Absolute Evil Exists
Were the assassinations of Charlie Hebdo et al immoral? Absolutely. Is it immoral to conspire to lure, rape, torture and murder children? Absolutely. My Liberal academic, atheist, cultural relativist friends often mock my advocacy of moral absolute good/evil and tease me for examples. Well, two examples have presented themselves recently. One example is a US Government cybersecurity official who conspired to sexually torture and murder children. The second is the group of French Jihadist who claims their god is the ringleader of assassins that orders the death of anyone who does not worship him. First, we have the example of one Timothy DeFoggi who conspired with others to rape, torture and kill children to fulfill his fantasies. This is, in my opinion, an example of absolute evil without any logical possibility of justification with or without mental competence factored in. Timothy DeFoggi, 56, formerly of Germantown, Maryland, was convicted on Aug. 26, 2014 of engaging in a