Are most people good or evil?
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Name one good person on this earth.
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Many people don't see religion as casting all humans as inherently bad.  For some of us, for example, our belief in a higher power incentivizes us to do good even when society would permit us not to.  In my own personal conduct, integrity is the hallmark of everything that I do and say.  I trace that integrity to a belief that at some point in the future I will have to answer for (i.e. justify) my every choice, word, and action.  In other words, even when it appears that no one is observing my conduct, I behave because I believe that Someone is.  It has become fashionable in political circles to mention one's religion, and particularly one's fundamentalism, much in the same vein as one lists other credentials (i.e. education, business experience, and political involvement to date).  I am tremendously skeptical that many if any of our political leaders truly believe the faith they profess.  I am convinced that if more of them anticipated justifying their conduct to a higher power, the world would automatically be better and, for example, the war in Iraq might never have begun under such false pretenses.
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I believe people are inherently evil. When bringing up a child, you do NOT have to teach them to be bad, they already know that. But you sure do have to teach them to be good! interesting, I think!
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Evil... in my opinion is an overused term which encompasses all things and actions perceived to extraordinarily cruel or unjust.  What do I think in real life is evil?  I really don't know.  You see I'm in college and my way of thinking has been a little skewed lately... I guess Adolf Hitler, Charles Manson, the IRS...
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depends on who's perspective you look at...if you want to be one of the flock, then yes it is...and Bush is Satan incarnate....come on now people...everyone has a twisted view of what's good and what's evil...when in reality...the line that separates each has been blurred many years ago and it's all about common sense now.
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the soul is neither good nor evil. its the choices that we make which are good or evil.
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my answer is based on bible, so sorry if you think the bible's a fake.\n\nbut, the bible teaches that all people are inherently evil.  i think the only good people do is solely out of the grace of god.
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Is man good? You are knowledgable. I have seen your questions and replies....you seem to have a head on your shoulders. So. Like law regarding entropy, is man born going from good to better, or is man born and molded, pushed, punished, terrorized, into beinf what we call morally acceptable? I, as an opinion, can not believe in an'inherent goodness' in man. I just look at a child who is becoming self aware, and the first things learned are "NO!", screaming for attention, taking toys from others...doing everything we have to teach them not to do. They do not come out and learn politeness and giving, first. They are changed into that.
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It is obvious to me that the evil in the world does not come from following the teachings in the Bible, but come from ignoring those teachings.  If people loved one another, treated one another as they would like to be be treated, were kind and helpful and did not take advantage of one another, the world would be a wonderful place.  That is the Bible teaching.  Where the people live the commandments of God there is peace and harmony.  This is the God I believe in, love, and will follow.  Satan is the one who spreads dissent, hate, discord, war, and suffering.  Satan wants you to not believe in the Bible.  There is no doubt in my mind who the good guy is, and who is the evil one.
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You are associating with Evil = Not Good.  Because of the religious connotation you are inferring that good = religious.  Since you also equated good = dumb, then by the transitive property of equality, religious = dumb.
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what people tell you is right, is right for you, and what people tell you is wrong is wrong for you, if youre evil, then, since most people arent, you'd be against most people. For you evil is right, and you'd know that for other people it's wrong, since they're against evil. You see, there aint much difference between right and wrong.
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I think that most Christians are good and do positive things. But then, I think that most people strive to be good and do positive things. We have all sinned and fall short of the Glory of God. No one is perfect.
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well, you can't really prevent badness forever. If there's goodness, then there's got to be badness, too. They can't be one without the other. Good and evil are like 2 parts of the same thing. \nBadness can be reduced somehow, but this depends on us. People just have to be better and more understanding with each other.
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explain what?\n\nyou can't generalize an entire group of people, calling them the 'best' or the 'worst' of the earth.\n\nthere are good and bad people everywhere.
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Magic is not good or evil.  It's what you use it for.  What if God gave you as much faith as a mustard seed and you could move a mountain.  Would that be a miracle gift or magic?  And don't say it's different because it's from God.  Everything is from God and everyone has the same energy available to them as witches, magic practicioners, etc.  It's not the energy that's evil.  It's what we do with it that is good or bad.
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No one can prove bcoz are not evil they are Finest creature made by god after Man.They are too caring, lovingly and friendly for man that they never be come into a category of Evil
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All the people are good, but everyone has its own temptation also to do bad things. It depends on us, to give in or resist to those temptations. I think you are a good person, if you thought to ask this question.\n\nGood Luck!