No such thing as 'evil' as in...an outside force that possesses a person and causes him/her to act badly. People CHOOSE to do good or bad things in life, and sometimes religion is used as the scapegoat for their bad actions. And often gets the credit when the person does 'good' things.
In other news...atheists do good things ...just because.
In other news...atheists do good things ...just because.