The root(s) of evil

[Citizen James]

Choose all that apply   

[12th Doctor]

On of the most misquoted bible passages in scripture:

1 Timothy 6:10

For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.

[12th Doctor]

And personally, I think that pride is ultimately the source of all evil.

[fezzyfestoon]

Ignorance.

[John Dibble]

I think it comes down to three things really - selfishness, ignorance, and zealotry. Quite often you'll see these go hand in hand.

[A18]

My interlinear Bible suggests that "a root of all evils" is the most literal rendering, but I won't pretend to know the workings of ancient Greek. The King James Version gives "the root of all evil," while the NET Bible argues for "the root of all evils" (plural; emphasis is of course mine).

See footnotes 12 and 13 to 1 Timothy 6 in the NET Bible, particularly the latter: "Many translations render this 'of all kinds of evil,' especially to allow for the translation 'a root' along with it. But there is no parallel for taking a construction like this to mean 'all kinds of' or 'every kind of.' The normal sense is 'all evils.' "

[Tetro Kornbluth]

The Stupidity of Groups, Human Insecurity, Boredom, etc..

[JSojourner]

2, 3, 4, 6, 8 and 10 (other)  

other being The Cleveland Browns.