In christianity a person takes steps into evil by conforming to their earthly desires. I am a religious person and I agree with that statement to a great extent. I believe someone takes the first step into evil when they take actions to please their worldly desires. It is much like eve did when she was tempted by the devil in the garden to eat the fruit. At baptism a christian is relieved of their original sin. Once a person takes action to please their worldly desires they have taken the first step of evil which is sin.
I believe that this is related to Macbeth and his earthly desire to obtain power and become king. He takes the step into evil in conforming to the manipulation of Lady Macbeth into murdering Duncan. This leads him further into evil by later having Banquo murdered and trying to have Fleance murdered. All of Macbeth's actions lead to him entering evil.
Macbeth's consequence of taking the step into evil leads to him going mad. In my case taking the step of conforming to my earthly desires leads to me committing sin. Macbeth's actions correlate to the sin I commit in my life. However the consequences I face from sin do not lead to me going mad, they affect my relationship with God.
I think your parallels between Christianity and Macbeth are very interesting, however I think you could have gone into greater detail and explored your ideas more. You have a great idea, I'd love to read more.
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