My philosophy on the true nature of humans in their natural state is somewhere between Hobbes’ theory and Rousseau’s. I don’t believe that humans are born inherently good or evil specifically. I think humans are born with a large amount of good in them, but with a small bit of evil present as well. In a sense I think of it as a good and pure being born with the smallest of infections. This infection multiplies and spreads as the being it’s infesting keeps moving through life, but it can be slowed, stalled, and sometimes even stopped depending on circumstances. Other conditions could speed up the illness of wickedness in man. It could anything from an abusive parent to someone who cuts this example person off on the freeway. I believe this because I believe in a God, and I believe when he originally made things, he made them good and perfect. So originally humanity was born and made with pure goodness inside of them. I also believe though, that ancestors far back in the past decided to ruin that by choosing to disobey God, and that’s where the contamination of sin entered the world. So because they had sin, of course it was passed on to their descendents. Sin was present, even during their descendant’s birth, but it did not have a large hold. So now we have babies born with goodness, love, all excellent traits in them, but they’re not perfect, they’re born with tendencies to mess up. Look at a typical teenager, no one has to teach them to be disrespectful to parents, sometimes it just comes naturally.
And there you have it.*insert vague non-commentating noise here*
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Deep man, Deep.
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