This is a most horrible though, one which can make your frontal lobe deny that the base of the brain controls our most vital functions, and all  the gizmos which controls; “Am I awake;  Am I asleep,” want to scream out that it is impossible for an evil brain part to exist — ” Certainly not me,” screams the little know sella turcica, and the parietal lobes just sit and spin.

I saw a horrid television show about this where when they have done scans of the brains of people who are known to be psychopathic, that with certain pictures depicting good and evil events that almost, to the person, the psychopaths compared with the control group did, indeed have a section of the brain which would light up more actively with evil.  Others must have seen this as well, and when they have autopsied the brains of murderers, your non emotional, planned out sort of  person, the one you would not have wanted to have an after party drink with — Again, they would find this area to be enlarged, so even from science, we have a clue that people can be born with the propensity to do evil, if we examine the message from these test

Biblically speaking, both the Old and the New Testament speak of demons, evil in which we should not delve too far in is noted to be avoided, and these were long before the days anyone was tinkering with the medulla oblongata, and the pons differens, and all you real biology folks; Give me a break for spelling, for just thinking of all these words gives me a headache.  Was the person born this way, or was there an environmental cause for 8 of 10 dangerous people to have parts of their brain thrilled over something evil?   If we could measure such things before birth, could the outcome be changed with environment, and a child loved from the moment of birth, and given all they need with love and safety being tops on the list, then if all they have known is love and admiration.  Will this make the science disappear?  I look at the Scot Peterson’s and think; No way, and we have all known people who were just social manipulators to the point of embarrassment, so I am leaning toward believing that evil exist.

I am Catholic, and exorcism is among the most secretive, kept out of public scrutiny issues of the church.  Only the highest trained priest can go to this level, and having personal friends as priest — I know that the ritual is ancient, but in extreme cases of what appear to be demonic possession, then it can be done.  Sadly, there was recently a priest who was about as good as it gets in so far as a preacher teacher, and I was sad to miss him when he spoke at Xaviour University.  A few weeks later it would be learned that he had a child, was using cocaine, driving sports cars and living a super wealthy life off of poor donors, and he preached about being in exorcisms.  He was a loss to us, for Priest are so often scholars and lousy ministers.  The things he was doing were all things which he did before he became our world evangelist, but he was the master of deceit, so what was to come of his evil, and anyone who believed he could cast out demons was probably laughing out loud.

I see evil as a severe wanting, a deficit of humanity, and true evil to lead to death and despair. I believe this from science and from religion.  The ones who get caught are extreme cases, while the others just enjoy seeing other people in pain, psychologically, spiritually, or physically.  Parents need to know early signs of children who are showing maladaptive behaviors, for early on we can influence the development of a child’s brain.  I think children to be aware of show early signs of anger, frustration, and rage.  Mutilation of animals is a sign you are waiting too late, and being able to separate what is being a leader from a brat bully is important.  No matter, some are going to slip through, with over inflated egos, charm, never to blame for anything, and most can lie so well that being on stage would be no challenge for them.

I have learned from my own children that one you trust most can also hurt you the most with no regard for how much love you have given to that child.  It is very hard for us as parents to accept that we do not know our children, but I had been warned this would be the child which would inflict pain, though I felt she was endeavoring to make her twin’s life better when she left her out, broke her heart, and would not even be in her sister’s wedding.  Everyone saw it but me that this child did things, not so mech for love, as to get her way.  All children are so different, but I have grown older, and only in growing older have I seen that we sometimes need to protect ourselves from hurt.  This is all fearful to me, and it should be of concern in our society.

Misguided children may need to find their way as do abused children.  In “Pinkhoneysuckle,” I wrote about the kind of brutality we faced as children on the farms of Southern Appalachia, for from birth on, they were going to whip the evil out of us, and to forgive my folks which I did as they grew older, I knew they were a product of the same kind of people, and they did use the term, “Beating the devil out of us,”  and we each obeyed out of fear, not out of love, but most of us were good parents.  

Who could knowingly give birth if some text was devised which stated, “You can have this baby, but the series of test we have of brain size and scan and certain blood samples tell us that this child is about to be evil, apt to have a tendency to kill, will loath and hate most people, and has the same body chemistry of all the classic murderers of our time.  Someday, in the future such a test is coming, and even as a Catholic, I would be hard pressed were I a young person to ask God, “Why me?”  I would also have to think of terminating the pregnancy, for who could in good conscience give birth to a child who,, in the womb had all of the characteristics and chemistry of mass murderers.  I am not able to call out demons, and I believe that we would be forgiven by our creator;  For God is Good and Life, and Evil is the antithesis.  I feel so sad to hear that truth of myself.  In your childbearing years, all who are young today; You may be among the first who is given the knowledge to make such a decision, so I pray simply for mercy.

Blessings, Barbara Everett Heintz, “Pinkhoneysuckle,” the book on Amazon, Kindle, Create Space