and injustice.

Primary evil?
Genesis 4:8
Now Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let's go out to the field ...
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