Is the model of Good/Evil Dualism Innate?

[OneSheep]

The “it” is the desire to do something that is morally wrong, while desiring to obtain some good from the act. And there is certainly power in desire since it motivates everything, from Mother Theresa’s acts to those of ISIS.

Desire in itself can be neutral, though. What has to do with dualism is “from where comes the desire?”. If the desire comes from a separate power that has a different purpose than that of God, then we have dualism. If the suggestion of doing an immoral act comes from a power that has access to all humanity, then we have dualism.

But when another human commits some heinous act, that we know was a matter of choice and so could’ve simply been not committed, then the sense of evil is much more present.

Most of this paragraph had to do with moral decisions, which can definitely be good, bad, or something in between based on typical definitions of help or harm. The “sense of evil” may or may not refer to a power.

Yes, people, especially the less mature or educated for examples, often tend to give the devil much power, even seeing evil as unstoppable perhaps.

I can relate. When I was less mature/educated, I did perceive such a power, or at least it made sense that there was such a power. This is part of the reason why I am positing that there is an innate attractiveness of dualism, that it simply makes sense that evil acts come from an evil source. When there is an evil source that has purposes in opposition to God, and that source is prevalent and the bounds of power are essentially unknown, we have dualism.

Infinity goes in both directions, it can be an infinity beyond the known, but in the human mind, the unknown also manifests itself as an infinite.