The True Nature Of Mankind

lily_sagara · newbie! Joined: Jul 11, 2005 Posts: 47

I chose neither. Cuz evil and good are terms that are taught to us during our life. We're not born evil nor good.

the nature of human is one thing: our survival. When born, only that matters. It's only 'cuz a baby is vulnerable, and needs a mother to take care of, that this isn't manifested that good.

did I make sense?

sayoku · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:17 am Post subject:

pyrorecca · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:19 am Post subject:

sayoku · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:22 am Post subject:

lol, sorry sorry, now back to the track.
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pyrorecca · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 4:27 am Post subject:

"Good intentions pave the highway to hell"

Therefore we learn from this statement that,

"The staircase to heaven is carpeted with evil intentions"

SEE?!! I'm a mature poster!!
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betrussel · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Sep 19, 2005 Posts: 63

tientrinh · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Sep 14, 2005 Posts: 73

greed= evil... and also... what is this?? and english class??

CGY · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 10:54 am Post subject:

My belief of the nature of mankind has always be one thing only: evil...

G-girl · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 5:34 pm Post subject:

I go for both. People generally do good but are also quite selfish which leads them to do evil. It seems the human race just can't be one or the other. Even when we do something to improve the world, many times it will backfire on us and it looks like the ultimate evil when it's all said and done. We need help!
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quosimos · Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2005 8:43 pm Post subject:

i reject the generalisation that man is inherently evil. im surrounded by evidence thats suggests otherwise, my family and friends and even strangers. There is so much creative and scientific brilliance in the world. If youve ever gazed at an artwork, listened in rapture to a piece of music or marvelled at the possibilities of space travel you will understand. As much as there is to regret, there is also much to be proud of.

but im pretty indecisive. ask me tomorrow and ill complain about indifference, indivdualism and the disregard for human life in an electronic, mechanised, growth orientated global society. actually, you can substitute 'economy' for society because thats how it is unfortunately. if there is evil, it is in the trend to see people as currency and as tools with which one achieves political and economic goals.

chiken · newbie! Joined: Sep 05, 2005 Posts: 30

I believe that humans can't be defined as solidly evil or good just because there have been many atrocities that are evil beyond belief, but at the same time, humans have bonded in times of those trajedies showing their good side Razz

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Ezekiel · Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2005 4:43 am Post subject:

before i can answer to that you need to define good and evil Smile

but i doubt that we can say that someone is good or evil : someone's act can be considered good for some and evil for others

If you steal something from someone it will be good for you and probably your family but evil for someone else

Tatty · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Jun 28, 2005 Posts: 52

We're human, we're never free from temptation, which usually results in us doing things that we deem to be evil. Guess we're born that way since we have the power of reason to choose and thanks to the power of our minds we would be overly curious to try something.

Would you know that its bad to steal if your parents have not scolded you when you try to take something from a shop without paying when you were still too young to remember anything? Would you know that killing is bad if you didn't learn it? We don't know what is good or bad when we were just born.

You can say that we were neutral when we were born and what direction we took is usually caused by our surroundings when we were young. Though there are extreme cases in life where it could turn a person from good to evil or vice versa but that don't always happen in life.

quosimos · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:38 pm Post subject:

CGY · Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2005 5:41 pm Post subject: