are humans the only creatures possible of evil?

[Lifer]

don't think i've ever heard about animals performing malicious acts outside of doing what they need to survive.

 

[Rogue]

You never watched this movie or heard the stories, have you?

The Ghost and the Darkness

 

[ElFenix]

you've never had a cat have you

 

[Nyical]

Originally posted by: Rogue
You never watched this movie or heard the stories, have you?

The Ghost and the Darkness

That was a damn good movie.

 

[Nitemare]

So I guess the femal praying mantis severing the head of the male while they are doing the nasty is a good thing?

 

[hopeless879]

Scar was pretty evil in the Lion King. Maybe he was just misunderstood.

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
you've never had a cat have you

Cats are evil. Like children.

 

[Armitage]

I think only sentient beings are capable of evil. Otherwise it's just instict, training, environment, etc.

 

[notfred]

My cat is evil.

 

[Schadenfreude]

"evil" is a relative term, stoopid.

 

[amnesiac]

To do evil you need a sense of morality and the free will to decide what is good and what is bad. Those who choose to always do bad can be considered "evil" by most standards. As it is, humans are the only creatures with complete free will and the power to understand and use it.

 

[Mucho]

Originally posted by: Lifer
don't think i've ever heard about animals performing malicious acts outside of doing what they need to survive.

You obviously dont watch the Discovery Channel, I've seen Killer Whales killing dozens of seals and abandoning their carcasses also seen Sea Lions do the same thing to Penguins.

 

[Chadder007]

My puppy likes to poo in the house when we aren't paying attention to him enough, then he flips me off when I catch him.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Originally posted by: amnesiac
To do evil you need a sense of morality and the free will to decide what is good and what is bad. Those who choose to always do bad can be considered "evil" by most standards. As it is, humans are the only creatures with complete free will and the power to understand and use it.

I think what he means is (and not putting words into his mouth, I hope) that are animals capable of "recreational harm" that is, frivolous in survival regardless of survival, whether they have the mental capacity to do so or not. I.E. - can Animals do what we humans consider is "evil":

To that I still say is "relative". Stoopid.

 

[fastz28]

Only certain kind of human.

Where is that equation on women=evil......

 

[djheater]

Originally posted by: Lifer
are humans the only creatures possible of evil?

<ralph wiggum>
"me fail English? That's un-possible."
</ralph wiggum>

 

[Lalakai]

humans are the only ones, because we have the ability to recongnize it for what it is (or least what the action refers to in relation to accepted social customs). Most other creatures are merely living by their survival insticts and any reference to "evil actions" are ones that we give them, based on our own social guidelines.

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

No, God is too. After all, we were created in his image!

 

[SaigonK]

Well...i guess it depends on what you mean as malicious.

I can say that the bunny with a stupid pancacke on his head is just pure evil..he knows it..i know it...we all know it...yet we still worship him.
Evil i say..Evil!

 

[Hammer]

i think your mom and dad are evil. look what they did.

 

[Encryptic]

::shrug:: There are a lot of animals that are capable of doing things that could be considered "evil" or "bad", that we can't just pass off as their nature. For example, I heard about an elephant that was kept in a cage away from the public at a zoo because he was so dangerous. A woman sneaked in one night to see him because she felt sorry for him. The elephant proceeded to kill and eat her. Normally, elephants don't EAT people, that I know of. They might attack and kill you, though. Is that evil or is it just the nature of the elephant to do that?

Also, one of my cats is bipolar and VERY smart, from everything I've ever seen. He's perfectly capable of doing malicious things. My wife has told me many stories of stuff he did before we met (she had him for about 5 years before we met) like pooping in an old boyfriend's shoes because he (the cat) didn't like him, scaring the crap out of one of her old roommates by hiding in his room and jumping out at him, etc. I suppose you could say he's evil in some ways. He's a very friendly cat once you gain his trust, though.

I've also heard of chimps ganging up and killing other chimps for sport. Not to mention, what about black widows? They kill and eat their mates.

 

[Brutuskend]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
you've never had a cat have you

Damn it, you beat me to it!

 

[PeteyCPU]

You ever see the Geico commerical, those squirrels are evil. In general, I think squirrels are evil. If you go to U of I or have ever been to Lincoln Park Zoo, you know what I mean

 

[Gunbuster]

Polar Bears will kill (even other polar bears) for "fun"

 

[Red]

Guns don't kill people, I kill people.