Is Man Inherently evil?

xEmochicKx · 04-02-2005, 11:50 PM

Ok so I have to do a debate in class and the topic is:
"Is Man Inherently Evil?"
So yah i really need good arguments cause i have to beat this ****ing guy in my class haha..were always in competition!..Not that i really care but he jsut makes me so mad!

xEmochicKx · 04-02-2005, 11:51 PM

Oh im against by the way

dirt mcgirt · 04-02-2005, 11:59 PM

you should try havin a mass debate son.

Trauma · 04-03-2005, 12:26 AM

No, I believe that man as a whole isn't evil because if some are then others aren't which compensates for the men that are. However, man as a whole can't possibly be evil, it's too much effort. All men in life want what is best for them or the people they love. Through this they try and do anything to help themselves or loved ones. This includes being evil to others "not loved" to get what they want. Basically, man is misunderstand to be evil by the Earth for using it and God for..everything, if God exists. If God exists, he is probably sitting on a cloud with some opium saying,"Bloody little bastards down there.."

jibber · 04-03-2005, 03:00 AM

You can't label someone as entirely evil or entirely good. A persons actions and motives are far too complicated to be lumped together under one label like that. Someone may commit evil acts over the course of their life, but it is impossible to declare the entirety of man's nature as evil or good.

riseagainstrocks · 04-03-2005, 05:56 PM

tabula rasa. end of story

Sweet Jane · 04-03-2005, 06:37 PM

Most of the arguments your opponent will come up for man being evil you should be able to turn into selfish and destructive, but there is usually a motive that is far from evil in every bad thing man does. True evil is an unusual strain, people are locked away from everyone else in prisons or hospitals if they are found to be doing things truly evil, and basically studied. If man was evil, we would not see it as some sort of personality defect resulting in being isolated and sactioned.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 04-03-2005, 06:43 PM

No but women are

Sweet Jane · 04-03-2005, 06:51 PM

Yeah we're not just pretty faces

Urban Hat€monger ? · 04-03-2005, 06:53 PM

Some of you ain`t even that

04-02-2005, 11:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
xEmochicKx Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 91	Is Man Inherently evil? Ok so I have to do a debate in class and the topic is: "Is Man Inherently Evil?" So yah i really need good arguments cause i have to beat this ****ing guy in my class haha..were always in competition!..Not that i really care but he jsut makes me so mad!

04-03-2005, 12:26 AM	#4 (permalink)
Trauma snickers Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: detroit Posts: 2,194	No, I believe that man as a whole isn't evil because if some are then others aren't which compensates for the men that are. However, man as a whole can't possibly be evil, it's too much effort. All men in life want what is best for them or the people they love. Through this they try and do anything to help themselves or loved ones. This includes being evil to others "not loved" to get what they want. Basically, man is misunderstand to be evil by the Earth for using it and God for..everything, if God exists. If God exists, he is probably sitting on a cloud with some opium saying,"Bloody little bastards down there.." __________________ A mi no me importa nada Para mi la vida es un sueño

04-03-2005, 03:00 AM	#5 (permalink)
jibber Freeskier Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Istanbul was Constantinople now it's Istanbul not Constantinople... Posts: 1,536	You can't label someone as entirely evil or entirely good. A persons actions and motives are far too complicated to be lumped together under one label like that. Someone may commit evil acts over the course of their life, but it is impossible to declare the entirety of man's nature as evil or good. __________________ What you've done becomes the judge of what you're going to do -- especially in other people's minds. When you're traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don't have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road. William Least Heat Moon, Blue Highways Your toughest competitor lives in your head. Some days his name is fear, or pain, or gravity. Stomp his ass. HOOKED ON THE WHITE POWDER

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riseagainstrocks Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: DC Posts: 3,320	tabula rasa. end of story __________________ One note timeless, came out of nowhere...

04-03-2005, 06:37 PM	#7 (permalink)
Sweet Jane Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 547	Most of the arguments your opponent will come up for man being evil you should be able to turn into selfish and destructive, but there is usually a motive that is far from evil in every bad thing man does. True evil is an unusual strain, people are locked away from everyone else in prisons or hospitals if they are found to be doing things truly evil, and basically studied. If man was evil, we would not see it as some sort of personality defect resulting in being isolated and sactioned. __________________ Calvin: "Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man?" Hobbes: "I'm not sure that man needs the help."

04-02-2005, 11:51 PM	#2 (permalink)
xEmochicKx Music Addict Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 91	Oh im against by the way

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dirt mcgirt lift ya skirt Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: brooklyn zoo, what? Posts: 194	you should try havin a mass debate son.

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Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	No but women are __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.

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Sweet Jane Music Addict Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 547	Yeah we're not just pretty faces __________________ Calvin: "Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man?" Hobbes: "I'm not sure that man needs the help."

04-03-2005, 06:53 PM	#10 (permalink)
Urban Hat€monger ? The Sexual Intellectual Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Somewhere cooler than you Posts: 18,605	Some of you ain`t even that __________________ Urb's RYM Stuff Most people sell their soul to the devil, but the devil sells his soul to Nick Cave.