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Are humans essentially good or evil? Although humankind wants to be good and tries its best to control for peace and order, eventually, its dark side will show because humans are essentially bad whether we embrace it or not. Everyone has their dark side and it will always show at some point as depicted in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Some may argue that there is still hope for humankind and that they are essentially good. However, it does not change the sad reality of human’s evil desire

In life, you have to make choices. Some include family versus being cool. Usually people want to be cool in that case but end up leaving their family behind. In Your Move by Eve Bunting, James learns that being cool can ruin your relationship with your family, and you should always put your family first. In the beginning James is trying to be cool. He wants to be in a gang, but he has to watch his little brother, Isaac, so they sneak out to join. He met up with the club and they said “just a bunch

Introduction: Do you truly believe that every single person on this earth is good at heart? One young girl, named Anne Frank, wrote this in her diary: “ In spite of everything, I still believe people are really good at heart.” She thought everyone was good at heart, but I don’t agree with her claim. Mr. Van Daan is the reason why I don’t agree with Anne. Mr. Van Daan is selfish and has never thought about anyone besides himself. Anne is a good person, but not everyone is like her. Through all of

The First Character Count: Caring One of the character count is caring. Caring is doing something out of the ordinary and show affection to help out others. You don’t have to do anything; instead you choose to do it. One example of caring is to put effort into how others are doing. Asking people, whether it’s a neighbor or a friend, how they are doing or feeling is a caring thing to do. People don’t ask as an obligation. Instead they ask because they genuinely want to know how that person is doing

Upon some thought, Good and Evil aren’t too different from each other. Either side either does similar things for different ends or perform different actions for the same result. Evil serves itself to live a good life, while Good serves others to live a good life. Evil torments others for fun and Good tortures others for goodness’ sake. Bokonon sees these differences as a Yin-and-Yang lifestyle. Vonnegut believes that the clashing of ideas is what created human society thus far. Evil may seem as

God And The Problem Of Evil Everyday it is possible to read a newspaper, or turn on TV or radio news and learn about evil going on in our world. Banks are robbed, cars are stolen, violent murders and rapes are committed. Somewhere in the world the aftershock of an earthquake is being felt. Cancer is killing millions of people each year, while other debilitating conditions continue to affect many with no cure to end their suffering. President Bush said that our country is fighting a war against

If we are living in a world that was created by a perfect being, why are there imperfect aspects? If this ultimate being or creator (I will say God for purpose of this paper) is fundamentally good and moral, and is even unable to create evil, then how did evil come to be in the life we are living? According to the problem of evil, if there is a God, there is no evil. But because there is evil in the world, the conclusion can be drawn that there is no God (Sober). At first glance, this argument is

THE BASIC IDEA “In the field of physical science it has been proved that absolutely everything can be scientifically reduced to one ultimate invisible Essence, something which cannot be contacted by the physical senses. It is therefore only reasonable to say that originally everything must have, and still does, come from It. According to one 's way of thinking, different names are given to It: Energy, Principle, Universal Intelligence, Universal Mind, Consciousness, Spirit, God.” The Basic Ideas

Evil People By nature, humankind tends to be more evil than good. Even though, some people are born with kinder temperament than others, everyone is conceived and birth in sin (Psalm 58.3). For this, in many traditions, once a woman gives birth, the baby is either baptized or blessed by his community to welcome him into the world, and to remove him from sin. People are naturally self-centered, jealous, mean individuals who want to gain, but not work hard. They crave violence, and would instantly

Have you ever encountered something and said to yourself “Why me?” Or have you wondered “Why do so many people lose their lives to murders or accidents?” There is so much suffering in this world that we hear about, including rapes, war, genocide, or natural disasters. Every person has different disasters and oftentimes we cannot come up with a possible reason these happen to us. This thought has led some philosophers, such as William Rowe, to believe that God does not exist. Although there are some