From: Pele@yabbs
To: Badger01@yabbs
Subject: re: Just a thought
Date: Fri Jul 29 00:45:33 1994
In message Just a thought, Badger01 said:
> All people are inherently evil.


I refuse to believe that.  I will concede that all people have the
capacity for evil but I will say with equal vigor that all people have the
capacity for good.  To simply say that all people are at the core evil,
defies my belief that we can ever go to Heaven (If it truly exists).

The Bible (My only real religious book of reference) states that we are
"born in sin and shaped in iniquity" and that "all are sinners."  I would
not disagree with either of these statements because I simply have no
reason to.  In my experience, however, every time that I begin to doubt
the entire human race (like when I was robbed, or harassed by others, or
even molested) I always would run into an indivdual who was so selfless
and loving that you could do nothing but regain your lost faith.

That's all I have to say.  I believe in people.  That may make me an optimist,
or even and idiot but I can't give up hope.  It's the only thing that we
have been given an immeasureable amount of.

-Pele-