Evil?

Lately I’ve been wondering about the evil in people’s hearts. I wonder why we do the evil things that we do. (I include myself because I am not above my own evil deeds or sins, I’m only a man.) I wonder if we do evil things because we want to do them or because we feel we have to perhaps to help our situation or to help ourselves somehow. I don’t think you just wake up one morning and decide I’m gonna do something evil today but rather it may be a combination of things going wrong in a life that could prompt a person to feel justified by their evil deeds as well as feeling like doing something evil is a way to release an overflow of things that they perceive as evil, flowing into their own lives.

Recently some kids from my old church released some statements on myspace speaking VERY negatively about my former church. At first I was outraged at what I was reading and wanted to speak out but then I began wondering what would compel a person to write such horrible things about a place of worship especially when you are supposed to be a worshipper. Now given the fact that we are not perfect, what was the intention behind this? You might think they may be hurt some how but actually they are the people to whom the pastor paid the most attention which makes you wonder if they released this statement out of a sense of entitlement to say whatever they please? Or perhaps they somehow felt that the spiritual state of the church was worth speaking out against? Then again why would they choose to denounce not only the church but speak out against the leadership, and basically all ministries? It could be that they just really want to leave and wanted to gain attention on their way out, but then again didn’t they know how many they would be hurting by releasing these statements? Did they realize that the church speaking out not only against non- Christians but also judging each other based upon some sort of invisible hierarchy (where some that “have it all together” judge and others that don’t get judged) is probably one of the main sources of hatred towards the church?

Either way I found the actions as evil but I am still at the point of wondering as to the motive and the cause of these nasty remarks…