Punishment is the constant suffering that results from our selfishness. Evil is acting out of personal interest. So we isolate ourselves without progressing. With understanding we can change this false idea and be free from this limiting thought.
The belief in the existence of evil, as something created by God (or by the “devil”, who, having been created by God, carries the same consequence) and that comes from outside, is something very widespread, throughout the world and in all beliefs. Spiritism, however, is the only philosophical doctrine, still existing today, to demonstrate, rationally and factually, that this is not true.
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