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Is Humanity Evil?
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I would say that, in general, humanity is not evil. Humans are the most intelligent species on Earth which causes some to become conceited & subsequently evil.
Now this one I really have to hear. How can animals - creatures with no conscience and whose only concern is survival - be evil?[/quote]
If a person had no conscience you would consider it the definition of evil.
Smooth said:
Now this one I really have to hear. How can animals - creatures with no conscience and whose only concern is survival - be evil?[/quote]
If a person had no conscience you would consider it the definition of evil.
You can't tell me my belief is incorrect unless you can definitively prove that your studies show animals actually have a conscience and so far, you've failed to show this to me.
The tooth fairy, the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus are real too.
The tooth fairy, the Easter Bunny and Santa Claus are real too.
There are good and evil people among humanity, but most of us are simply inherently lazy. We take what ever the path of least resistance to take is. We believe what we are taught as children and teach our children what we believe when we are adults, with a majority never bothering to question those beliefs. Therefore, I believe the few who actually do think these things through and preach them (church officials during the holy wars, for example) are at best ignorant and at worst evil, while the vast majority of the rest of us are simply ignorant.
Also, for your argument about animals, I would have to say that they are not evil. Plants carry out basic actions to live, most of them not harmful to anything else. Herbivores eat plants and try to escape predators. Predators eat other animals and try to avoid animals that would eat themselves. These are all actions that are vital to their own lives, and because of that I would consider none of them to be evil. They are simply doing what their body requires to function. They all balance each other out and lead to a healthy ecosystem. There are no real displays of greed or of wrath.
Now, to a question vital to this discussion, what do you define to be evil?
Also, for your argument about animals, I would have to say that they are not evil. Plants carry out basic actions to live, most of them not harmful to anything else. Herbivores eat plants and try to escape predators. Predators eat other animals and try to avoid animals that would eat themselves. These are all actions that are vital to their own lives, and because of that I would consider none of them to be evil. They are simply doing what their body requires to function. They all balance each other out and lead to a healthy ecosystem. There are no real displays of greed or of wrath.
Now, to a question vital to this discussion, what do you define to be evil?
Do you really WANT me to weigh in on this discussion?
And I do not accept the answers of those that said yes or no without explanation, that's a cop out attitude even though that's how the question was phrased.
It's like asking, do you believe in an afterlife without requesting supporting reasoning. To say you believe it by faith is dodging the question.
Before you answer.... perhaps some background:
Chapter 2 would be along the lines of this topic.
http://themediadesk.com/newfiles2/meta2a.htm
And I do not accept the answers of those that said yes or no without explanation, that's a cop out attitude even though that's how the question was phrased.
It's like asking, do you believe in an afterlife without requesting supporting reasoning. To say you believe it by faith is dodging the question.
Before you answer.... perhaps some background:
Chapter 2 would be along the lines of this topic.
http://themediadesk.com/newfiles2/meta2a.htm
I don't think you can describe the broad concept of humanity with a word such as evil. There are very few people that could really be considered evil. And then we must wonder if this evil was innate or acquired, whether a different childhood environment would have produced a much different person.
A better to question to ask is whether humanity tends to lean more toward self-preservation or toward altruism?
A better to question to ask is whether humanity tends to lean more toward self-preservation or toward altruism?
Nebulous said:
I dont agree with anything you said in that statement. There are great well behaved intelligent kids (regardless of their upbringing) in the world and plenty of adults are evil.[/quote]
What I'm saying is if you don't get the education you need as a child you can do incredibly evil things because you don't have a sense of responsibility yet. You can't genuinely what other kids are going through either. So yes, I believe humanity is most evil in their early years.
No adults can be considered truly evil, even if it's an act considered evil by your standards, they always do it for a reason. No one sees themselves as an evil person...
Cranos said:
I dont agree with anything you said in that statement. There are great well behaved intelligent kids (regardless of their upbringing) in the world and plenty of adults are evil.[/quote]
What I'm saying is if you don't get the education you need as a child you can do incredibly evil things because you don't have a sense of responsibility yet. You can't genuinely what other kids are going through either. So yes, I believe humanity is most evil in their early years.
No adults can be considered truly evil, even if it's an act considered evil by your standards, they always do it for a reason. No one sees themselves as an evil person...[/quote]
Quite the opposite. Children are a blank canvas, innocent and pure. What they become as they age can be evil.
