Are we humans Good or Evil by nature?

[ranaticsrule]

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Humans are created by his image and likeness (God)

[ReikoChan]

The religion arguments are coming.

[butong101]

The religion arguments are coming.

it's starting to get messy...

[miyay]

good, of course. i don't believe in the christian concept of the orginal sin

1 Corinthians 3:16: Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you?

Dalai Lama
I am convinced that human nature is basically affectionate and good. If our behavior follows our kind and loving nature, immense benefits will result, not only for ourselves, but also for the society to which we belong. I generally refer to this sort of love and affection as a universal religion. Everyone needs it, believers as much as non-believers. This attitude constitutes the very basis of morality.

[floppy]

religious note aside...

i think humans are neither good nor bad.
Its the society that dictates which is good and which is bad.

[mokiloo]

nature is just nature and we humans still fall under its umbrella
Individually we may be measured and labelled according to character, virtue & culture...all of it, at the end of the day still boil down to instinct--the very core of how we trully behave or act as an earthly being stripped down those racial, regional, cultural classifications.

We are merely "intelligent" beings above all terrestrial species and being intelligent or great thinkers cannot draw the line between good or evil.

same ra na if you see an alligator, shark or a lion bloodily tearing down a prey to morself---blood, guts spilling all over...
...would you look or see these flesh eating creatures as evil?

I don't think there's a definite or direct "yes" or "no" answer to the question

[RonIvs]

Humans are created by his image and likeness (God)

hahaha. probably the most out of topic post

[mokiloo]

^^^^
or most probably wala kasabot. hahahah

[nealotol]

ma evil ta kung wala tay conscience pero kung naa murag dili man tingali.

[SioDenz]

That example was contextualized with in the bounds of the innate nature of human being which is to survive at all cost. That is why, i have mentioned in the next responses that i have made that the basic goodness i was talking about is in its purest form wherein it is not bounded by morality.

when morality comes in, the discussion becomes more complicated. Won't we all agree that our most primitive need is to survive, as explained by the natural selection process and as explained by the "bible" itself, hence, isn't it just and reasonable to say, that that basic goodness is in purest form when it is not bounded by any norms?

If there's No absolute/universal basis mas Complicated kay Good and Bad will become relative and its unfair if you say someone is Bad because its what you think.