h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

To have an absolute called God would imply that his power would indeed be conditionless so that choosing relative categories such as following one's instincts or appetites could have negative consequences on others, but like any mindless sentient act could hardly be called evil. Chosen acts contradicting the positive "thou shalt" of the omnipotent being implies consciousness and choice which, when understood, leads, like Abraham, towards ethical consciousness in some; it may lead to a higher order of thought in others. By reflection, contemplation, and thought, others volitionly adhere to the promptings of the absolute. This intellection is done by those who wish to grasp the essence of the infinite rather than mindless obedience. This form of thought and feeling is called religiousity. Evil implies choice and it may truly be the price humans pay for thought whose source is ego and narrow self-absorbtion. As horrific as this may sound, it may the price the "relative world" pays to and for the absolute.