Hitler, bin Laden etc... Evil or Just Misled?

I think that Hitler and Bin Laden are both just evil. There is no evidence of either of them being misled whatsoever.

Some people have mental disorders. You could say that all who commit evil are misled or damaged, because they are not living up to their soul's potential. Some say God is in all of us; what does it mean to use God's power for evil? There is certainly cases of environment directing people towards evil; others do evil in the best of circumstances.

I dont see anything wrong in Hitler, Bin laden. It is Bush, Blair and YOU..evil or misled?

demented evil...as they all hide behind a supposed cause or religion which serves their personal needs!

I think Hitler and bin laden are totally different. Hitler was able to take an industrialised economy and turn it in to a war machine used both against the world in general and his own people in particular. Bin laden on the other hand is simply a foot note in history. If it had not been for American arrogence who on earth would have heard of him, i feel like saddam we will find him hiding in a hole in the ground . Yes of course they are both evil but weaknesses in the societies within which they were allowed to prosper encouraged their growth and power. Many people are born bad, very few of them get to a position of power

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I say they are true psychopaths....power..greed and will step on anyone to get it. These people have no soul!

No matter how sophisticated humans like to think they are, we are still at a very primitive level and so the law of the jungle is still the law that holds the most sway. In human society it's not always brute force that will make a person top dog, but as they scramble their way to the "top of the heap"( by treading on others) they influence all those around them -- attract or repel according to what the weaker ones want. Many people are coerced into committing acts of evil because of peer pressure and pressure from their superiors -- not that that is any excuse.But once an evil ball gets rolling it's pretty hard to stop it just keeps gathering momentum. I'm not sure if people can be born evil but I have met one or two who have literally made my skin crawl-- the majority of us are really just ordinary people -- quite weak and not always very brave so we tend to get pushed around quite a bit.

We have to understand that it is the system which produces Hitler, Bin Laden. Let's put it in this way : "Why Hitlar was Hitlar, Why Bin Laden became Bin Laden?" Can we peek into the childhood of these two personalities? Were they not the same like all the other childs? God never presents a demon to the society, it is us who creats an evil. There are many areas in our planet where a glass of water is difficult to get, where education is not available, where people has to go miles to reach a hospital. This is on for years. So, if someone comes out of that system and start doing damages to others will we not held our system as responsible?

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I've thought quite a bit about that myself. I don't know what would make someone that hateful or even find people who would obey such an order on a miltary basis. I know for certain that I wouldn't because my God is more important to me than some political drive. I guess it is possible that some people, who we read about as mass murderers in local news, can rise up instead in political power and become horrible dictators. Maybe the value of a human life means nothing to them because their own life is so dim and disgusting. I don't know. It is a scary and terrible scenario for all concerned.

Evil, all the way. Neither of them had terrible childhoods or were mistreated, etc. Plenty of people have far worse backgrounds but don't turn into terrorists, dictators, of mass killers.

They are evil. Misled people don't do things like what they have done.