The Worlds of God by -U.S.Baha'i National Ref Library Committee- 2 Para

"Evil is imperfection. Sin is the state of man in the world of the baser nature, for in nature exist defects such as injustice, tyranny, hatred, hostility, strife: these are characteristics of the lower plane of nature. These are the sins of the world... Through education we must free ourselves from these imperfections." (Pt 177- 8) (55:3)

"The reality underlying this question is that the evil spirit, Satan or whatever is interpreted as evil, refers to the lower nature of man. This baser nature is symbolized in various ways. In man there are two expressions, one is the expression of nature, the other the expression of the spiritual realm. The world of nature is defective. God has never created an evil spirit; all such ideas and nomenclature are symbols expressing the mere human or earthly nature of man. It is an essential condition of the soil of earth that thorns, weeds and fruitless trees may grow from it. Relatively speaking, this is evil; it is simply the lower state and baser product of nature." (Pup 289) (55:4)

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