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Evil, therefore,* is not only a state of mind (mens rea, in the common law)** rather than an action (actus rea);** being an exercise of will, (Ordination) away from the Spirit of God – it is specifically a conscious state of mind.

The Unconscious,*** whose parameters we will almost certainly never be able to define,**** cannot be, think or do evil, and no creature of wholly unconscious motivation can be, think or do evil.

*[See last 2 previous entries]

**(If I recall correctly….)

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****which suggests that Psychology’s statements about it can only be, scientifically speaking, speculative.

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