ABSTRACT
People often ask about the origin of evil in this world and tend to blame others and external events, or human nature itself. Seldom do they look into their hearts to find this answer. Sin, confession, and reconciliation are not part of our mainstream psychological reflection. Yet, people who appear in counseling offices struggle with various forms self-destructive forces and propensities that seem to be embedded in their very nature, causing a perceptible tension between good and evil, oneness and division, serving others and seeking one’s own pleasure. These people are often wounded by their own bad choices as well as by those of others. In theological terms, the woundedness of our human nature as well as the bad choices that we make are called sin. This chapter explores this point of view and presents possible remedies from both psychological and faith-based perspectives.
