The Devil isn’t real, and if he is, he’s probably not a bad guy.
Second, evil is a virus. First, it originated in the DNA. the Garden of Eden story is an allegory for this. Life started out as peaceful vegan Fluttershys, then everyone turned into bloodthirsty Erik’s who are ashamed their own bodies. Erik, if you have no shame, then why do you not upload nude pics to ILP?
So evil is genetic, embedded in DNA. But evil is also memetic, it spreads like a cancer. through TV and internet evil has spread…evil begots evil…for example being exposed to disturbing images makes you more evil…you try to resist it’s effects but you can’t, eventually it overpowers you, it is a virus.
Evil is a genetic virus, but then propagates as a memetic virus, spread through TV, News, and Internet. Therefore it grows exponentially.
Now, Ignorance is not the same as evil, but it usually causes evil, and it usually causes untold suffering. Evil is intent, and a state of mind.
Seems to me an explanation for the notion of ‘evil’ has been pursued since time immemorial … and never satisfactorily explained.
Certainly appears that evil is the result of some neuron(s) being involuntarily forced out of their normal orbit(s) … and often lack the energy to resume same.