inherently
what are we inherently? good... evil...
i would like to say good. but science rules me out. we are...
human. entirely and utterly human down to the smallest part. every single cell. but before i am categorized as an atheist (which is tempting at times), i think science and spirit spiral together, forming a curious web which is the stuff of humans. for now, that is where this rabbit trail ends.
here are two latest works in progress.
and here is "Fire", now complete. for now, i think it is my favorite. but, i reserve the right to... oh, never mind.
a fond thank you goes out to those of you who continue to follow my progression of learning and creativity. all of your comments are extremely generous and kind.
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but then she does something very naughty even after i've told her not to... so maybe we're inherently evil. heh.
you always crack me up. i love your sense of humor! i hear you on that kid thing. the whole evil/good issue is a topic that's been floating around in my brain the last two weeks, because, that is what i do. i ruminate. i fixate. i annoy myself with all this over-thinking. heh.
i try to occupy my brain with other things... like planning friends' bridal and/or showers and stuff... otherwise the stuff i tend to fixate on is very dark and i get very down.
overthinking can be good... but sometimes it's just... not. hehe.
have you ever met a baby who has to be taught to love?
consider environmental factors. consider who we are scientifically and all that it entails in terms of survival of the species, evolution through time. from the start as infants, there is love, laughter, tears, anger, etc. it is a broad spectrum. viewed from afar, at least for me, the bigger picture is a really beautiful thing: humanity.
if one views through a lens of evil or good, then that lens could be the paradigm, predisposing one to see what maybe isn't really there. in other words, self-fulfilling prophecy. if i had to choose, i would say good or beautiful. but, i see science and spirit dictating to me that it is really everything, which equals what we call humanity.
food for thought. but i continue to love to hear other's viewpoints they have gleaned through life.
I admit that my views are VERY pre-disposed towards the traditional biblical ideas of good and evil and more specifically towards the Calvinistic teachings on it.
I guess my vote would not be for good vs. evil but for sin & redemption.
I do find that life is much easier to comprehend and to be at peace with, when I view things through this lens. When I see nature and humanity being marred by original sin, it explains a lot of things in this world (aging, death, disease, pollution, love, hate, kindness, sadness, etc.)
The hardest for me, being a reformed baptist, is that I believe God is completely sovereign over everything and that takes trust that I don't have sometimes. It can be difficult to see the purpose in things when I do not have the vantage point that God has for my life and my role on this earth. It can also be comforting to know that a lot of things are out of my hands and this helps me worry less.
i came both out of pentecostalism (early years), then calvinism (college/adult years). now, i am neither. i threw the lenses away entirely because what i decided was no one in those camps had the answers concerning god which made any sense to me. and it made no sense in my experience that god would create a world, in part, to hell (tho some say we choose hell - same difference) or that because a lady ate an apple, we're all evil, not redeemed, etc. science beckoned to me and my time traveling, teaching and just living showed me something very different. enter motherhood. that cinched it. i could no longer believe god would create genocide upon his own children... which is how i saw it in very literal terms. i likened hell to telling my kids if they were really, really evil, then i would destroy them or never see them again. deplorable. and it also meant god's love really wasn't more powerful than the bad that is out there. i couldn't believe that i was elected and some weren't. it really smacked of, again, human logic. i now spend a lot of time not feeling comforted by religion and pushing it back with mental cattle-prod. the rest of my family, i'm sure, thinks i'm tempting my own fate or that of my children, but, i know i'm in god's hands. i know god wins in the end and so do all of us. so there you have it.
the amazing thing to me, is that here we all are at vox. all from so many different places, cultures, mindsets... it's a great meeting place to discuss everything in a friendly and thoughtful way. at least i hope i am being friendly and thoughtful! i have such a respect for how you are always supportive and honest and kind.