Despicable Us

So, I got this really weird revelation today watching the very deep and emotionally scarring movie: Despicable Me.
I started thinking: We have two phrases to describe people. Either "Good or Evil" or "Good or Bad".
Did you notice that while the third word changed, the first did not?
Why do we use multiple words to describe "Evil" but good is always just good?
Another question: Why is it, that in all little kids movies, the bad guy is called, "The Bad Guy", but in more mature and movies for older audiences, the bad guy is always called the "Villain"?

I think I have a partial answer to both of those questions.

We deem bad guys, "Bad Guys" in children's movies, because they're just "bad". They're not really evil, or diabolical. Because it's a children's movie. The world is never really in peril, and all us older people know it.
However, in our movies, the bad guy is the "Villain" because he is Evil with a capital E. There's something about him that's not right, and he's whacked in the head, and he might really blow up the world.

Now, back to my original question about the bad/evil thing.

Okay, so let's go back to the beginning for a minute. The beginning of earth. What was the tree called in the Garden of Eden?

The Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.

So, here's the deal.

Good is good is good is good. There's no getting around what good is. Good is purity, it's innocence, it's naivety  It's love, it's everything right and perfect in the world. There's no medium to good. There's no gray area where something might be good. It just is.

Somewhere along the way, we decided we needed another word for evil. Because Evil with a capital E, was used in the name of the tree. Evil meant Satan. It meant darkness, it meant terror, it meant panic, havoc, fear, mortal peril.

But, the problem is; there are shades to "Bad".

Stealing a cookie from the cookie jar isn't as bad as murdering someone. Calling someone a name isn't as bad as robbing a bank.

We decided we needed to define evil/bad, because there are so many shades of gray in between what we consider bad, and what we consider evil.

You would never tell a child, "You are so evil!" But yet, I say all the time, "You are so bad!"

Because somewhere along the way, the word bad became a medium. It's somewhere in between evil and good. It's not good, but it's not evil either.

Being "Bad" is a very dangerous spot to be in.

It's an undefined area, an area humans made up. We made it up. We invented it in our petty minds.

When really God implied in that garden, that the things you do are either Good with a capital G, or they're Evil with a capital E.

There is no in between.