They say that good always triumphs over evil! If you think so, too, I just have one good question for you. Imagine those countless stories, tales, cartoons, animations, etc. In each of them, they show that the good triumphs over evil. But they almost never show where those evil people or characters originate from! Or when they come to life, for that matter! Why? Why is there always an element of evil despite being "killed" over and over by the good?
That's because they are afraid of showing the big picture. In the big picture, sometimes good wins and sometimes evil wins. And the parts where evil wins are censured by people, thinking that good must be promoted. Hah! So ironic! I'll tell you why. But first, you need to understand that this problem is not a single problem. It is actually the tip of an iceberg. Take another example.
They do the same thing in the love stories, too. Eventually love wins, and the heroes of the story get married in a wedding that is celebrated for 40 days and 40 nights. Have you ever heard the remainder of the story after the wedding? No! Because, that part is not as fun as they want it to be. That is because "the love" they have been seeking for so long disappears soon after the wedding, and their life becomes a permanent burden that they cannot give up. Their marriage becomes a dungeon from which they cannot escape to another love story. But still, people keep telling the nice stories of love.
Another example. Even the characters or people that you deem evil do not consider themselves as evil. They have good reasons, and perhaps also "a cause", that justify what they are doing. Sometimes they do what they do in order to earn the bread for their families; sometimes they act out of fear of something/somebody else. When asked, they say "normally I wouldn't do this if I didn't have to", but in the end, they serve to the propagation of evil. Sometimes they would say that it is the other person/group/etc. that is evil, and so, they try to kill the evil in their understanding. The list can be extended. But again, those that you deem evil interpret the stories of "good winning over evil" as a glimpse of hope for their own cause. As a result, "good people" fight with "good people", and the one that wins engrave their "good winning over evil" story to history.
Just like love doesn't happen by itself and needs work, good doesn't happen by itself. It is a work. And when you get tired, you stop doing good. And eventually when you get bored with what you have been doing, you look for entertaining things. Other good things. That's when the evil comes to flesh and bone. The very agent that serves to the continuity of good also serves to the birth of evil. That agent is change. If you change things, evil is born. If you are a bigot and don't change things, then gradually, your perception of good changes, and again you find yourself changing. Changing towards what? Towards an easier and more comfortable state. That's exactly how evil feels. Easy and entertaining.
When you constantly prefer the "easy and entertaining good" over the "difficult and less entertaining good", then in the long run you find yourself as the object of entertainment for somebody else, who is also trying to do good; and you call this last one "evil".
In fact, this is how the evil started in the first place! Some person trying to show that he can achieve great things by inviting people to obey their desires, no matter whatever it takes. The more people follow their desires, the greater the achievement of that one person. What is his achievement by causing great corruption? By proving that he can do great things, he wants to show that he is praiseworthy, and most of all, he is worth loving. This person is called Devil. And he is seeking to be the most beloved of God!
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