The Root of all Evil? What do you think it is?

This is a cool thread.

I think it is just our nature, the way we ended up being programmed. The ego, civilization, or the unconcious, we just don't care about others by nature. This ties into the question of can we ever solve humanities proablems? Proabably not, look at America we have all our basic needs met but still can't come anywhere close to a perfect society

 

The root of all evil was the evolution of the ability to tell the difference. Up to that point in time all else was just the mindless struggle to survive.

 

Pephaps communication i.e. writing, language, is the root of all evil....

 

Maybe it's water...or carbon.

 

Necessity:1 : the quality or state of being necessary
2 a : pressure of circumstance b : physical or moral compulsion c : impossibility of a contrary order or condition
....
4 a : something that is necessary : REQUIREMENT b : an urgent need or desire

 

marmite

 

Ok. I thought it was God anyway. Without evil, how would video games exist? Then again, I would probably have a lot more pleasure without evil... sacrifice the imaginary games for a perma-gasm.... unfortunately I am not allowed to have either.

 

Lucretia MacEvil
Little girl what's your game?
Hard luck and trouble
Bound to be your claim to fame

Tail-shakin' heart-breakin' truckin' through town
Each and every country-mother's son, hangin' 'round
Drive a young man insane
Evil that's your name

Lucretia MacEvil
That's the thing you're doin' fine
Back seat Delilah
Got your six-foot jug o'wine, woman

I hear your mother was the talk of the sticks
Nothin' that your daddy wouldn't do for kicks
Never done a thing worth-while
You're just an evil woman-child.

(spoken) ooh, Lucy, you just so damn bad

(Instrumental Interlude)

(Bridge) Devil got you lucy
Under lock and key
Ain't about to set you free
Sign sealed and witnessed
Since the day you were born
No use tryin' to fake him out
No use tryin' to make him out
Soon, he'll be takin' out his due
What-cha gonna do?

Lucy MacEvil
Honey ya been all night?
Your hair's all messed up, babe
An' the clothes you're wearin'
Just don't fit ya right
Big Daddy Joe's, payin' your monthly rent
Tells his wife he can't imagine where the money went
Dressin' you up in style, evil woman-child.

 

Humans are the root of all evil. Humans created all of the other evils like money and religion.