Human beings are very capable of doing awful things, but then again, so is an abused dog.  It could be argued that the abused dog only did any horrible thing because it was abused by humans, and I agree with this sentiment also, but I'd like to make sure the pendulum swings all the way back, also.  Humans do bad things because other humans taught them to, just like other humans taught that dog to attack children and otherwise act outside of its nature.  Evil, to me at least, is very much like a disease - it is spread, and it is contageous, and some people can be born with it because of the "sins of the father" so-to-speak.  I also think that "evil", like a disease, is curable - that Ted Bundy, should someone have found him before his disease had progressed to such an advanced stage, could have been cured.  I don't imagine it to be an easy process by any stretch of the imagination - curing any disease takes an awful lot of time and energy.

All this begs the question: "Where did this disease come from?"  It's an excellent question, and one that has plagued philosophers and religious leaders for centuries.  I'm also pretty sure you either won't like, or won't believe the answer I have to give, which makes me hesitant to even dive into it.  In fact, as I type this, I think it might not be a bad idea to hear your own answers to this question before I begin, so I can sum up my thoughts and try to say what I have to say as succinctly as possible.

Since this is quickly getting off the topic of "Are werewolves evil", I propose that we move the discussion to a different post.  That post can be found here

~ Loup

i think that there just like people there are the good one and then there the evil ones it just depends who u cross paths with

So monsieur Nior angelus,

are you of the opinion that man is inherenly good or evil ? or perhaps that one can corrupt him/herself beyond any hope of redemption?

[werewolf aiden]

they are miths but im good beleve it or not!!!!

well most werewolf facts are myths anway

Wow. They are what they choose to be just as everyone else. There are humans that are evil and humans that are good. There are weres that are evil and weres that are good.

[Omnipotent]

Wow. They are what they choose to be just as everyone else. There are humans that are evil and humans that are good. There are weres that are evil and weres that are good.

Can't get any more clear then that hehe.

Trust a were to go by instinct though.

beign a werewolf can be bad and good depending on the path you take

[werewolf aiden]

were evil some good im good &evil 

[Regina Terra]

Humans are evil.  Any werewolf who is "Evil", is so because of the human part in them, and the wolf part doesn't know how to cope like a human does.  That is our explanation of why a fictional werewolf would be evil (from over at a private group I am in.)

Yep, it's the human side that generally messes things up. You don't see a wolf going by with the canine equivalent of a drive by shooting.

On a serious note, what about all the stories & legends of  perfectly good human becoming a werewolf, then performing atrocious acts? I think hat is simply a case of a human mind refusing to cope with the wolf mind/spirit. So they both battle for dominance, neither one gaining any ground. & then the wolf spirit just explodes outward when it is finally released in any form.

So, being a were isn't evil in & of itself, it's the choices.

[Rocket]

In my opinion, Werewolves can be either good or bad, it's there choice

[Lilith92]

i guess there can be some good and some evil
weres that use the full moons to ravege and kill for pleasure could be considered evil
but this dosent mean we shouldnt feed
we all need to feed
the weres that use this oppertunity for feeding purposes could be consitered good
i think that if you use your powers for evil, you are evil

[Rocket]

I second that speach!!, bravo lilith92.

[Beast_King]

let's have a look on human 

human have to side - the evil part and the good part
just like we have male and female gene in our body
even the goodess Mother Terasse proberly wich somebody
dead even there not murded any1

now let's look on werewolf aka wolf aka human

wolf are living by there instinct surch as kill animals
and eat the meat
for a wolf we are just the next meat 

we also know there have been war since human kind
whas born on earth either for food or land or territory

therefor you can't exacly say werewolf a evil couse human
are even more evil then wolf are and face it as fare we know
werewolf is a kind of mix between human and wolf 

PS. sry for my english spell but is not my main languis