People...good by nature?

Do you think people are good by nature?

 

I think that some religions say that people are good by nature.

idk

 

"good" is a perception
life is 99% perception

 

I think that by nature humans have the will to survive.

This can make them rather good in some contexts and rather bad in other contexts.

 

i think humans are good by nature. being born with no faults or guilt. but as you get older, you become easily influenced and thats what i think is the calling to be remain good or go and be bad.

 

yes i do believe that

 

No. Obviously people are evil. Look around. "Will to survive" - bullshit.

 

how are people evil though?

 

I think most people are quite neutral when born (besides some pre natal influences) and it takes quite some effort to turn them into being the zombies the elites want them to be. Look at all the film industry with their images of violence it takes to desensibilize people and turn them into zombies.
Without the daily bombardement with images of violence by the media people would never accept all the wars and injustice going on these days.

 

thats where the easily influenced takes place. either you didnt have the right parents to teach you not to go off and kill people or there really is something wrong with you if you are influenced by a video game.

personally i think its dumb to be influenced like that. now i dont think its bad to have games like call of duty etc. as long as you understand and know that you are simply watching images of people. photographs and dont think its okay to kill real people.

 

i think people just are, and goodness or badness is all only inside your own mind....

definitely+
and when 2 people and wills of survival come up against each other....!

have you ever heard of 'the death wish'? that idea that people unconsciously create their own destruction... that we are drawn to our own destruction...
but i do feel like we have survival in our hearts... we are made to overcome...

 

I feel almost like there is a constant struggle between the two; and one day, there is finally a winner.

 

yeah i feel like that is true

 

That doesn't deserve a reply.

You made this world. Enjoy it. It's going to get a lot worse.

 

They have been saying that since the Roman times, correct me if I am wrong but I think either Virgil or Horace said it. They actually said something like... "Things used to be better and always get worse", but of course they didnt have computers back then and health care was at its peak, people lived until they were way into their mid 30's or 40's on average

as for people being good, well the word "good" has a lot of different connotations under different circumstances

 

People by 'nature' are animals. We are predatory and feed on life. If cows and chickens and most of the plant world had a voice they would probably say we were evil. A few of the larger beasts that still exist would probably say people are good - "Taste like chicken"

 

A mind without anxiety tends to be kind.

 

Good is relative, for instance, Hilter with out a doubt believed he was doing something good for Germany (and Europe as a whole) by getting rid of the Jews. Less serious example: when watching a football game which side is the "good" side? The side that you're rooting for of course lol. In other words people are selfish by nature, good/bad are just terms we use to justify our actions.

 

People make good or bad choices i don't think it has anything to do with nature.

 

people have the capacity to plan for the future and remember far into the past.
for this reason, none of us are innocent in our actions.

define good and we can start from there, eh?