A complete lack of empathy often resembles evil.

We all do good things and very bad things

It's just a way of separating ones self from people who do bad things, labeling them as the other.
It's easier that way.

There is no good or evil. There is only the way we look at things. Like Jesus, in christianity he's a superstar, the best man that ever lived. But in my opinion, even if he actually existed and came from dead to alive, than he's just a zombie. And what I've learned from movies, zombies are bad and evil.

Its exist in the pure form and in form if stupid morons, if three people's was thinking more about how the other side feels the word was much better place

Evil is an adjective, NOT a noun.

There is no true evil or good force. Humans do good and evil things. Humans make laws to stop people from doing bad things. People still do bad things because they are evil.

Good and evil are subjective, based on your subjective morals and society's laws.

Evil exists, it is a human construct and although genetics, upbringing, and society are often the cause, it does not mean that it does not create evil in a very real and pure form.

To the person asking this question about whether or not evil exists, you decide what you believe in an atheistic/agnostic society. Why? As you will see we are not a homogenous group. We tend to think for ourselves, but we also rely on reason and on scientifically or societally proven facts to decide our position. From my perspective much of evil has to do with your definition of it. I have no more proof of a Satan or a malevelant energy than I have of a good or a spirit. All of these, IMO, are products of magical thinking.

I do believe in evil, but I define it as truly bad things that have a negative impact on people, society, animals, our ecosystem, an dour world. Each of us has energy, and we can apply that as we choose. Unfortunately some people are indeed mentally ill or drugged and in their insane states they can do awful things. Others do awful things because they have an impaired ability to empathize with others or to project awful outcomes likely to occur as a result of misusing their energies.

My 2c worth;
A lot of responses to this question. Far far too many to answer individually.
One of the reasons I asked this is a TV play I watched called "Longford". It concerned his friendship with Britains most notorious killer Myra Hindley. She with her partner Ian Brady kidnapped, tortured and killed 5 children in the 1960s and buried them outside of Manchester.. Long Longford was a Christian judge. Not one your alt right guys although he was anti abortion and also anti porn. However (I digress). This guy is what you might think of as the best of Christianity and he takes up Hindleys case. Arguing for a possible release date etc, Now at one point in the play she turns to him and says "You are a good man. You see the good in people and are attracted to it but at night on the moors when we were burning those children I saw the beauty of evil"

No. Evil is just bad ass energy floating around the person that's attracting it. Stay far away.

Actions that we perceive as evil or morally reprehensible, imho are reactionary results to an event witnessed or a mistreatment experiences which went unresolved and over time formed an idea or will to carry out such an act or habit that would be considered evil by societal standards. Some people have a genetic mental disposition that could exacerbate the reactionary results but in such cases those people don't think they are doing evil they are acting on a flawed logic system, I actually think everyone does this to some extent but only the noticeably appalling results stand out.

Evil does not exist until someone does it. The reasons someone does something so heinous that it can only be considered evil is not some dark force moving in the darkness, but rather mental issues which can be any combination genes, education, and experience.

If someone commits an act with the presence of forethought and intends to do another harm, I could care about their background or genetics, that is evil.

Psychopaths, narcissists,.... Complete amorality. And an inability to change.

That is evil. And there is no compromise to be made.

Too many politicians are from these mutant groups.

The Founding Fathers thought they had prevented all three branches be corrupted simultaneously.

Evil will always find a way to take from us.

I honestly don't know what a pure form of evil would look like. I think evil is a social animal invention, and the recognition of that evil serves us on a social level.

I do agree that some people are just evil, but evil is a concept without pure form. Evil is created and what is evil to one person is not always evil to another. There is no justification for evil. Nazis and Jews are a good example and what happened to the Jews is pure evil.

all monsters have their Origins from mental illness.

Like always... no polling from strangers but... I had seen Evil. I had seen Good too.

It is conditioning bully someone at home they will grow to be bullies unless they are smart enough to break the chain.

I voted yes. However, short of the rare homicidal psychopath/sociopath; I don't think evil for evil's sake is really a thing. I think there are many horribly misguided people that perform subjectively awful actions with no hint of remorse, because in their mind they are rationally doing the right thing. They are even a little confused that others don't see it their way.

Once you include genetics as a reason for people being evil, you out pretty much invalide “some people are just evil” as a reason.

Read: I Cannot Forgive by Rudolph Vrba. This book is about an escape from Auschwitz. If there is not true or pure evil, the behavior by some humans comes pretty close.

There’s no such thing as evil or sin IMO. There are mistakes, but people can correct their mistakes.

The only way the word is useful is when, if someone does something I don’t like I judge them to be evil. But judging people is a mistake, so by all rights the word could be dropped from the language.

Will someone please call and inform the dictionary companies.

Does some people mean ill intent? Yes, of course. That's a choice, not evil. Evil is an idea, concept or metaphor used as an easy way out to justify bad choices.