Selfishness.
Jesus himself said, the most important commandment is to treat others as you would like to be treated. If most people actually did this, many of the world’s problems would go away.
e.g
Why are their rapists. Rapists are extremely selfish people. They only care about relieving themselves, whether if be of anger or sexual desire.
Why do people murder others . Same as above.
Why do people cheat. – not thinking of the effect it will have on their spouse . Only thinking of themselves and how they feel.
Why do many but not all people get divorced. I AM NOT HAPPY. me me me.
Why is the inequality between rich and poor so great in the world? Because the rich are greedy and selfish. Do most of them really need that much money? Yes you earned it . But I think God gives us the ability to become successful so we can help others. I don’t think he just expects us to keep it to ourselves for egotistical reasons.
Why do a lot of people get married for the wrong reasons?-
they are only living for the now. They feel happy at that particular point in time. From the minute they get into any disagreements with their spouse or things become routine , they want to move on to someone else. They don’t think they should have to work on their marriage. They think happy marriages should just exist without effort. Again selfishness. Going by their feelings and desires.
WE live in a me me me me world.
IT takes a lot of effort and sacrifice to be selfless.
I don’t think religion itself causes evil. I think people inability to agree with each other is the source of so many religions in the world. Again they were just being selfish. They want to do whatever they want to do and are not willing to compromise or try to understand others. As a result divisions were created in the world among religious beliefs, which in turn caused divisions among people.